Ouachita Baptist University students have a great opportunity to take control of their learning, success and academic progress by visiting the Academic Success Center (ASC) this semester. The ASC seeks to help students become independent, efficient learners by supplying them with the tools they need to reach their educational goals. “The main goal of our center is to provide students…read more →
Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Language and Literature will host world-renowned literary scholar Nathalie Handal in a poetry reading at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17. The reading will be held in Hickingbotham Hall’s Young Auditorium and is free and open to the public. A noted poet, playwright and travel writer, Handal’s works have been translated into more than 15 languages….read more →
Journalists Philip and Karen Martin will present a panel on film and writing at Ouachita Baptist University on Wednesday, April 1, at 2 p.m. in Lile Hall, room 321, on Ouachita’s campus. The event is free and open to the public. “These are two acclaimed professionals whose expertise will no doubt be a great treat for our students and faculty,”…read more →
Dr. John Barcellona, “The Flute Doctor,” will be the featured artist and lecturer at this year’s Flute Seminar, sponsored by Ouachita Baptist University and the Hot Springs Flute Ensemble. The seminar will be held Saturday, March 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Mabee Fine Arts Center on Ouachita’s campus and will include a 2:30 p.m. concert by Barcellona…read more →
Ouachita Baptist University’s J.D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences will host Dr. Ainissa G. Ramirez, a science evangelist, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, as part of OBU’s Nell Mondy Lecture Series. The lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Mabee Fine Art Center’s McBeth Recital Hall and is free and open to the public. “The Mondy Lecture series allows us…read more →
Ouachita Baptist University recently hosted Dr. Juan Carlos Rodríguez, assistant professor of Spanish at Georgia Institute of Technology, as part of the university’s Birkett Williams Lecture Series. The lecture series is held each semester and rotates among Ouachita’s seven academic schools. This semester, OBU’s School of Humanities invited Dr. Rodríguez as the guest lecturer. He addressed the political and ethical…read more →
Ouachita Baptist University professor Dr. Raouf Halaby recently presented a paper at the Olympia Arab Festival, an event co-sponsored by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice. The conference was held Oct. 4 in Olympia, Wash., in conjunction with the city’s Fall Arts Walk. “This festival is an opportunity to celebrate, learn and experience wonderful aspects of Arab culture,”…read more →
Ouachita Baptist University will host Dr. Juan Carlos Rodríguez, assistant professor of Spanish at Georgia Institute of Technology, as part of Ouachita’s endowed Birkett Williams Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture, “Urban Projections, Cinematic Bricks: Cities as Construction Sites in Latin American Documentaries,” will be held in Mabee Fine Art Center’s McBeth Recital Hall on…read more →
Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Visual Arts hosts guest artist Jason McCann’s exhibit, “Paintings, Drawings and Prints,” in Hammons Gallery until Sept. 30. McCann also will lead a pastel workshop on campus Sept. 30. Donnie Copeland, chair of the visual arts department, invited McCann to display his exhibit after seeing his work on display around the state. “Having Jason and…read more →
Ouachita Baptist University’s Riley-Hickingbotham Library will host a panel discussion on civil rights Monday, March 17, at 6 p.m. in Walker Conference Center Room A. The event, which is part of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)’s Created Equal Project, is free and open to the public. The discussion will highlight the history of the civil rights movement in…read more →
