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November 30, 2025

The Christmas season is full of emotions and events, all fighting for a college student’s attention. It’s exciting and joyful, as a time to celebrate the birth of Christ and spend time with loved ones. Below is a list of events that we think should be on every student’s “must-do” list this Christmas season.

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Ouachita to ignite holiday spirit with 33rd annual Festival of Christmas

November 24, 2025

Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Performing Arts kicks off the holiday season with its annual Festival of Christmas. The music and dance spectacular will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5 and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6 at Jones Performing Arts Center.

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The Other Tiger

November 14, 2025

Battle of the Ravine Week is back in Arkadelphia, meaning Ouachita’s attention has once again turned to the Tiger statue in the middle of campus. Mere feet away, however, there is another Tiger with almost as long a history on campus.

Ouachita Department of Theatre Arts presents "The Magic Flute"

November 11, 2025

College Success Starts with Purpose, Not Just a Plan

November 6, 2025

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Rehearsal/Wedding

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Graduate Intensive Weekend

Aug 02

Next Level Elite Skills Academy | Session II

Aug 04

FOOT Session 1

FOOT provides incoming freshmen with a unique opportunity to form lasting relationships and see the ...

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OUACHITA CIRCLE: SUMMER 2023

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Brett Rogers '90: People are the Priority

Ouachita has been a home away from home for every student who’s lived in campus housing. Every year for Tiger basketball student-athletes, it’s also a home away from home for the holidays.

A Home for the Times

When I was six, my family moved into a president’s home as my father took the helm at a Baptist university. Early on, I discovered that he put loose change in his briefcase and didn’t seem to mind that I collected the coins. In time, I started reading his papers, sparking my interest in Christian higher education.

Master's degree in counseling dovetails with Ouachita's mission

Ouachita’s newest graduate program equips students to become Licensed Professional Counselors with the skill to treat clients professionally and ethically in response to the global mental health crisis. The program gets at the heart of Ouachita’s mission to prepare students for lives of meaningful work.

Dan Turner '94: Partnering Through Prosecution

When Dan Turner ’94 was preparing for law school as a political science student at Ouachita, he never would have predicted using campus as a makeshift courthouse – a pivot during the pandemic to accommodate social distancing requirements – or being honored on campus for his work prosecuting one of the most notorious sex offenders in the state.

Students gathered outside Evans Student Center

Home - person, place, or thing?

“When I first stepped foot on Ouachita’s campus, it just felt like home.”

Finding Home: Following Christ in Cambridge and Cone-Bottoms

It was my first time to attend a Cambridge formal hall, a posh ceremonial dinner for which the world’s oldest universities are renowned. As a fifth-generation Texan and a faithful Baptist since birth, I knew everything about BBQs and potluck fellowships. But I knew next to nothing about formal halls, except that they required black tie and sub fusc (the flowing academic gowns we see on Harry Potter).

Julyse Migan-Gandonou Horr: Director of Applied Behavior Analysis Program and Assistant Professor of ABA

With a toddler and a newborn, Dr. Julyse Horr and her husband, Corey, are in that early phase of parenthood when sleep is a rare treat and your most valuable currency can be Cheerios and Goldfish crackers.

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