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"Charlie Brown" kicks off Ouachita's 2026-2027 theatre season

September 17, 2026

The Department of Theatre Arts in Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Performing Arts will present “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” from Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 24-27, in Verser Theatre.

The Adams Galleries with Duvall's exhibit

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Ouachita Art & Design hosts exhibit by Margo Duvall

September 14, 2026

The Rosemary Gossett Adams Department of Art & Design at Ouachita Baptist University is hosting an exhibit titled “Stitch Along Broken Line” by Margo Duvall through Friday, Sept. 25, in Moses-Provine Hall’s Adams Galleries.

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Niche names Ouachita No. 1 private university in Arkansas

September 9, 2026

Ouachita Baptist University was recently named the top private university in the state by Niche in its 2027 rankings. The university was also ranked first for its education program and named the best small college in Arkansas.

Ouachita signs advanced standing agreements with two seminaries

September 7, 2026

Haven't Saved for College and It's Almost Here?

September 3, 2026

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Worship Studies Project

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The Signal Student Newspaper

OUACHITA CIRCLE: FALL // WINTER 2025

The alumni magazine of Ouachita Baptist University

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Ouachita has faced high times and low times. Years of strength and years of struggle. Through all these seasons — institutional and individual — one certainty remains: God's faithfulness.

The Why Behind Our Traditions

While we often want to hold on to the comfort of traditions, I think it’s important to ask why they were important to us. What about the behavior do we long to preserve? I often remind students to think beyond the behavior of a tradition and consider the belief behind it. What is it about the tradition that is important? Often, the importance is found in the why.

Staff Profile: Sonny Jackson

One member of the Ouachita family was Sonny Jackson. Once a professional middleweight boxer in the Pacific Northwest, Sonny wasn't a Ouachita graduate. But he was very much part of the family as a member and later the head of Ouachita's grounds crew.

Staff Profile: Rosemary Chu

When I give the newly arrived freshmen a taste of Ouachita history before classes start each fall, I tell the inspirational story of Rosemary Chu. What Chu had was the investment she had made in Ouachita. And Ouachita invested in her.

Faculty Profile: Phil Rice

What an honor it is to share a few words about a man who impacted my life so profoundly. As a good Baptist, I thought I would arrange my thoughts around three alliterative points: paper, people and purpose.

Ken Sandifer (left) with two students conducting field research on poisened fish. Photo from the 1965 Ouachitonian yearbook.

Faculty Profile: Kenneth Sandifer

Tim Knight shares about his professor and colleague, Kenneth Sandifer, professor emeritus of biology at Ouachita.

Faculty Profile: Bill Downs

Melinda Mayo reflects on her professor, Bill Downs, professor emeritus of mass communications, who served Ouachita for 41 years.

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