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Ouachita hosts Special Olympics Arkansas Spring Games

April 02, 2026

Ouachita Baptist University welcomed athletes from across Clark, Garland, Hot Spring and Saline counties to Hickingbotham Family Track & Field on April 1 for the 2026 Special Olympics Arkansas Area 10 Spring Games.

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Ouachita Department of Theatre Arts presents "Into the Woods"

March 31, 2026

The Department of Theatre Arts in Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Performing Arts will present “Into the Woods” from Thursday-Sunday, April 16-19, in Jones Performing Arts Center. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, with a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Sunday.

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Ouachita students earn multiple awards at Midwest Model U.N. for ninth straight year

March 27, 2026

Eight Ouachita students participated in the 66th Midwest Model United Nations in St. Louis, Missouri, from Feb. 18 to Feb. 21. Under the mentorship of Dr. Kevin Brennan, the university’s student representatives received multiple awards for the ninth year in a row.

Nell Mondy Lecture to feature Chick-fil-A food scientist at Ouachita

March 24, 2026

Our Humble and Victorious King

March 23, 2026

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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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