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College Success Starts with Purpose, Not Just a Plan

November 06, 2025

Arriving at Ouachita, I was excited for what the Lord had in store for me. While thrilled about entering into the “college experience,” I had no idea how much my perspective on learning would evolve throughout the first few weeks of classes.

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Keeping Kids Safe in the Digital World: What Every Parent Should Know

October 30, 2025

Since October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, now is the perfect time to talk about something that matters to all of us: keeping our kids safe online.

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Ouachita Department of Theatre Arts presents "Murder on the Orient Express"

October 27, 2025

The Department of Theatre Arts in Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Performing Arts will present Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express” from Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 6-9 in Verser Theatre. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, with a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Sunday.

Career & Calling Week prepares Ouachita students for the future

October 24, 2025

Hannah Goodrum crowned Ouachita's 2025 Homecoming Queen

October 9, 2025

Upcoming Events

Aug 16

Freshman Move-In

Aug 19

Online Fall Term 1 Starts

Aug 20

Juried Student Art & Design Show 2024

Now through October 13, 2024 (tentatively)

Aug 20

Arts Engagement Exhibitions

August 20 - September 20, 2024 Moses-Provine Hall, Rosemary Adams Gallery I (First Floor) Quotidian ...

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OUACHITA CIRCLE: SUMMER 2023

The alumni magazine of Ouachita Baptist University

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.

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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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