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Ouachita to welcome Cyber Challenge on Oct. 15

September 30, 2026

Ouachita Baptist University will host the Arkansas Aerospace & Defense Cyber Challenge from 12-4 p.m. on Thursday, October 15 in Walker Conference Center.

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Ouachita to hold Homecoming & Family Weekend October 7-10

September 23, 2026

Ouachita Baptist University will host its Homecoming & Family Weekend from Oct. 7-10, featuring nightly performances of the 48th annual Tiger Tunes.

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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.

Ouachita Art & Design hosts exhibit by Margo Duvall

September 14, 2026

Niche names Ouachita No. 1 private university in Arkansas

September 9, 2026

Upcoming Events

Oct 20

Fall Term 1 Grades Due

Oct 20

Ouachita Singers and Concert Choir Concert

Oct 21

ASC Workshop

Oct 21

Faculty and Staff Colloquium

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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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