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Another bittersweet Ouachita graduation successfully completed! ✔️ We're so proud of our graduating Class of 2018 for what they've accomplished and what they will go on to do! Be sure to check out some of our favorite posts from the celebratory day.

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If I could, I would do it all over again, just to have this awesome feeling I have right now. Thank you to all my friends that has supported over these 4 years. I’ve had a great career athletically and academically. I’m a 2x GAC Champion and receiving a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Coaching. Once again thank you all for your support. Signing out 🖊

A post shared by Crumbs Make A Cake 🦍 (@crumbsmac) on May 13, 2018 at 8:30am PDT

WHEN YOU AIN’T NO UNDERGRAD NO MO. 🎉❤️ #proud

A post shared by Katie Lynch (@klynch16) on May 12, 2018 at 7:40pm PDT

This piece of paper represents my knowledge of God... Makes sense that it is empty! The people in these pictures represent my support system and the people who got me through these past years! Thank you guys so much for all you have done for me and how you have shaped my life!

A post shared by Samuel woo (@wootangclan10) on May 13, 2018 at 11:48am PDT

Congratulations to every single one of our seniors who graduated! We love you and are so proud of you!! Get out there and change the world! 💙🌷🦊

A post shared by Women of Chi Mu (@womenofchimu) on May 13, 2018 at 8:35pm PDT

What a beautiful day celebrating our sweet baby girl graduating Summa Cum Laude OBU2018 @aabbud we are very happy for you and thank you for your hard work sweetheart 👩🏻‍🎓❤️

A post shared by @ tityabbud on May 12, 2018 at 9:51pm PDT

I got a swell education at college but I am the most pleased with the people I met there. Here are some photos of people that I love that I got close to while at Ouachita. Except the third photo. That photo is of my parents and I’ve know them slightly longer

A post shared by Kaysi Roussel (@kaysiroussel) on May 12, 2018 at 7:56pm PDT

Grateful is an understatement! Thank you Ouachita for the most wonderful 4 years. My time here wouldn’t have been the same without the love and support from these people!!! Now brb while I continue being emotional

A post shared by Hannah Pagan (@hannah_pagan) on May 12, 2018 at 6:20pm PDT

My biggest fans the whole way! I adore my people!

A post shared by Logan Turner (@loganeturner11) on May 12, 2018 at 6:04pm PDT

It. Is. Finished! We love this girl SO much! And we could not be more proud of the amazing person she has become. #obu2018

A post shared by pitviolin (@pitviolin) on May 12, 2018 at 6:12pm PDT

Degree ✔️ My heart ✔️ So proud of this girl and her time at Ouachita ❤️

A post shared by Austin Sowerbutts (@lightglass) on May 12, 2018 at 6:00pm PDT

and just like that I’m an OBU alum... how that’s possible, I’m not really sure and I think I’ll be in this state of confusion for quite awhile. one thing I am very sure of though, is that Ouachita is a special place. I still remember the day I stepped out of my car onto Cone Bottoms lawn for my tour. I had originally planned on touring another university that day but found out that it had been closed due to snow, and an hour later ended up at Ouachita. I remember walking down the sidewalk on Cone Bottoms lawn hearing the birds chirping and the sun shining through the towering trees. I felt at home here. four years later, so many memories made and lessons learned, I sat in my seat on that same lawn waiting to walk across the stage and heard the same chirping and saw the light shining through the trees one more time. and I was at home. I’m forever grateful for the people who made it possible for me to call Ouachita, “home” for the last 4 years and for the people I met there that made it feel like home💜

A post shared by SAVANNAH HILL (@savannahjanehill) on May 12, 2018 at 5:28pm PDT

Back when my mom started college, they were still writing on overhead projectors... Fast forward to 2018– she just completed her last 30 hours of classes online. Ha. The internet never ceases to amaze me, neither does my mom’s hustle and drive. Get it! 💪🏼

A post shared by Skyler Womack (@skyler_womack) on May 12, 2018 at 4:14pm PDT

What a privilege to have spent the past 4 years here! The most bittersweet goodbye to the place, the friends, and the profs who have forever changed me for the better! I love y’all with all my heart.

A post shared by Meredith Shockey Jackson (@merejacksonn) on May 12, 2018 at 4:11pm PDT

How has time gone by so quickly? Never would I have guessed freshman year that God would bring people into my life that I would come to care about so deeply. These people are not just my best friends, they’re my family and I love them so much. Thanks Ouachita, for a priceless experience.

A post shared by Kevin Barnard (@kevin.barnard) on May 12, 2018 at 4:08pm PDT

This week has been a whirlwind. I started Physician Assistant School at UAMS on Monday, and then had to take a slight break to come back and graduate! Ouachita, thanks for everything. I’m out!

A post shared by Aaron Woodall (@woodallxcvii) on May 12, 2018 at 3:33pm PDT

I came. I saw. I conquered. ✌ out Ouachita. Thanks for the memories.

A post shared by sarah emily (@iamsarahemilyd) on May 12, 2018 at 2:45pm PDT

What have I learned in the past four years? Celebrate the big moments. Treasure the little things. Eat your vegetables. Get 8 hours of sleep. Be spontaneous. Talk more, watch less. Listen more, talk less. Trust in the Lord and in all your ways acknowledge him. Oh and my passion for music has only gotten worse. How does one solve that? Yeah going on to do a Masters in Music for two years. #Graduate #Classof2018 #Alumni #BM

A post shared by Esther Atkinson (@estheraatkinson) on May 12, 2018 at 1:47pm PDT

2018, 2014, 2013- tiger sistas for life! Congrats, Alice so proud of you!!

A post shared by Brittney Reynolds (@breynski) on May 12, 2018 at 12:35pm PDT

hey congrats on like med school and stuff

A post shared by Hallie Lynch (@hallie_kat) on May 12, 2018 at 12:16pm PDT

Congratulations to the class of 2018! We even had some Future Tigers (?!?) celebrate with us today.

A post shared by Ouachita Dept of History (@ouachitahistory) on May 12, 2018 at 12:24pm PDT

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