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Niche names Ouachita No. 1 private university in Arkansas

September 09, 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.

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Ouachita signs advanced standing agreements with two seminaries

September 7, 2026

Ouachita has signed agreements with New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School that will allow students in the Pruet School of Christian Studies to earn credits toward a Master of Divinity degree while taking undergraduate courses.

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

September 3, 2026

If college is a couple years away and you haven't saved much, Ouachita finance professor Chris Brune says it's not too late.

Saving for College When Your Kids Are Still Young

September 2, 2026

Ouachita engineering earns ABET accreditation

August 24, 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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