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Making Sense of College Savings Accounts: A Q&A on 529s, Coverdells and Custodial Accounts

August 10, 2026

Ouachita finance professor Chris Brune compares 529 plans, Coverdells and custodial accounts — and explains how to match the account to your family’’s situation.

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Where to Start When You're Saving for College

August 10, 2026

Ouachita finance professor Chris Brune on why the first step in college planning isn't a 529 — it's deciding what you want the money to accomplish.

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Dr. Bob Gravett Sr. remembered as beloved coach, mentor

August 6, 2026

Dr. Bob Gravett Sr., professor emeritus of physical education and longtime head coach of the track & field, died Aug. 1, 2026. Beyond his athletic and academic achievements, he is remembered for his personal investment in Ouachita and its people.

Ouachita Singers tour Ireland, selected to perform at statewide conference

July 15, 2026

Christian studies faculty partner with churches in Amazon Basin

July 8, 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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