Ouachita track & field named for Hickingbotham family
September 26, 2024Ouachita track & field named for Hickingbotham family
I love football, but games are intimidating. HELP! #askingforafriend
September 24, 2024If you’re anything like me, you love football, and you’re excited for an awesome season of Tiger football. However – also like me – you might find the thought of going to your first Ouachita football game intimidating.
Ouachita's School of Performing Arts to host River City Men's Chorus on Sept. 22
September 12, 2024The School of Performing Arts at Ouachita Baptist University will host the River City Men’s Chorus in concert at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall. The performance is made possible by the Floyd E. and Dorothy G. Henley Fine Arts Endowment at Ouachita; admission is free and open to the public.
Ouachita's nursing program expands, earns full state board approval
September 10, 2024Ouachita Baptist University’s on-campus nursing program is expanding to serve more students as its first graduates celebrate a 92% first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination. The university recently received grants to increase its capacity for students and faculty for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. This summer also included the announcement of full Arkansas State Board of Nursing approval in May.
Ouachita's Fall 2024 enrollment highest in 58 years
September 06, 2024Ouachita Baptist University has reported a total Fall 2024 enrollment of 1,858, an increase from last fall and the university’s highest total headcount in almost six decades.
Qualified Ouachita students guaranteed admission to UALR's Bowen School of Law
September 02, 2024Ouachita Baptist University has joined the Pathways Program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, creating an opportunity there for qualified Ouachita graduates to prepare for a legal career.
Pool named dean of Ouachita's School of Education
August 20, 2024Dr. Rachel Pool, associate professor of education at Ouachita Baptist University, has been named dean of the Huckabee School of Education after 13 years on the Ouachita faculty. Pool began providing leadership June 1 for the school’s departments of Education and Kinesiology, which offer six undergraduate degrees between them as well as graduate programs in curriculum & instruction and exercise science.
This past June Barbara Pemberton had the opportunity to travel with four other members of the Ouachita faculty and staff to Manaus, Brazil, to participate in the 15th Annual Faith in Truth pastor’s conference (Fé Na Verdade).
Ouachita to host Called to Teach Conference on July 19
June 12, 2024Ouachita Baptist University’s Huckabee School of Education will host its annual Called to Teach Conference on Friday, July 19, in Walker Conference Center, 485 Campus Drive. The 2024 conference theme is “Keeping the Joy.” Registration costs $50 and includes lunch and a conference T-shirt and bag.
Today we pause to celebrate one of the most recently acquired federal holidays; yet, it has been in the making for 156 years. What created the first Watch Night Service was the same event that declared all African Americans free from bondage. That service was held on Dec. 31, 1862, just a few hours before midnight.