Ouachita Stories

Ouachita Football Head Coach Todd Knight named GAC Coach of the Year

After guiding the Ouachita Baptist University Tigers football team to its first 10-0 season in program history, Head Coach Todd Knight has been named the unanimous choice for Great American Conference Coach of the Year.

Undefeated Ouachita Tigers win Battle of the Ravine, earn GAC title & gain No. 1 regional ranking in playoffs

The Ouachita Baptist University Tigers rewrote OBU football history on Saturday with their 41-20 victory over rival Henderson State University. In addition to winning the 88th Battle of the Ravine, the Tigers finished the regular season with an undefeated, untied 10-0 record for the first time in program history.

Ouachita Opera Theatre to present "The Mikado" Nov. 20-23

Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music/Opera Theatre will present Sir Arthur Sullivan’s opera The Mikado on Nov. 20-22 at 7:30 p.m. as well as a matinee performance on Nov. 23 at 2:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center.

Ouachita to present fall Jazz Band concert Nov. 24

Ouachita Baptist University’s fall Jazz Band concert will be held Monday, Nov. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center.

Ouachita to host Ashton Edwards' senior exhibit Nov. 16-Dec. 2

Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will host Ashton Edwards’ senior graphic design exhibit in Verser Gallery Nov.16-Dec. 2.

Ouachita gears up for 88th Battle of the Ravine Week Nov. 10-15

Black plastic tarps cover all the Ouachita Baptist University signs around campus to protect them from being defaced. Students gather blankets, snacks and entertainment preparing to camp out in the middle of campus and guard the tiger statue all night.

"Christian faith infuses all we do" at Ouachita, Dr. Horne tells Arkansas Baptist messengers

Emphasizing that Ouachita Baptist University is educating 1,500 students “who are difference makers now and will be in the years to come,” President Rex Horne told messengers to the 2014 Arkansas Baptist State Convention annual meeting that “Christian faith infuses all that we do” at Ouachita.

Ouachita to host Dr. Ainissa Ramirez in Nell Mondy Lecture Series Nov. 11

Ouachita Baptist University’s J.D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences will host Dr. Ainissa G. Ramirez, a science evangelist, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, as part of OBU’s Nell Mondy Lecture Series.

Ouachita's Adams Department of Art and Design to host John Deering in guest exhibit Nov. 10-Dec. 12

Ouachita Baptist University’s Rosemary Adams Department of Art and Design will host an art exhibit featuring the work of award-winning cartoonist and illustrator John Deering.

Pruet School's annual Seminary Day set for Nov. 7 at Ouachita

Ouachita Baptist University’s Pruet School of Christian Studies will host its annual Seminary Day on Friday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Evans Student Center.