Ouachita and Dean Film & Video selected as winners in 35th annual Telly Awards
July 14, 2014The Telly Awards has named Ouachita Baptist University and Dean Film & Video as a Bronze winner in the 35th annual Telly Awards for their video “Discover the Ouachita Difference.”
Jaalen Watkins, former OBU football player, dies in car accident at age 21
July 08, 2014Jaalen Watkins, a junior kinesiology major at Ouachita Baptist University, died from injuries sustained in a car accident on Thursday, July 3.
Ouachita professor Raouf Halaby presents at Hemingway conference in Venice
June 30, 2014Ouachita Baptist University professor Dr. Raouf J. Halaby presented a paper at the 16th biennial international conference of The Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society.
Ouachita trustees approve three new faculty, honor Jim and Sally Dann as emeriti faculty
June 16, 2014Ouachita Baptist University’s Board of Trustees approved three new faculty members and honored two retiring faculty members during the board’s June 12 meeting on Ouachita’s Arkadelphia campus.
Groundbreaking ceremony launches construction of new Elrod Center
June 13, 2014Declaring that “life is found in reality only when you give your life away in the service of other people,” Dr. Ben M. Elrod helped break ground June 12 for Ouachita Baptist University’s new Ben M. Elrod Center for Family and Community.
300 Ouachita students named to spring 2014 President's List
June 12, 2014A total of 300 students at Ouachita Baptist University were named to the President’s List for the spring 2014 semester.
336 Ouachita students named to spring 2014 Dean's List
June 12, 2014A total of 336 students at Ouachita Baptist University were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester. The students will receive a certificate of recognition from Ouachita and will be included in the “National Dean’s List” for 2013-14.
U.S. Senate confirms Ouachita alumna Jane Chu as National Endowment for the Arts chairman
June 12, 2014Dr. Jane Chu, a 1979 graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, was confirmed today by the U.S. Senate as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Jeffers named Professor of the Year by Central Arkansas section of American Chemical Society
June 04, 2014Dr. Joe Jeffers, a longtime chemistry professor at Ouachita Baptist University, has been named the 2014 Professor of the Year by the Central Arkansas section of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
New Life Church and Ouachita partner to launch new degree program in Conway
June 02, 2014New Life Church in Conway will host a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, June 10, at 1 p.m. to celebrate a new educational partnership between NLC and Ouachita Baptist University.