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Chris Chionuma named interim wrestling coach at Ouachita

August 04, 2014

Chris Chionuma, a three-time All-American wrestler, has been named interim head coach of Ouachita Baptist University wrestling, according to Athletic Director David Sharp.

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Ouachita to co-sponsor Arkansas Travelers' Faith & Family Night on Aug. 9

August 01, 2014

Get ready for some Travelers’ baseball and a summer concert. Ouachita Baptist University is co-sponsoring the Arkansas Travelers’ second annual Faith & Family Night on Saturday, Aug. 9, at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock.

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Ouachita Wrestling Head Coach Kevin Ward named new head coach at Army

August 01, 2014

Kevin Ward, Ouachita Baptist University’s wrestling head coach, is leaving Ouachita to take the head coaching position for the Army Black Knights in West Point, N.Y., Ouachita Athletic Director David Sharp announced today.

Ouachita ranks #8 in the nation in Forbes’ #MyTopCollege campaign.
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Ouachita ranks #8 in the nation in Forbes' #MyTopCollege campaign

July 17, 2014

With students and faculty enthusiastically sharing why Ouachita Baptist University is #MyTopCollege, Ouachita earned a national Top 10 finish in Forbes’ social media campaign announced today.

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Ouachita and Dean Film & Video selected as winners in 35th annual Telly Awards

July 14, 2014

The 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.”

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Jaalen Watkins, former OBU football player, dies in car accident at age 21

July 08, 2014

Jaalen Watkins, a junior kinesiology major at Ouachita Baptist University, died from injuries sustained in a car accident on Thursday, July 3.

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Ouachita professor Raouf Halaby presents at Hemingway conference in Venice

June 30, 2014

Ouachita Baptist University professor Dr. Raouf J. Halaby presented a paper at the 16th biennial international conference of The Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society.

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Ouachita trustees approve three new faculty, honor Jim and Sally Dann as emeriti faculty

June 16, 2014

Ouachita 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.

Ouachita Baptist University officials broke ground June 12 for the new Ben M. Elrod Center for Family and Community. Participating in the groundbreaking were (left to right) Irwin Seale of Seale Construction, general contractor for the project; Dr. Brett Powell, vice president for administrative services; Steve Elliott of Lewis Architects Engineers; Gene Whisenhunt, chairman of the OBU Board of Trustees; Dr. Ben Elrod, OBU chancellor and former president; and Ouachita President Rex Horne.
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Groundbreaking ceremony launches construction of new Elrod Center

June 13, 2014

Declaring 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.

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300 Ouachita students named to spring 2014 President's List

June 12, 2014

A total of 300 students at Ouachita Baptist University were named to the President’s List for the spring 2014 semester.

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