Ouachita trustees approve 2013-14 budget, elect new faculty and staff
June 18, 2013Ouachita Baptist University trustees approved a 2013-14 operating budget and a concealed weapons policy as well as several personnel recommendations during their June 13 Board of Trustees meeting on the Ouachita campus.
U.S. flag presentation at Ouachita honors memory of fallen soldiers
June 13, 2013Honoring “students, faculty and fallen comrades of Ouachita Baptist University” who have served in the U.S. military, U.S. Army Maj. Johnpaul Arnold presented an American flag flown in Afghanistan to Ouachita’s School of Humanities during an outdoor ceremony on campus June 7.
350 Ouachita students named to Dean's List
June 05, 2013A total of 350 students at Ouachita Baptist University were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2013 semester. The students will receive a certificate of recognition from Ouachita and will be included in the “National Dean’s List” for 2012-13.
268 Ouachita students named to President's List
June 04, 2013A total of 268 students at Ouachita Baptist University were named to the President’s List for the spring 2013 semester.
Ouachita professor and student display artwork at South Texas College's Ceramic Showdown
June 03, 2013Erica Porter, a 2013 graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, and Summer Bruch, assistant professor of Art and Design at Ouachita, are among artists whose ceramic work are on display at South Texas College’s “Ceramic Showdown: Clear as Mud,” June 3 through Aug. 12.
Ouachita alum to present university with U.S. flag flown in Afghanistan
May 30, 2013Flag Day is coming early this year to the Ouachita Baptist University campus. Maj. Johnpaul Arnold, a public affairs officer with the U.S. Army, will present an American flag flown in Afghanistan to Ouachita’s School of Humanities.
Ouachita student Caitlin Secrest named finalist in national vocal competition
May 30, 2013Caitlin Secrest, a rising senior at Ouachita Baptist University and a native of Arkadelphia, Ark., was recently named a finalist in the 2013 Hal Leonard Vocal Competition.
30th annual Foster Grandparent Training Conference set for June 4-6
May 29, 2013Approximately 150 retirees who volunteer as foster grandparents in 22 south and western Arkansas counties are registered to attend the 30th annual Foster Grandparent Training Conference at DeGray Lodge in Lake DeGray State Park on June 4-6.
Ouachita honors student achievements at annual Academic Awards Banquet
May 20, 2013Recognizing more than 100 academic and leadership achievements throughout the past year, Ouachita Baptist University’s 2013 Academic Awards Banquet honored students in each of the university’s seven academic schools.
OBU awards degrees to 296 graduates, honors Crittenden as distinguished alum
May 13, 2013Ouachita Baptist University President Rex M. Horne, Jr. challenged OBU’s 2013 graduating class to “fulfill your promise as difference makers in the lives of those you touch in your life, but also that will carry forward into eternity” at the university’s May 11 commencement ceremony.