Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow
February 03, 2026Ouachita has faced high times and low times. Years of strength and years of struggle. Through all these seasons — institutional and individual — one certainty remains: God's faithfulness.
While we often want to hold on to the comfort of traditions, I think it’s important to ask why they were important to us. What about the behavior do we long to preserve? I often remind students to think beyond the behavior of a tradition and consider the belief behind it. What is it about the tradition that is important? Often, the importance is found in the why.
One member of the Ouachita family was Sonny Jackson. Once a professional middleweight boxer in the Pacific Northwest, Sonny wasn't a Ouachita graduate. But he was very much part of the family as a member and later the head of Ouachita's grounds crew.
When I give the newly arrived freshmen a taste of Ouachita history before classes start each fall, I tell the inspirational story of Rosemary Chu. What Chu had was the investment she had made in Ouachita. And Ouachita invested in her.
What an honor it is to share a few words about a man who impacted my life so profoundly. As a good Baptist, I thought I would arrange my thoughts around three alliterative points: paper, people and purpose.
Faculty Profile: Kenneth Sandifer
February 03, 2026Tim Knight shares about his professor and colleague, Kenneth Sandifer, professor emeritus of biology at Ouachita.
Melinda Mayo reflects on her professor, Bill Downs, professor emeritus of mass communications, who served Ouachita for 41 years.
The editor's note by James Taylor in Ouachita's Fall/Winter 2025 edition of the alumni magazine, the Circle.
Ouachita ofrecerá Semana de Enfoque Cristiano
January 28, 2026La Universidad Bautista Ouachita, será anfitriona de su Semana anual de Enfoque Cristiano del 2 al 6 de febrero, ofreciendo a los estudiantes tiempo y espacio dedicados al crecimiento espiritual y al ánimo como campus.
Ouachita to hold Christian Focus Week Feb. 2-6
January 28, 2026Ouachita Baptist University will host its annual Christian Focus Week Feb. 2-6, offering students dedicated time and space for spiritual growth and encouragement as a campus. The year's theme, “Fully Known: Seen and loved by God and called to know others,” draws from John 10:27: “The sheep recognize my voice. I know them and they follow me.”