While I may disagree, should I not have empathy?
September 24, 2019The first book I remember being scandalized by is Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” which I first read my junior year of high school. We had read other previously banned books in class, but none that I actually thought merited being banned.
In the fall semester of 2018, Dr. Wink and I taught again a seminar for the Honors Program that we had first offered some fifteen years before: Banned Books. Just a few weeks before the semester was to begin, The New York Times published a story that let us know how deeply vital the subject remained, that it was a far more pressing issue for the current age than it had been when we had offered the seminar years before.
Explore Ouachita! delivers a tight-knit campus experience
September 23, 2019The summer of my senior year of high school, I attended Explore Ouachita! (what used to be called GROW, or Getting Ready for Ouachita’s World) for the first time. I didn’t know much about Explore – or Ouachita for that matter – but my dad urged me to attend. He said he just knew that Ouachita would be the perfect fit for me and that I would fall in love with it. Little did I know at that point in time that he was exactly right.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
September 19, 2019Hispanic and Latino Americans have positively shaped our society, so it is only right to celebrate their accomplishments and contributions during Hispanic Heritage Month, held from September 15 to October 15.
Ouachita's Blake Johnson receives $75,000 grant from UAMS' Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program
September 18, 2019Dr. Blake Johnson, assistant professor of biology at Ouachita Baptist University, has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program (ABCRP).
Ouachita to host Arkansas Saxophone Quartet in guest recital Sept. 26
September 18, 2019Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will host the Arkansas Saxophone Quartet in a guest recital on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Ouachita’s McBeth Recital Hall.
Ouachita's Maggie Garrett to present "Caffeinated" recital Sept. 25
September 18, 2019Dr. Maggie Garrett, associate professor of music at Ouachita Baptist University, will present a musical theatre recital titled “Caffeinated” on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. in Ouachita’s McBeth Recital Hall.
Standardized tests are … well … standard in the college process, but your score is a huge factor in college acceptance and scholarship decisions. While it may not feel fair that a test affects so much, you want the results to show the very best that you can do.
Ouachita hosts "Then I Will See" photography exhibit by Joli Livaudais through Sept. 27
September 17, 2019Ouachita Baptist University’s Rosemary Adams Department of Art and Design is hosting an exhibit by Little Rock photographer Joli Livaudais through Friday, Sept. 27, in the Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery.
A few years ago, sitting in Evans Student Center, I overheard someone say, “It’s a lot easier to live the life of your dreams than you think.” This idea set me free and opened a whole world that dared me to dream big and work harder. This summer I got to live my dream job: I was a videography intern for a nonprofit’s cross-country bike adventure.