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7 tips for networking the Ouachita way

June 25, 2019

Working the Ouachita network, it’s a real need. But it’s overwhelming and daunting and provides the potential for lots of awkward moments. You know, the ones like you have with crazy Uncle Ted across the Thanksgiving table, where you have enough in common to strike up a conversation (thank you liberal arts education!) but not enough to have many over assumptions playing out with every word you state.

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Ouachita announces students named to Spring 2019 Dean's List

June 25, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University has named approximately 375 students to its Spring 2019 Dean’s List. The students will be included in the “National Dean’s List” for 2018-19.

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Ouachita announces students named to Spring 2019 President's List

June 25, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University has named more than 300 students to its Spring 2019 President’s List.

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Behind the names: Berry-Peeples Bible Building

June 24, 2019

For nearly 60 years, Berry Bible Building has been the academic home for countless Ouachita Christian studies students and professors, as well as the rest of the student body, who complete foundational Christian studies classes there.

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Behind the names: Berry Chapel

June 20, 2019

With its large, symmetrical windows and white steeple stretching high, Berry Chapel has served as a campus landmark since 1962. It is a favorite sketch subject for Ouachita’s aspiring artists, but it is also a place – more than a building – etched in the memories of countless Ouachita students.

Ouachita professors Dr. Mary Chung (on piano) and Dr. Carlos Feller (on flute) perform at the International Flute Workshop’s opening recital in Ferentino, Italy. Chung and Feller also taught private lessons, workshops and coached rehearsals for the festival, held May 15-21 in Roccasecca.
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Ouachita's Chung and Feller perform as guest artists at International Flute Workshop, Italy

June 20, 2019

Dr. Mary Chung, assistant professor of music, and Dr. Carlos Feller, visiting assistant professor of music, appeared as guest recitalists and clinicians at the first International Flute Workshop held in Roccasecca, Italy.

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It's been an honor: How Ouachita's Honors Program led me to pursue law and serve Arkansas

June 19, 2019

When I was 14 years old, I knew I had to go to a place that I had only just heard of: Ouachita Baptist University. Over the course of a summer, I realized I felt called to go into ministry. I only knew a few others who shared my call, and each one of them desired to go to “OBU.” I saw spiritual leader after spiritual leader attend Ouachita, and my own path was made clear. While my academic numbers made any college in the country an option, my heart only chose one: Ouachita.

(From left) Ouachita’s Tiffany Lee, Julie Williams and Gracie Stover were named Top Five finalists in the 2019 Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant, which was held at the Robinson Center in Little Rock June 11-15.
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Three Ouachita women place in Top Five at Miss Arkansas Pageant

June 18, 2019

Three Ouachita Baptist University women were named Top Five finalists in the 2019 Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant, which was held at the Robinson Center in Little Rock June 11-15.

Seven Ouachita students presented research and participated in a demo-exchange at the American Chemical Society national Meeting and Exposition this spring, including (from left): Alex Podguzov, Travis Hankins, Joey Dean, Jessica Snelgrove, Catie Shirley, Mallory Mayfield and Savanna Harris. Photo by Sharon Hamilton.
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Ouachita's American Chemical Society student chapter presents at national meeting, receives Honorable Mention Award

June 18, 2019

Four Ouachita Baptist University chemistry faculty and seven student researchers attended the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting and Exposition this spring in Orlando, Fla., to present individual research.

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Resting well: 6 ways you can choose rest this summer

June 11, 2019

Summer and Christmas breaks are often seasons when college students have lots of free time. After a busy semester or school year, it can be full of sleep, friends, family, Netflix and home-cooked meals. True rest, reflection and growth can also be a part of the break.

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