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Poon has performed in a multitude of countries across the world.
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Ouachita to host pianist Dr. Kiu Tung Poon May 2

April 24, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will host pianist Dr. Kiu Tung Poon in a solo recital Thursday, May 2, at 8 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall in Mabee Fine Arts Center.

Students from Ouachita's instrumental program will perform under the lights at the PRISM concert.
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Division of Music to present annual PRISM instrumental concert April 29

April 24, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will present its annual PRISM concert on April 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center. The concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature the Ouachita Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Percussion Ensemble and other various ensembles and soloists from Ouachita’s instrumental program.

Bill Downs in his office
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Remembering Bill Downs

April 24, 2019

Bill Downs didn’t always tell the truth. I have proof of it. In 2004, Downs wrote a book called “The Fighting Tigers: The Untold Stories Behind the Names on the Ouachita Baptist University World War II Memorial." I asked him to autograph the book for me in December of that year, and this is what he wrote: “To Rex Nelson, the only OBU student I have ever had who wrote so beautifully that I never found anything to correct.”

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Biebighauser to present senior vocal recital April 26

April 23, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will host Joy Biebighauser in her senior vocal recital on Friday, April 26, at 2 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall.

Pictured are Ouachita’s Saxophone Quartet members (front row, from left) Sierra Westberg, Morgan Taylor, (back row) Katelyn Still and C.J. Slatton.
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Ouachita's Saxophone Quartet performs at Region 4 NASA Conference

April 23, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University’s Saxophone Quartet recently was invited to perform at the Region 4 North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Conference held at the University of Arkansas March 14-17. Additionally, senior Sierra Westberg was selected for a solo performance.

Tiger Steel, Pan Jouvet and Pan Harmony will perform at Ouachita's steel drum concert.
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Ouachita's steel drum bands to present concert May 1 alongside Dr. Jeannine Remy

April 23, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University’s steel drum bands will present their spring concert on Wednesday, May 1, at 8 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall in Mabee Fine Arts Center. The concert will feature three ensembles: Tiger Steel, Pan Jouvet and Pan Harmony, an elementary student community band.

Moriah in the library
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The life of a library worker

April 23, 2019

The library always seems to be a place where students can come and study to their heart’s delight. It is filled with the tools a student needs to be successful in college: computers, printers, books, even a charging station! Almost every student has spent at least a portion of their time in the library – preparing for an exam, a group project or working on that exegetical.

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Ouachita's Genie Ashcraft named Support Staff Member of the Year

April 19, 2019

Genie Ashcraft, administrative assistant to the dean of Ouachita Baptist University’s Huckabee School of Education, has been named Ouachita’s 2019 Support Staff Member of the Year.

Ouachita students (from left) Tucker Douglass, Lauren Lovelady, Lesley Howard, Jessica Cook and Wesley Oliver received first place in the Collaborative Research Project competition at Alpha Chi’s national conference for their work “Art, Age and Apartheid.”
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Ouachita Alpha Chi chapter earns three national recognitions

April 19, 2019

Students in Ouachita Baptist University’s chapter of Alpha Chi national college honor society were recognized at the organization’s recent national convention with three national recognitions, including first place for Collaborative Research Project.

Jack Conger's first gravesite
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Conger's grave: The story behind the resting place of Ouachita's founding president

April 19, 2019

Perhaps you’ve paused long enough by the river overlook on Ouachita’s campus to notice a small burial site. It is the final resting place of Ouachita’s founding and longest-serving president, Dr. John “Jack” William Conger, who died on April 7, 1924.

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