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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.

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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.

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.

Mary Catherine and her cycling group
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Breaking the "cycle": Fighting human trafficking on a 1,700-mile bike ride

April 17, 2019

In the spring of 2018, I was training for a 50k. This is a roughly 31-mile run on mountainous trails. The week before this race, I went on a training run with a few friends. We started Friday evening, running well into the night. We were running on Lake Ouachita Vista Trail right outside of Hot Springs. After running 14 out of 20 miles, I found myself alone, in the dark, running down Hickory Nut Mountain.

President Ben Sells speaks with students on Ouachita's campus.
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It's about outcome: Look for colleges that care

April 17, 2019

Now that spring break has come and gone, high school seniors and their parents will be finalizing a college choice for fall. They have more independent and objective information available to them to help make that choice than ever before.

Pictured (from left) are Ouachita communications students Julie Williams, who won a 1st place award for her work with The Signal; Addy Goodman, Yearbook Editor of the Year; Brooke Woessner, who won 2nd place and honorable mention awards for her work with the Ouachitonian; Ethan Dial, Website Editor of the Year; and Alex Blankenship, Photographer of the Year.
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Ouachita students earn four of seven top awards in 2019 ACMA competition

April 16, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University students earned 38 awards at the recent Arkansas College Media Association (ACMA) conference, including four of the seven top awards for student leaders and Yearbook of the Year.

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