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This Book Was Made for You and Me

May 29, 2025

If you had told my freshman-year self that I would become a published author before even earning my degree, I would’ve never believed you. This dream became possible thanks to my involvement in the Carl Goodson Honors Program.

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Ouachita celebrates graduates during record-setting Spring Commencement

May 15, 2025

Ouachita Baptist University honored a record-breaking graduating class in its 138th Spring Commencement ceremony on the front lawn of historic Cone-Bottoms Hall on Saturday, May 10.

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Ouachita to hold record-breaking Spring Commencement May 10

May 02, 2025

Ouachita Baptist University will hold its 138th spring commencement on Saturday, May 10, at 9 a.m. on the front lawn of historic Cone-Bottoms Hall. The ceremony will honor 442 graduates – the largest graduating class in the university’s history.

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Ouachita posts continued enrollment growth in undergrad and graduate programs

January 30, 2025

Ouachita Baptist University has posted its highest spring headcount in more than 30 years with a total Spring 2025 enrollment of 1,791.

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Ouachita's Fall 2024 enrollment highest in 58 years

September 06, 2024

Ouachita Baptist University has reported a total Fall 2024 enrollment of 1,858, an increase from last fall and the university’s highest total headcount in almost six decades.

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Qualified Ouachita students guaranteed admission to UALR's Bowen School of Law

September 02, 2024

Ouachita Baptist University has joined the Pathways Program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, creating an opportunity there for qualified Ouachita graduates to prepare for a legal career.

Dr. Rachel Pool, dean of the Huckabee School of Education at Ouachita
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Pool named dean of Ouachita's School of Education

August 20, 2024

Dr. Rachel Pool, associate professor of education at Ouachita Baptist University, has been named dean of the Huckabee School of Education after 13 years on the Ouachita faculty. Pool began providing leadership June 1 for the school’s departments of Education and Kinesiology, which offer six undergraduate degrees between them as well as graduate programs in curriculum & instruction and exercise science.

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Ouachita to hold Commencement exercises May 11

May 01, 2024

Ouachita Baptist University will host its 137th Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 11, at 9:30 a.m. on the front lawn of Cone-Bottoms Hall.

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Ouachita announces another increase for Spring '24 enrollment

February 08, 2024

Ouachita Baptist University has reported its highest spring enrollment in more than 40 years with a total Spring 2024 headcount of 1,722.

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Ouachita's Fall 2023 enrollment highest in 57 years

September 07, 2023

Ouachita Baptist University has reported its highest enrollment in 57 years, with a Fall 2023 headcount of 1,815.

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