Ouachita concert and lecture to honor McBeth
February 27, 2025Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music in the School of Performing Arts will host a concert to honor the legacy of Dr. W. Francis McBeth (1933 – 2012), professor emeritus of music, on the 50th anniversary of his being named Arkansas’ composer laureate.
Ouachita names Dr. Nicole Porchia vice president for student development
December 03, 2024Ouachita Baptist University will begin the Spring 2025 semester with a new vice president for student development, Dr. Nicole Porchia.
Ouachita track & field named for Hickingbotham family
September 26, 2024Ouachita track & field named for Hickingbotham family
Ouachita's School of Performing Arts to host River City Men's Chorus on Sept. 22
September 12, 2024The School of Performing Arts at Ouachita Baptist University will host the River City Men’s Chorus in concert at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall. The performance is made possible by the Floyd E. and Dorothy G. Henley Fine Arts Endowment at Ouachita; admission is free and open to the public.
Pool named dean of Ouachita's School of Education
August 20, 2024Dr. 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.
This past June Barbara Pemberton had the opportunity to travel with four other members of the Ouachita faculty and staff to Manaus, Brazil, to participate in the 15th Annual Faith in Truth pastor’s conference (Fé Na Verdade).
Today we pause to celebrate one of the most recently acquired federal holidays; yet, it has been in the making for 156 years. What created the first Watch Night Service was the same event that declared all African Americans free from bondage. That service was held on Dec. 31, 1862, just a few hours before midnight.
Reflections on a trip to remember
June 07, 2024Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Jackson Hole, Wyo., with my Ouachita MBA cohort, and it was a blast!
Ouachita announces 2024 Stepping Up honorees
April 18, 2024Ouachita Baptist University will host its annual Stepping Up for Ouachita luncheon Friday, Nov. 8, at Chenal Country Club in Little Rock. The event will honor Susan Doshier of Frisco, Texas; Shari Edwards of North Little Rock, Ark.; Carol Miller Gresham of Springdale, Ark.; and Kathy Rainwater of Little Rock, Ark.
Everything in my life – my sense of calling, my understanding of God and how to rightly worship him, and my leadership ability in a spiritual and administrative context – has grown in surreal ways since I have been a part of the worship studies program at Ouachita.