More than 800 Ouachita students, faculty and staff ‘Serve Arkadelphia’ for fall Tiger Serve Day

A total of 805 students, faculty and staff from Ouachita Baptist University served the community of Arkadelphia during Tiger Serve Day on Saturday, Sept. 23, including 27 volunteers who were involved in hurricane relief efforts in Houston, Texas. A total of 111 Tiger Serve Day projects were completed by 110 volunteer teams

Ouachita and Henderson to co-host “What Were You Wearing?” sexual assault survivor art exhibit April 2-20

Ouachita Baptist University and Henderson State University will simultaneously host the traveling art exhibit, “What Were You Wearing?” The exhibit, which will be located in the McClellan Rotunda at Ouachita and on the first floor of Huie Library at Henderson, will run from April 2-20 for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. An opening reception will be held Tuesday, April 3, from 4-6 p.m. at the Captain Henderson House. The survivor art installation is free and open to the public, and viewers are cautioned that some may find the exhibit’s content disturbing

Ouachita’s annual Elrod Center service awards banquet honors Phil Hardin and student volunteers

The Ouachita Baptist University Ben M. Elrod Center for Family and Community held its annual community service awards banquet on Tuesday, April 17. Phil Hardin, assistant to the president for administration emeritus at Ouachita, was honored with the Elrod Center’s Community Service Excellence Award. Several students, faculty and staff were also recognized for their service during the academic year

Tiffany Lee crowned Miss OBU 2017 at 50th anniversary pageant

Ouachita Baptist University hosted the 50th anniversary of Miss Ouachita Baptist University on Saturday, Feb. 4. The pageant honored former Miss OBU title holders and crowned Tiffany Lee as the 2017 Miss Ouachita Baptist University. “I’m really excited. I don’t feel like it’s real yet, but it will hit me eventually,” Lee said. “I think this year is going to be very busy and a very humbling experience. I am so thankful.

Ouachita to host What Remains exhibit by Aaron Calvert Nov. 4-Dec. 2

Ouachita Baptist University’s Rosemary Adams Department of Visual Arts will host Aaron Calvert in a guest exhibit, “What Remains,” Nov. 4 through Dec. 2. The exhibit, which will be on display in Moses-Provine Hall’s Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery, is free and open to the public. Calvert is professor of art and the director of the Russell Fine Arts Gallery at Henderson State University. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kent State University and his Master of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Ouachita crowns Abby Root as 2016 Homecoming Queen

Abby Root, a senior speech/theatre arts and education major from Arkadelphia, Ark., was crowned Ouachita Baptist University’s 2016 Homecoming Queen during a pregame ceremony before the Tigers’ Homecoming football game on Oct. 15, 2017

Clay Mobley wins 2018 Shambarger Competition for Singers at Ouachita

Clay Mobley, a sophomore music industry major from Wylie, Texas, won first place in Ouachita Baptist University’s 20th annual Shambarger Competition for Singers on Tuesday, Feb. 20

More than 600 Ouachita students, faculty and staff “Serve Arkadelphia” for spring Tiger Serve Day

A total of 637 students, faculty and staff from Ouachita Baptist University served the community of Arkadelphia during Tiger Serve Day on Saturday, April 7, along with 15 deacons from First Baptist Church of Arkadelphia who joined the community service effort. A total of 92 Tiger Serve Day projects under the theme “Serve Arkadelphia” were completed by 81 volunteer teams

Ouachita’s Emily Johnson to perform sophomore recital Dec. 8

Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will host Emily Johnson in her sophomore recital on Friday, Dec. 8, at 11 a.m. The recital, which is free and open to the public, will be held in McBeth Recital Hall in Ouachita’s Mabee Fine Arts Center