Dr. Paul Root and his wife, Mary Windham Root, longtime faculty and staff members at Ouachita Baptist University, were honored recently with the dedication of the Dr. Paul and Mary Root Education Seminar Room. (more…)

Ouachita Baptist University bade farewell to 14 retiring faculty members during spring commencement services May 12, the final campus-wide event of the academic year.

The 14 faculty members served at Ouachita for a combined total of 339 years. Along with four staff members who also are retiring, the group served at the university a total of 410 years, averaging more than 24 years each. (more…)

Ouachita Baptist University students Taylor Bartel and Whitley Berry had their psychology research accepted to the Southwestern Psychological Association’s annual conference. The students both presented their research at the April conference in Oklahoma City, and Berry’s work earned a Psi Chi Regional Research Award from Psi Chi international honors society in psychology. (more…)

Quoting founding President John W. Conger’s words, President Rex M. Horne, Jr., told Ouachita Baptist University’s 2012 graduating class that “knowledge is no blessing unless it is used well and wisely.” (more…)

T.J. Bailey, a junior worship arts major from Fort Smith, Ark., won first place in Ouachita Baptist University’s 35^th annual Virginia Queen Competition for Excellence in Piano Performance. (more…)

Highlighting a variety of academic and leadership achievements throughout the past year, Ouachita Baptist University’s 2012 Academic Awards Banquet honored students in each of the university’s seven academic schools. (more…)

The Ben M. Elrod Center for Family and Community at Ouachita Baptist University recently donated more than 150 new books to Ascent Children’s Health Services in Arkadelphia to fulfill a need for books for preschool children enrolled there.  (more…)