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Pennell named Player of the Week

Ouachita senior outfielder Justin Pennell was selected Tuesday the Gulf South Conference West Division Player of the Week. Pennell, a native of Toronto, Canada, had a huge week for the Tigers in helping Ouachita, ranked No. 22, go 4-0. [display_podcast]During the first game of a…

Tiger Blast presents spring concert

The spring ensemble Tiger Blast is ready to rock the campus with their third annual concert Monday, April 28. The program was created by Robert Hesse, director of athletic bands and the ensemble. Originally the marching band and the instrumental musicians were only to be…

Lauren English crowned Miss OBU

Ouachita Baptist University crowned Lauren English Miss OBU on March 13 in the Jones Performing Arts Center on Ouachita’s campus. English is a sophomore mass communications and psychology double major from Hot Springs, Ark. She is the daughter of Dr. Tim and Cindy English of…

Tiger tennis captures West Division title

The eighth-ranked Ouachita men’s tennis team captured the first crown of the 2008 season Tuesday night as the Tigers blanked Harding, 9-0, to win the Gulf South Conference West Division regular season championship. Ouachita (11-4) opened with three straight doubles wins as the No. 10…

Bruning presented leadership paper with diverse panel of deans

Dr. Merribeth Bruning, dean of the Huckabee School of Education and professor of education at Ouachita Baptist University, presented her paper “The Deanship: Using the Accountability Movement as a Lever for Change—A Mini-Case Study” as part of a larger panel discussion on leadership at the…

Parrish to present sophomore recital

Samantha Parrish, a sophomore musical theatre major from Forney, Texas, will present her sophomore recital on April 11, at 11:00 a.m. in McBeth Recital Hall of Mabee Fine Arts Center. Parrish is a regional National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) finalist, receiving fourth and…

Twenty-five students earn honors for NATS auditions

Ten Ouachita Baptist University students were named finalists in the Arkansas National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) auditions, held Feb. 29 and March 1 at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. In addition to the 10 finalists, fifteen Ouachita students were named semi-finalists in the…

Prize-winning poet to speak at Ouachita

Greg Brownderville, who was recently awarded the Porter Prize for poetry, will speak on the Ouachita Baptist University campus April 7 at 8:30 p.m., at the Elrod Center. Brownderville, a 1999 graduate of Ouachita, is the youngest person ever to receive the award. He also…

Eleven pack their bags for Holy Land Tour this month

From December 31 to January 11, a group of Ouachita students, faculty and alumni will leave Arkadelphia to embark on the International Travel Program’s Holy Land Tour. The group of 11 travelers, headed by international travel coordinator Bill Dixon, will join a Texas group of…