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Ouachita to hold Christian Focus Week Feb. 2-6

January 28, 2026

Ouachita Baptist University will host its annual Christian Focus Week Feb. 2-6, offering students dedicated time and space for spiritual growth and encouragement as a campus. The year's theme, “Fully Known: Seen and loved by God and called to know others,” draws from John 10:27: “The sheep recognize my voice. I know them and they follow me.”

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Learning to Love

January 18, 2026

Recently, I sat down with Dr. Lewis Shepherd Jr., Ouachita’s vice president for community and intercultural engagement, to discuss his Ouachita experience and reflect on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Ouachita alumni at Topgolf in Rogers, Ark.

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Ouachita to hold third annual FORE event at Topgolf in Rogers

January 14, 2026

Ouachita Baptist University will host its annual FORE Ouachita NWA event at TopGolf in Rogers, Ark., on April 20, with First Western Bank as the presenting sponsor. The event, scheduled for 5-8 p.m., will bring together alumni, parents, prospective students and families in support of student scholarships and alumni engagement.

A Parent's Guide to Social Clubs at Ouachita

January 13, 2026

Ouachita names students to Fall 2025 President's List

January 6, 2026

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OUACHITA CIRCLE: SUMMER 2023

The alumni magazine of Ouachita Baptist University

Brett Rogers '90: People are the Priority

Ouachita has been a home away from home for every student who’s lived in campus housing. Every year for Tiger basketball student-athletes, it’s also a home away from home for the holidays.

A Home for the Times

When I was six, my family moved into a president’s home as my father took the helm at a Baptist university. Early on, I discovered that he put loose change in his briefcase and didn’t seem to mind that I collected the coins. In time, I started reading his papers, sparking my interest in Christian higher education.

Master's degree in counseling dovetails with Ouachita's mission

Ouachita’s newest graduate program equips students to become Licensed Professional Counselors with the skill to treat clients professionally and ethically in response to the global mental health crisis. The program gets at the heart of Ouachita’s mission to prepare students for lives of meaningful work.

Dan Turner '94: Partnering Through Prosecution

When Dan Turner ’94 was preparing for law school as a political science student at Ouachita, he never would have predicted using campus as a makeshift courthouse – a pivot during the pandemic to accommodate social distancing requirements – or being honored on campus for his work prosecuting one of the most notorious sex offenders in the state.

Students gathered outside Evans Student Center

Home - person, place, or thing?

“When I first stepped foot on Ouachita’s campus, it just felt like home.”

Finding Home: Following Christ in Cambridge and Cone-Bottoms

It was my first time to attend a Cambridge formal hall, a posh ceremonial dinner for which the world’s oldest universities are renowned. As a fifth-generation Texan and a faithful Baptist since birth, I knew everything about BBQs and potluck fellowships. But I knew next to nothing about formal halls, except that they required black tie and sub fusc (the flowing academic gowns we see on Harry Potter).

Julyse Migan-Gandonou Horr: Director of Applied Behavior Analysis Program and Assistant Professor of ABA

With a toddler and a newborn, Dr. Julyse Horr and her husband, Corey, are in that early phase of parenthood when sleep is a rare treat and your most valuable currency can be Cheerios and Goldfish crackers.

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