Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) is a

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. The university's name is taken from the Ouachita (pronounced WAH-shi-tah) River, which forms the eastern campus boundary. It is affiliated with the Arkansas Baptist State Convention.

History

Ouachita Baptist University was founded as Ouachita Baptist College on September 6, 1886, and has operated continually since that date. It was originally located on the campus of Ouachita Baptist High School. Its current location is on the former campus of the Arkansas School for the Blind, which relocated to

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. The first president was J. W. Conger, who was elected to the post on June 22, 1886. The OBU Board of Trustees unanimously elected Dr. Ben Sells, former vice president for university advancement at Taylor University, as the sixteenth president of Ouachita Baptist University on April 7, 2016. Those who have served as president include J. W. Conger (1886–1907), Henry Simms Hartzog (1907–1911), R. G. Bowers (1911–1913), Samuel Young Jameson (1913–1916), Charles Ernest Dicken (1916–1926), Arthur B. Hill (1926–1929), Charles D. Johnson (1929–1933), James R. Grant (1933–1949), Seaford Eubanks (1949–1951), Harold A. Haswell (1952–1953), Ralph Arloe Phelps Jr. (1953–1969), Daniel R. Grant (1970–1988), Ben M. Elrod (1988–1998), Andrew Westmoreland (1998–2006) and Rex Horne (2006–2015). In 1965 the college changed its name to Ouachita Baptist University. Recent years have seen a steady expansion of the campus, including the Harvey Jones Science Center (1997), the Frank D. Hickingbotham School of Business in Hickingbotham Hall (2006), the Student Village residence halls (2009) and Cliff Harris Stadium (2014).

Academics

Ouachita Baptist University focuses on undergraduate programs in the liberal arts. It offers 64 degree programs in eight academic schools: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Frank D. Hickingbotham School of Business, Chesley and Elizabeth Pruet School of Christian Studies, Michael D. Huckabee School of Education, School of Fine Arts, W. H. Sutton School of Social Sciences, J. D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences, and School of Humanities. Most students earn a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree, but the school also offers Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Music (B.M.), Bachelor of Music Education (B.M.E.), Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) and Associate of Arts (A.A.) degrees. Study abroad programs are offered through the Grant Center for International Studies. Two classes in religion are part of the core curriculum and graduation requires seven credits of chapel (earned by regular chapel attendance during a semester). OBU operates on the traditional credit hour system. The student-to-faculty ratio is approximately 12:1. The university is accredited by the

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with specific programs accredited by the

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(AACSB International), National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), National Association for Schools of Music, the Commission on the Accreditation of Athletic Training Education Programs (CAATE), and the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association.Ouachita Baptist University: Accreditations and Memberships
Retrieved 2012-08-05 There is a joint Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program with neighboring Henderson State University. The OBU ROTC program dates back to 1886. The university was ranked #173 in the 2019 National Liberal Arts Colleges rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

Campus

Ouachita Baptist has an 85-acre main campus. There are eight academic buildings: Jones Performing Arts Center (which includes Verser Theatre), Moses–Provine Hall, Mabee Fine Arts Center, McClellan Hall, Lile Hall, Hickingbotham Hall, the Harvey Jones Science Center and the Berry Bible Building. The campus also houses a number of administrative buildings, two school libraries, conference centers, residence halls and a dining facility. OBU operates five off-campus apartment complexes for upperclassmen.

Student life

Ouachita is primarily a residential campus, with 94% percent of the students living in one of eight on-campus residence halls and five off-campus apartment complexes. Only students who have family in the area, are married or are over the age of 22 are allowed to live elsewhere. Campus policies restrict students visiting the rooms of those of the opposite sex to special visiting hours. Ouachita does not allow nationally affiliated social fraternities or sororities, but there are local fraternities and sororities called "social clubs." Approximately 20% of the student body are members of such clubs. Annually, during Homecoming Weekend, the social clubs participate in a musical show called Tiger Tunes, produced by the Ouachita Student Foundation (OSF). All proceeds raised from Tiger Tunes and other events throughout the year are then given by OSF for student scholarships. Current men's social clubs are: Rho Sigma, Beta Beta, Kappa Chi, and Eta Alpha Omega. Current women's social clubs are: E.E.E., Chi Delta, Tri Chi, Chi Mu, and Gamma Phi. In the spring, Tiger Traks invades the campus for two days of competition among students. Called "Arkansas' Most Exciting College Weekend," Tiger Traks invites all students and faculty to participate and raise funds for OSF scholarships. There are also more than 40 professional, departmental and honorary organizations for students. In addition, the Campus Activities Board offers concerts and movies, and the Office of Campus Ministries offers other activities and ministry opportunities for students. '' The Signal'' is Ouachita's student newspaper and the ''Ouachitonian'' is the university's yearbook.

Athletics

OBU fields intercollegiate men's teams in

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swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

, cross country, and

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. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer,

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

, swimming, tennis and

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

. The school mascot is the Tiger, and colors are purple and gold. As of fall 2011, Ouachita began competition in the

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, after previously being a member of the Gulf South Conference. The Great American Conference consists of six schools from Arkansas and 6 schools from Oklahoma. The football Tigers were the conference champions of the inaugural 2011 season as well as the 2014, 2017, 2018, and 2019 conference champions.GAC Press Release
Retrieved 2012-02-28 In wrestling, a sport not sponsored by the GAC, OBU competes as a single-sport member of the

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. Ouachita's men's tennis team earned four consecutive GAC tennis championships, women's soccer won the GAC championship in 2014 and 2021 and men's soccer won the inaugural GAC men's soccer championship in 2015. The men's basketball team has earned conference championships in 2013, 2015, and 2016. In 2010, Ouachita Baptist was the first university in Arkansas to offer an NCAA wrestling program. Dallas Smith, a four-time All-American, earned the program's first national title at the NCAA Division II National Championships in 2015. Ouachita has an intense crosstown rivalry with

Henderson State University Henderson State University (HSU) is a public university in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College, it is Arkansas's only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Henderson has an undergraduate enrol ...

, a public university located across a small ravine from the Ouachita campus. The annual "

Battle of the Ravine The Battle of the Ravine is a college rivalry game played annually by Henderson State University and Ouachita Baptist University. The football rivalry game is tied for the oldest rivalry game in NCAA Division II, alongside the Black Hills Braw ...

" between the two schools is the fifth-oldest football rivalry in college sports. The teams first met in 1895. The Ouachita Tigers competed in national tournaments in men's basketball, swimming and wrestling in 2016. Other successful teams on the national level include the 2009 women's basketball team, reaching the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball National Tournament, and the 2009 swimming teams, with the men's team finishing fifth in Division II and the women's team sixth. The 2008 Ouachita baseball team finished second in the NCAA Division II World Series. Several intramural sports are also available for both men and women. These include football, basketball, softball, volleyball,

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, innertube water polo and tennis.

Notable alumni

Music and the arts

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, Heather Payne, Denise Jones, and

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group

Point of Grace Point of Grace is an all-female contemporary Christian music vocal group. The current trio consists of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as wel ...

* Steven Bryant – American composer and conductor for wind ensemble and orchestra, studied under

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Russ Taff Russell Taff (born November 11, 1953) is an American gospel singer and songwriter who grew up in Farmersville, California. He has sung a variety of musical styles throughout his career including: pop rock, traditional Southern gospel, contempora ...

– former

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and

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member and renowned soloist in the Southern gospel music industry * Alan Thomas and Steven Rutherford of Joan

Public office

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–

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of Arkansas, 1990 to 1999 *

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– Arkansas Lieutenant Governor between 2011–2014 * Gary Deffenbaugh – Retired educator and

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member of the

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from

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Lance Eads Lance Ronaco Eads (born August 5, 1968) is an American politician who served as a member of the Arkansas Senate for the 7th district from 2017 to 2021. Education After graduating from Prairie Grove High School, Eads earned a Bachelor of Scien ...

– Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Washington County since 2015 *

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– Republican state senator from Fort Smith; attended OBU but graduated from

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with bachelor's degree in accounting *

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– Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Little River County since 2013 * William Holloway –

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of Oklahoma, 1929 to 1931 * Jon Hubbard – former member of the

from Jonesboro *

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– Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, 2008 and 2016 Republican President candidate * Susan McDougal – involved in

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controversy, author of ''

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'' * Bob C. Riley –

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and interim

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, decorated veteran of World War II * Steve Russell - U.S. Representative from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district, 2015 to 2019, decorated veteran of Iraq * David J. Sanders – Arkansas state senator from Pulaski County; former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives; Baptist education official in Little Rock *

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– former White House Press Secretary; Governor-Elect of Arkansas effective November 2022. *

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– Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for Hunt County * Boyd Anderson Tackett – U.S. representative from

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, 1949 to 1953 * Richard Womack –

member of the

for the 18th district since 2012

Sports

* Linda Gamble – pioneer in

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– professional football player, 6 x All-Pro

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safety (1970-1979), Hall of Fame inductee. *

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–

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shortstop for

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in the 1920s and 1930s *

Gregory Junior Gregory Junior (born June 21, 1999) is an American football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ouachita Baptist. College career Junior played college football at Ouachi ...

– professional football player for the

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; first player drafted from Ouachita Baptist into the NFL. * William Miller – professional football player in the

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and the

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Alexander Myres Alexander Myres (born April 20, 1996) is an American football cornerback for the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL. He played college football for Division II program Ouachita Baptist before transferring to the University of Houston. Early years ...

– professional football player for the

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* Ed Neal – an

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who played seven seasons for the

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in the

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* Tommie Patterson – 2nd round draft pick (25th overall) and NBA player for the

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(1972-1973) * Julius Pruitt – a professional football wide receiver for the

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(2009 to 2012) * Steve Roberts – former Head football coach at

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, and

* Phillip Supernaw – NFL player * Aaron Ward – infielder for

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(1917–26),

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(1927) and

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(1928)

Education

* Doak S. Campbell – president of

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(1941–1947) and then

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(1947–1957) *

Leon Green Leon Green (March 31, 1888 – June 15, 1979) was an American legal realist and long-tenured dean of Northwestern University School of Law (1929–1947). He also served as professor at Yale Law School (1926–1929) and the University of Texas Sc ...

– noted legal scholar, dean of

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

School of Law * Andrew Westmoreland – 18th president of

Samford University Samford University is a private Christian university in Homewood, Alabama. In 1841, the university was founded as Howard College by Baptists. Samford University describes itself as the 87th oldest institution of higher learning in the United Sta ...

in Birmingham, Alabama

Nonprofit leadership

* Chad Griffin – former president of

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Armed services

* John H. Yancey - highly decorated United States Marine

References

External links

*
Ouachita Baptist Tigers website
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