Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita The Ouachita Circle: The Alumni Magazine of Ouachita Alumni Ouachita Baptist University Fall 1997 The Ouachita Circle Fall 1997 Ouachita Baptist University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/alumni_mag Part of the Organizational Communication Commons, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons Recommended Citation Ouachita Baptist University, "The Ouachita Circle Fall 1997" (1997). The Ouachita Circle: The Alumni Magazine of Ouachita Baptist University. 39. https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/alumni_mag/39 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Ouachita Alumni at Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Ouachita Circle: The Alumni Magazine of Ouachita Baptist University by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A Word from the President ... The Ouachita campus has a lovely new addition which is a symbol of the growing sense of global awareness in the university family. The International Flag Plaza and Fountain was recently completed on the site formerly occupied by J. R. Grant Memorial Hall, which served as our administration building until1994 when we moved our offices into the remodelled Cone-Bottoms Hall. The International Flag Plaza and Fountain was made possible through a generous grant from the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust of Malvern, Arkansas. The new plaza features three central flag poles for the United States, Arkansas, and Christian flags. These are flanked by six poles on which we will display on a rotating basis the flags of the various nations whose students are enrolled at Ouachita. A two-tiered fountain is the focal point of the plaza. The water in the fountain flows beneath a stylized map of the world which completes the international emphasis. The view from Ouachita Street across the main part of campus is now framed by this colorful symbol of international awareness. It is a beautiful reminder that we truly are global citizens and that Ouachita can continue to reach literally around the world with the message of love and truth ofJesus Christ. PRESIDENT 'Che Ben M. Elrod BoARD OF TRUSTEES UACHITA IRCLE ••••••••••••••••••• • •••••••••• Augusta Koen Boatright The Alumni Magazine of Ouachita Bapcisr University Arkadelph;a, AR Fall, 1997 Mike Carroll Cotton Cordell Stephen Davis George Dunklin Bill Elliff Jack Hazlewood John L. Heflin, Jr. Mike Huckabee Bernice Young Jones Larry Kircher Wesley Kluck John Miller Pauline Morrow Gail DeLaughter Pennington H. E. "Pete" Raines Paul Sanders Bryan Smith John R. Stipe William H. "Buddy" Sutton Mike Vinson John Ward Richard A. Wells Diane Cato Williamson DEVELOPMENT STAFF Andrew W estmoreland, Executive Vice President John Cloud, Dir. ofEstate and Gift Planning Bryan McKinney, Dir. ofAnnual Giving and Development Officer Deborah Root, Dir. ofDev. Publications Ouachita Around the World 2-3 Richard Stipe, Development Officer From cathedral peiformances in Europe to studying the FORMER STUDENTS rain forests of Belize, students and faculty spend the Assoc iATION ADVISORY B oARD summer discovering the world in which they live. Yevonne Fleming Conrad, President Bruce Tippit, Vice President Junanne Reynolds Brown, Recording Secretary •AN INSIDE LooK• W esley Kluck, Tiger N etwork Chair Arkansas Advisors: O levia Deere Babb, Craig Campbell, Suzanne Duke Franklin, John W. Morgan, Development News 4 Butch Reeves, Larry Root, Mike Shull, Lewellyn Terry, Rosemary Casey Vance Out-oFState Advisors: Faculty / Staff News 6 Heidi Brown Helwig, Bogan Morgan, Gretchen Hargis Peacock, Charles Petty, Sharon Francis Plyler, Brad Rountree, Campus News 10 Frances Scott Smith, Polly Nation Tuttle, Cindy Ritchie Walker, Kent Westbrook Alumni News 16 TIGER NETWORK Randy Garner, Dir. ofTiger Network Bettie Duke, Asst. Dir. ofTiger Network Memorials 17 The Ouachita Circle is a publication of Ouachita Baptist Class Notes (marriages, births, deaths) 19 University, OBU Box 3762, Arkadelphia, AR 71998-0001. Alumni E-mail: [email protected] The Financial Adviser A-C Phil Hardin, Assistant to the President and • • •••••••••••••••••••• Director ofA lumni Affairs Deborah Root, Editor Cover photo: Harvey Jones Science Center Jeff Root, Dir. ofPub lic Relations Mac Sisson, Asst. Dir. ofPub lic Relations Printed by Twin City Printing and Litho, Inc. From study programs in China to performances in Europe, Ouachitonians spend the summer Many Ouachita students Stonehenge, Oxford, Paris, sions into the Belizian jungle. fortheprogramatPeking Uni­ have traveled the globe this Versailles, Venice, San Knight and Good hope to versity. Ouachita also hosts a summer to enhance their aca­ Gimignano, Florence, and continue this program next visiting professor from Peking demic program at Ouachita. Rome. The group was en­ summer. University each year. Through the University's rolled in a European Daniel R. Grant China Spain International Peking University in Two Ouachita students Studies Program, Beijing, China also hosted a spent their summer in Spain students and fac­ group of students and faculty at the Universitas Mare Nos­ ulty traveled and this summer for a four-week trum in Altea. The university studied in 11 coun­ study program. Four Ouachita is located on the southeastern students as well as five others tries during the Mediterranean coast of Spain from Mississippi College and in a town of ten thousand. summer months. Cumberland College were led The students studied Spanish Throughout the _ academic _____E_u_ro..:.p_e_a_n_s_tu_d~y;...T_o_u_r ___ _ by Dr. Tom Greer, the language, art, culture, and sail­ 1996 97 Clarence and Bennie Sue ing during their four-week year, 91 students and 13 fac­ Practicum course during the Anthony Professor of Bible program. The students also ulty studied in various coun­ spring semester prior to the and the Humanities at Oua­ traveled to Valencia, Madrid, tries. overseas study experience. chita. The group studied Chi­ Alicante and Barcelona on Europe nese language, culture and weekend excursions. The For the seventh consecu­ Belize martial arts Dr. Tim Knight, associate tive summer, Ouachita con­ during their professor of biology, and ducted a European Study/ stay at China's Glenn Good, professor ofphys­ Tour to three countries. Thir­ leading univer­ ics, and his wife Evelyn, led a teen students and four faculty sity. The stu­ group of science majors on a and staff participated in the dents also vis­ rain forest study program in three-week program studying ited the Great Belize during the month of art, history and culture. Dr. June. The 12 students accom­ Wall, Forbid­ Terry Carter, associate profes­ panying Knight and Good den City, sor of religion, his wife Kathy, spent their seven days study­ Tiananmen and Mike Jones, assistant pro­ ing flora, fauna and other en­ Square and fessor of art, and his wife, Jill, traveled to the vironmental features of this Fort Street Guest House, Belize led the group to important Central American ecosystem. ancient Chi- ------------------ sites in England, France and Their study program included nese capital of Xian to view Universitas Mare Nostrum is Italy. The group traveled to individual study, guided na­ the famous Terracota War­ the first four-year Baptist lib­ London, Bath, Salisbury, ture tours, and night excur- riors. This is the fourth year eral arts university in Europe. 2 · Around the World hita will begin sending area. Westmoreland and Cosh Ouachita Singers perform in Europe; ents to Spain for semester will report their ftndings and Viser, Duvall teach at Interlaken y programs during the fall organize a mission/work trip -1997. with Ouachita students to Java and Sumatra during the sum­ erusalem mer of 1998. Ouachita re­ Partnership O uachita continue to ceived a Start-up Grant from Ouachita's cooperative relationship with the European ~nd students to study in the the International Mission Baptist Convention (EBC) was heightened this summer through Holy Land. This summer, Emily Board to partially fund this the involvement of two religion professors and the Ouachita nley, a history major from mission project. The program Singers. Crossett, stud- .----~-.--------,................ ..,..,. -..,.,,.....IT""l Dr. Scott Duvall and Dr. Bill Viser, both associate professors ied in a six-week of religion, were called upon to conduct seminars at the annual program at the summer meeting of the EBC held in Interlaken, Switzerland, Hebrew Uni­ while the Ouachita Singers toured Germany, France and Austria. The choir, directed by Dr. Charles Fuller and accompanied versityof]erusa­ by his wife, Cindy, performed in churches and cathedrals in !em. Emilystud­ Wiesbaden and Wittenberg, Germany; Strasbourg, France; ied religious his­ and Salzburg, Austria. tory and visited "We had the opportunity to sing in Martin Luther's church," various archeo­ said Fuller. "I twas an experience that none of us will soon forget." logical sites dur­ While the experience was a unique opportunity for the students, they ap­ ing her time in parently also had the Israeli capi- an impact on the tal city. This is----------------- European audi­ the fourth summer for this Is­ is being organized jointly be­ ences. They were rael study Program. tween Universitas Pelita even asked to Harapan and Ouachita. perform an im­ Indonesia promptu concert For the third year, Oua­ at the steps of a Kazakhstan chita is sending alumni to