HS resident named on OBU’S Who’s Who list
ARKADELPHIA – Neil Wacaster, of Hot Springs, is one of 36 Ouachita Baptist University students who have been selected for inclusion in this year’s edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
The students were chosen for Who’s Who by OBU’s faculty, staff and the 2012 senior class based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.
Wacaster, 20, earned his bachelor of arts degree in business administration with an emphasis in management from Ouachita in May, graduating with highest honors.
A homeschool student, Wacaster has been named to
Ouachita’s president’s and dean’s lists. He has also been a member of OBU’s Carl Goodson Honors Program, Students in Free Enterprise and the Hickingbotham School of Business Student Advisory Board.
Wacaster’s team won first place in the business plan competition between Ouachita and Henderson State University. His comic strip for The Signal student newspaper won third place and honorable mention in Cartoon Strip or Single Panel Entertainment Cartoon from the Arkansas College Media Association.
He played Dr. Lester Cantaloupe III in Ouachita’s production of Goldilocks on Trial. Wacaster has volunteered with Tiger Serve Day and has worked as the IT and activities director for Jellystone Park in Van Buren, Mo.
He plans to pursue a career as an entrepreneur and business professor.