Herd is a student organization that assists in recruiting new students to OBU. The Herd takes part in events such as Fall, Winter and Spring Preview Day, Night on the Hill, Be a Bison Day, and Super Enrollment Day, along with various church and dinner events.
== Notable alumni ==
=== Science ===
Sunday O. Fadulu, Class of 1964. Professor of microbiology and chairman of biology, Texas Southern University; patent holder for a drug treating sickle cell anemia.
William R. Pogue, Class of 1951, Colonel, USAF (Ret.), NASA astronaut and pilot of Skylab 4 (third and final crewed visit to the Skylab orbital workshop), the longest crewed flight (84 days, 1 hour and 15 minutes) in the history of crewed space exploration to date.
Ralph Faudree, Class of 1961. Provost and professor of mathematics at the University of Memphis; has an Erdős number of 1, having written over 50 papers with Paul Erdős.
=== Education ===
Robert L. Lynn, Class of 1953. President of Louisiana Christian University 1975–1997
Courts Redford, Class …
