Clinton School to Welcome 50 in New Class

The Clinton School will enroll its largest class ever this fall when 50 students enter the school’s Master of Public Service degree program. The students will come to Arkansas to study in the unique public service program from across the country and the world. They represent 20 states
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Clinton School, UALR to Host Poverty Symposium

The Clinton School and UALR will host a two-day symposium Aug. 7 and 8 of universities offering a sustained curricular education focused on poverty and human capability. Dean Skip Rutherford of the Clinton School and UALR Chancellor Joel E. Anderson said they were honored to host the
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Student Project Assists Water Planning in Arkansas

A Clinton School student has partnered with the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission to help lay the foundation for an inclusive and participatory water planning process. Acadia Roher (’12) of Little Rock worked with the state agency to create a stakeholder database and GIS map
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Dean: The Delta Deserves Respect

Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford wrote an Op-Ed about the Arkansas Delta Region in this month’s edition of Talk Business, a magazine devoted to Arkansas business, government and politics. Rutherford reminds readers that not long ago the Delta was an economic engine for the st
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Charlotte Williams

Dr. Charlotte Williams, associate professor of leadership and director of the Center on Community Philanthropy, is currently supervising three grant projects: a $750,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation titled “Shifting a region and influencing our culture toward Community Phila
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Christy Standerfer

Today’s faculty spotlight is about Dr. Christy Standerfer, associate professor of communication, who was recently awarded a yearlong Fulbright Fellowship to teach at the University of ‘Marin Barleti’ in Tirana, Albania. She also received a grant to attend the Summer Institute fo
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The Philanthropy Circular

The Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy is out with a new edition of The Philanthropy Circular, a newsletter that highlights the center’s work. The newest issue recaps the center’s second annual summit on race, “Pathways to Racial Healing and Equity in th
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Center Support Blytheville Youth Coalition

Last month, in the Governor’s Ballroom at Arkansas Northeastern College, more than 80 members of the Blytheville community pledged to work together to build a brighter future for youth in the community. The Blytheville Youth Coalition (BYC) was formed, per its mission statement, to em
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Fowler Named Community Philanthropy Leadership Fellow

Sierra Fowler has joined the Clinton School’s Center on Community Philanthropy as the 2012 Community Philanthropy Leadership Fellow. In this capacity, Fowler will be charged with providing support for the success of the center’s mission to promote community philanthropy as a form of p
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Philanthropy Center Supports Student Leadership Program in Pine Bluff

Oak Park Elementary will be the third school in the Pine Bluff School District to integrate the internationally recognized “Leader in Me” program in the fall. This was made possible by collaboration between the Clinton School’s Center on Community Philanthropy, the Pine Bluff Area Com
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