Today’s guest blog comes to us from AmeriCorps alum Andrea Price who served from 1999-2000 with W. C. Whaley Elementary School in rural Monticello, AR.
Read MoreAlum Read Admire Does a Q&A on his Startup, The Urban Food Loop
A graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Clinton School of Public Service, Read Admire launched The Urban Food Loop in May. It’s a do-gooder idea with a business start-up twist. For $31 a month, Admire will come by your house once a week, pick up your organic kitchen scraps in a supplied bin and turn landfill-bound waste into compost.
Read MoreCampus food pantries once-hungry grad’s goal
Pity for Mathews he’s such a poor face for the poor. He’s trim and good-looking and a dapper dresser (though in that ineffable way that could be country club, could be Kohl’s). At 24, he’s married to a future pharmacist, and newly graduated from the Clinton School of Public Service.
Read MoreAlum Trish Flanagan is Leading the Effort to Open a Public Charter School in Fort Smith, Ark.
Fort Smith business leaders, working with the Fort Smith Public School District and the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, are moving forward with a plan to open by August 2016 a public charter school for students in grades 10-12.
Read MoreGraduate John Delurey (’14) Proposed and Designed the “Solar Mamas” Training Center for Barefoot College
Class of 2014 graduate John Delurey proposed and designed the “solar mamas” training center for Barefoot College for his final Capstone project. The article below, originally featured on PRI’s website, talks extensively about the “solar mamas” program and how it helps rule families in Zanzibar.
Read MoreQuenching Walmart’s Thirst for Water Efficiency
Given that water for cooling makes up a significant portion of a building’s water use, adopting a portfolio approach to cooling water management program is one way companies can make meaningful impacts in reducing water consumption and improving energy efficiency.
Read MoreRecent Clinton School Graduate Read Admire to Launch New Urban Composting Project
University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service alum, Read Admire, is launching The Urban Food Loop, a new Little Rock-based startup focused on reducing residential and commercial food waste through a weekly urban composting service, education initiatives, and policy advocacy.
Read MoreAlum Nancy Mancilla Awarded A 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from The Sustainable Business Council of Southern California
Clinton School alum and ISOS Co-Founder Nancy Mancilla will be awarded a 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) of Southern California for her commitment to the advancement of sustainability practices as well as her professional accomplishments in the training of many Fortune 500 company sustainability leaders over the course of a decade.
Read MoreAnnouncing Abby Olivier as the New Community Relations Manager for the Center on Community Philanthropy
Abby Olivier will be joining the Clinton School of Public Service as the new Community Relations Manager for the Center on Community Philanthropy.
Read MoreAnnouncing Hilary Trudell as the New Assistant Director of Field Service Education
Hilary is a Clinton School alum (class of 2012) and the new Assistant Director of Field Service Education. Since graduation she has worked with the Human Rights Campaign as the Associate Director of Communities and Volunteer Relations.
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