Category: Alumni

Clinton School graduate Jay Thompson will travel to London as part of a team that will start a new chapter for City Year, the national service organization that recruits young people to dedicate a year to service before college.

Clinton School graduate J.D. Lowery, now a sustainability project manager for Little Rock sustainability consulting firm, published an Op-Ed in today’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in favor of clean energy legislation that the U.S. Senate will take up in September.

Clinton School graduate Jonathan Mwaba, who grew up in Zambia and South Africa, now lives in Northwest Arkansas where he was recently named to the 2009 “40 under 40” list by the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal.

Congratulations to Clinton School alumnus Malcolm Glover who received first place recognition in the interpretive radio category from the Arkansas chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

We recently heard from Clinton School grad Mike Townsend who will soon lead a trip to Ethiopia as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village program. Townsend’s group will work to build simple, affordable housing for those in need there. Here’s a note from Mike and ways you can help:

The page, titled “Clinton School Alumni: Where are They Now,” is meant to give prospective students an idea of the career prospects for graduates of our Master of Public Service degree program. CLICK HERE to view the page, which currently features seven of our alumni who are now working all over the country and the world.

In more alumni news, Governor Mike Beebe has appointed recent Clinton School graduate Sarah Argue to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

In her post, Trotter will lead efforts to work with the 12-member commission, state government and health care leaders to improve minority health by improving education, awareness and accessibility within the state’s health care system.

Recent Clinton School graduate Amanda Harris has accepted a job as a training coordinator with the Harm Reduction Coalition, an organization promotes the health and dignity of individuals and communities impacted by drug use.

Chancellar Williams is pictured above in between two of his classmates on graduation day (April 25, 2009). We just receive news that Chancellar accepted a position with the Media and Democracy Coalition (MDC) as their program and outreach manager.