*Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling (501) 683-5239 “Overcoming Addiction and Ending the Stigma,” Ginny Atwood LovittWednesday, November 2, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)– Ginny Atwood Lovitt is the executive director of the Chris Atwood Foundation, which works to provide recovery support and resources to people and families affected by addiction, to change the conversation and…
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*Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling (501) 683-5239. “United States Supreme Court Update”Monday, October 3, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *In partnership with UALR William H. Bowen School of Law– On the first Monday of every October, the United States Supreme Court begins its new term. With Justice Scalia’s death, the Court faces an uncertain future this year. His…
Read MoreCommemoration: ‘Where Were You on September 11, 2001?’
In commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, our Clinton School of Public Service/Sturgis Hall volunteers look back at where they were on September 11th, 2001 when they heard the news. “When the first plane hit, I was outside in my backyard raking leaves on a beautiful Arkansas fall day. My husband called, he…
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August *Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling (501) 683-5239. “A Pearl for Kizzy: A World War II Novel,” Ed BethuneMonday, August 22, 2016 at 12:00 Noon (Sturgis Hall) *Book Signing to Follow– Ed Bethune is an author and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas. In his new book, A Pearl for…
Read MoreJuneteenth + Kinsey Collection: Celebrating African-American History and Achievement
On June 19, 1865, two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender in Virginia, Union General Gordon Granger and his troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and enforce President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. General Granger read General Order No. 3, stating: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance…
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*Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling (501) 683-5239.Donate the Basics for Children in Foster Care Donation DriveMonday, May 2, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *In partnership with Arkansas Department of Human Services and Arkansas Creating Connections for Children– Each year, thousands of children are rescued from dangerous situations and taken into the Arkansas foster care system….
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*Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling (501) 683-5239.“Love is Good Business,” Becca StevensFriday, April 1, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. – Becca Stevens is an author and social entrepreneur who founded Thistle Farms, an all-natural bath and body care company that is the largest social enterprise in the United States run by survivors of addiction, trafficking, violence, and extreme poverty. Stevens is…
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Bobby Roberts has been the director of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) since 1989. During his tenure at CALS, it has been recognized as one of the premier library systems in the United States
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February Speakers at the Clinton School. Dambisa Moyo is a global economist and author from Lusaka, Zambia who examines the interplay of macroeconomics and international business with the global economy.
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Harry Lewis, the Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, is the author of numerous books and articles, including his celebrated book on higher education, “Excellence Without a Soul: Does Liberal Education Have a Future?”
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