Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford has been named to the board of the Foundation for the Mid South. Headquartered in Jackson, Miss., the foundation invests in people and strategies that build philanthropy and promote racial, social and economic equity in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Read MoreLittle Rock Film Festival: Sunday
On the final day of the Little Rock Film Festival, the Clinton School screened three more documentaries, including “The Last Survivor,” about preventing genocide
Read MoreAssociate Dean Analyzes Voting in the South
Three University of Arkansas political science professors, including Clinton School interim associate dean Todd Shields, recently analyzed the 2008 presidential election in two southern states, finding that voting behavior was influenced by “modern symbolic racism.”
Read MoreUPDATE: Dean Talks Community in Pine Bluff
Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford is speaking this morning at the Pine Bluff Business Expo. The theme of the event is “Focus on Community,” and Dean Rutherford will be discussing the Clinton School field service work, community philanthropy and why outcomes and results are important for community building.
Read MoreDean to Speak at Tourism Conference
Rutherford will join Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO Dan O’Byrne, local developer Jimmy Moses and Sharon Priest, executive director of the Downtown Little Rock Partnership to discuss the recent growth in the River Market District. The conference theme is “Linking Tourism and Development.”
Read MoreSigns of Spring
We know it’s spring at the Clinton School when the cherry tree, dedicated to former Associate Dean Tom Bruce, on the north side of Sturgis Hall begins to bloom.
Read MoreA Commitment Honored
After 32 years with a beard, Clinton School associate dean Mike Hemphill shaved today to honor a commitment he made to Clinton School students who met their target of raising more than $5,000 for the American Cancer Society’s upcoming Relay for Life.
Read MoreStudents Meet with Visiting Scholars
Clinton School students Jonathan Dunkley, Julianne Dunn, Nicholas Hall and LaTrenia Byrd met with a group of 20 visiting scholars from Mississippi State University today to discuss public service and life after college.
Read MoreDean Part of 1992 Clinton Campaign Archive
Blair took a leave of absence from her UA post in 1992 to serve as a senior researcher for the Clinton campaign. About a month before the election, Clinton gave her permission to interview campaign staff members and volunteers for a historical archive.
Read MoreSunday Marathon
The Clinton School will have wide representation in Sunday’s Little Rock marathon. The race includes a jaunt down Kumpuris Street right in front of the Clinton School.
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