For this week’s Spring Break, five Clinton School students have traveled to Houston to participate in rebuilding efforts with SBP for Hurricane Harvey. Throughout the week, the students will be posting reflections on their work. Today’s post is from Emily Loker, a second-year student from Madison, Wisc.
Read MoreWegner Sees City’s Strength through its People
For this week’s Spring Break, five Clinton School students have traveled to Houston to participate in rebuilding efforts with SBP for Hurricane Harvey. Throughout the week, the students will be posting reflections on their work. Today’s post is from Brian Wegner, a first-year student from Saginaw, Mich.
Read MoreRichardson Reflects after First Day of Recovery Work in Houston
For this week’s Spring Break, five Clinton School students have traveled to Houston to participate in rebuilding efforts with SBP for Hurricane Harvey. Throughout the week, the students will be posting reflections on their work. Today’s post is from Kirby Richardson, a first-year student from Rogers, Ark.
Read MoreReich Combines IPSP and Capstone with Reproductive Health Research in Ecuador
A second-year student at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, Liz Reich is currently in Quito, Ecuador, working on a combined International Public Service and Capstone Project with Novulis.
Read MorePartner Profile: The Wallace Center at Winrock International
The Clinton School team is developing a strategy for the Wallace Center at Winrock International in local food and agriculture work in Arkansas. The work starts by analyzing the organization’s historical programming and role in food and agriculture in the state, cataloging current programming, and identifying core competencies to contribute to this work.
Read MorePartner Profile: ForwARd Arkansas
The Clinton School practicum team is working with ForwARd Arkansas to conduct best-practices research on successful school-community partnership models from around the United States to help craft a structure for each school to engage with partners, and to help create a long-term vision for such partnerships.
Read MoreHisek Continues Relief and Recovery Efforts with FEMA
Currently based in Washington D.C. as a Situation Unit Leader with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Kathryn Hisek recently spent nearly two months deployed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to assist with the relief efforts for Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Read MorePartner Profile: Arkansas Historic Decisions Learning Exchange
As part of the ARHDLE initiative, Clinton School students are conducting useful research and working with officials from the aforementioned partner institutions to develop new programs based on historic issues.
Read MorePartner Profile: Hope Academy of Public Service
The Hope Academy of Public Service Practicum team will assess the impact of a middle school public service curriculum. The students will work to gather data to show the impact of the curriculum on community partners as well as students and the “whole child” aspects of middle school and career and college preparation.
Read MorePartner Profile: Ronald McDonald House Charities
The team will explore opportunities for a nonprofit to expand services to area hospitals through program creation or expansion. It will identify each potential program’s goals and objectives, as well as potential for support from donors and the community. Deliverables include a community assessment, family needs survey, financial assessment, and medical feasibility study.
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