The team will conduct research to inform the development of a strategic plan that addresses the need for community-based adult literacy programs in Cleveland, Lincoln, Desha, Drew, Bradley, Ashley, and Chicot counties. The plan will be used by Arkansas Literacy Councils to establish and develop new literacy councils in the region.
Read MoreAdegor Finds International Impact through SETF
Darlynton Adegor, a second-year student at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, is using a combination of existing legal knowledge with the Clinton School’s curriculum for community engagement to have a real impact on a major international crisis.
Read MorePartner Profile: Women’s Foundation of Arkansas
Students will research models and/or best practices from other cities and states to help WFA create this tool for businesses that support women in Arkansas working toward economic empowerment.
Read MorePartner Profile: Thea Foundation
The scope of the Thea Foundation Practicum team project is to design and implement a research project gathering specific information about student scholarship winners who have won arts-related scholarships from 2003 through the present.
Read MorePartner Profile: EAST Initiative
The Clinton School team will assist EAST Initiative in conducting focus groups with stakeholders at elementary school EAST programs to better understand the unique opportunities and challenges of technology-focused, project-based learning at this age. The students will identify best practices that can be replicated throughout all of our elementary EAST programs.
Read MorePartner Profile: Arkansas Farm to School
The Arkansas Farm to School team will map existing assets that could potentially support farm-to-institution programs across Arkansas. Students will research and review other local food system statewide asset maps from across the nation, aggregate existing databases of assets from various organizations and agencies, and create new databases for currently missing information, all of which will inform the development of a searchable map to be housed online.
Read MoreTreviño Completes IPSP with Awamaki in Peru
Brandon Treviño, a second-year student at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, recently completed his International Public Service Project in Peru.
Read MoreHuffman Learns Foreign Affairs with U.S. State Department Embassy in Armenia
Clinton School student Zack Huffman’s International Public Service Project took him to Yerevan, Armenia, to work with the United States Department of State Embassy of Yerevan, Armenia.
Read MoreClinton School Students to Complete 11 Public Service Projects in Arkansas
Eleven teams of students from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service will complete public service projects in partnership with public agencies, community initiatives, academic ventures, and nonprofit organizations across Arkansas during the 2017-18 academic year.
Read MoreAlexander enjoys IPSP with Foreign Agricultural Service in Tokyo
Clinton School student Amie Alexander traveled to Tokyo, Japan, to do her International Public Service Project with the Foreign Agricultural Service, which links U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security.
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