A Clinton School student worked with Little Rock Urban Farming (LRUF) to research community perceptions of local food and ways to support the local food economy. Clinton School student Dylan Perry of Memphis, Tenn., found that more than 80 percent of the Central Arkansas community thinks that developing a strong local food system is important. Perry…
Read MoreStudent Part of UA Team Honored for Solar Efficiency Innovation
Clinton School student Trish Flanagan, a concurrent student with the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, helped develop a process to improve the efficiency of solar cells. A patent for the students’ plan is pending. Below is a press release from the UA about the project:
Read MoreStudents Helping Market Restaurant that Employs Adults with Disabilities
For their Practicum public service project, a team of Clinton School students is helping promote special events at an Arkadelphia, Ark.,-based restaurant that employs adults with developmental disabilities. As part of the project, the students issued a press release today about a special Valentine’s Day dinner theater promotion at the Honeycomb Restaurant and Bakery. The…
Read MoreClinton School, Arkansas Advocates Partner to Raise Awareness for Tax Credit
As part of their Clinton School Practicum project, a team of students is working with Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) to raise awareness about Arkansas’s Earned Income Tax Credit, which can dramatically affect the quality of life of low- to middle-wage workers.
Read MoreClinton School Seeks Field Service Partners
The Clinton School invites non-profits, government agencies, businesses, foundations or other organizations working on issues of social change to submit ideas for field projects to be accomplished during the 2013-2014 academic year.
Read MoreStudent Studies Effort to Create Family Literacy Program
Clinton School student Laura Crosby (‘13) partnered with Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY USA) to determine the feasibility of creating a home visitation program to give parents of kindergarten to third-grade students the skills and knowledge to support their child’s literacy development.
Read MoreStudents Help Create Website for Practicum Project
Clinton School students Aliyah Sarkar, Cathrine Schwader, Jacob Perry and Nicholas Provencher worked with Group Living, Inc., and Bridgette Bass of Arkadelphia Media to create a new website for the Honeycomb Restaurant and Bakery, which employs individuals with developmental disabilities to help them achieve independence in their community.
Read MoreConcurrent Degree Student Completes Independent Study in Mongolia
Burt Hicks, a concurrent degree student at the Clinton School of Public Service and the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, spent the fall semester in Mongolia researching a new law related to foreign investment in the country.
Read MoreStudent Helps Improve Business Registration Process in Mongolia
Clinton School student Burt Hicks (’13) partnered with the Business Plus Initiative, a project funded by United States Agency for International Development and implemented by Chemonics International, to improve the company registration process in Mongolia.
Read MoreStudent Works on Local Health Improvement Effort
Ryan Williams, a concurrent student with the Clinton School and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health partnered with Better Community Development, Inc., to advance health promotion efforts in the predominantly African American community.
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