Category: Field Service

CARE International has been working in Egypt since 1954, focusing its efforts in four main areas: education, governance, natural resources and women’s economic empowerment.

For her final Clinton School public service project, Shenan Boit (’12) lived and worked in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria, where she partnered with Peace Corps Response and the Bulgarian Scout Organization to help Bulgarian communities create youth programs that promote leadership, volunteerism and self-esteem in children.

The projects are part of the school’s Capstone program, which requires students to work with community leaders to help build healthy, engaged and vibrant communities and demonstrate their ability to work effectively in public service.

Clinton School students have now completed more than 100,000 hours of public service since the beginning of the school’s Master of Public Service degree program in 2005. The milestone was part of a landmark year for the nation’s seventh presidential school.

Clinton School student Anatoliy Shatkovskyy (’12), a native of Cherkasy, Ukraine, is traveling to his home country this week with Heifer International CEO Pierre Ferrari to serve as an interpreter.

Three Clinton School students are working this year with the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA) to update a 1973 report on the status of women in Arkansas to promote outreach and educational programs for girls and women in the state.

Clinton School student Kate Raum of Joplin, Mo. recently worked with Welcoming America, a national nonprofit organization, to complete a report of case studies examining innovative strategies for creating welcoming communities in the United States.

As part of their coursework, four Clinton School students have partnered with the Sustainable Business Network of Central Arkansas to address the needs of the sustainable business community in the region.