Category: Field Service

Lee High School in Marianna, Ark., was recently honored with a grant of $3,125 from the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame for a program that Clinton School students Fernando Cutz, Nicky Hamilton and Spencer Lucker have developed and will implement in the 2011-2012 school year.

Clinton School graduate Hallie Shoffner (’11) will spend eight weeks this summer in Peru working on a project to develop capacity for Minga Peru, an organization that works to create social change by empowering women who live in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest.

Clinton School graduate Jonathan Dunkley has been invited to return to Belize City, Belize, where he completed his Clinton School international service project, to conduct a youth development project focused on financial literacy and environmental sustainability.

Forest Heights Middle School in Little Rock has provided us with a plaque honoring a group of Clinton School students who volunteered at the school this year:

Clinton School student Alana Bell checked in recently from her International Public Service Project in Geneva, Switzerland, where she is working with the World Organization of the Scout Movement on an initiative to decrease bullying in schools.

Thirty-one graduate students will travel across the world this summer to complete public service projects as part of the Master of Public Service degree program at the Clinton School.

As part of their service commitment made at CGI-U, Clinton School students Spencer Lucker, Nicky Hamilton and Fernando Cutz will attend a banquet for the top graduating senior at Lee High School in Marianna, Ark., on Thursday.

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Clinton School student Jack Lofton has partnered with Our House, a Little Rock-based shelter for the working homeless, to produce a short documentary film to highlight the experiences and work of those involved in the organization.

Clinton School student Ryan Ubuntu Olson (’11) is serving as a consultant for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, which supports human rights for gender and sexual minorities across the world.