Category: Field Service

Clinton School student Elrina Frost is currently working with Winrock International to conduct a needs assessment of local government officials to help improve service delivery and government accountability in the NUDEIL districts of Uganda. Frost is doing the work as her final Capstone project before graduation in May.

Clinton School student Patrick Banks (’11) worked this summer with the Kijana Educational Empowerment Initiative in Western Kenya, where he conducted an analysis of science education in impoverished schools.

Clinton School student Dixon McReynolds (’12) has been hired at Our House, a shelter for the working homeless, to help coordinate efforts to find permanent housing for shelter occupants.

Thirty-three graduate students are completing in-depth public service projects this year across Arkansas, the country and the world as the final requirement in the Clinton School’s Master of Public Service (MPS) degree program.

Two Clinton School students who completed public service projects this summer in St. Lucia are asking for donations as part of relief efforts in the aftermath Hurricane Tomas.

Four Clinton School students recently visited a successful school garden program in New Orleans. They are hoping to help replicate the program as part of their field service work.

Four Clinton School students are working with the Injury Prevention Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital to assess the injury prevention needs of the prospective hospitals in the state’s new trauma system.

Four Clinton School students are working with Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas to facilitate conversations about race in Helena-West Helena.