Category: Field Service

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.

Four Clinton School students will work with the Pine Bluff Area Community Foundation this year to improve its grant-making process in an effort to increase the impact of community projects.

Working with the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute, the students will develop a plan for sustaining gardens in schools launched in a national garden research study.

Several of our students who recently returned from completing International Public Service Projects (IPSP) across the world will participate in a series of panel discussions Friday afternoon at Sturgis Hall. The students will discuss the work they did in partnership with international nonprofit organizations and governments. Here’s a rundown of the panels:

Clinton School students Mark Lienhart (left) and Ben Kaufman (right) completed their international service projects this summer in Ethiopia where this photograph was taken and where they worked with TOMS Shoes and affiliated organizations.

Eight student teams from the Clinton School will complete public service projects across Arkansas during the 2010-2011 academic year.

FYAN is a coalition of Arkansas organizations, families and caregivers that work in children’s behavioral health. The resource center’s goal is to provide information, resources and referrals to consumers while also working to establish advocacy and training networks throughout the state.

We recently received a report for Clinton School student David Watterson (’11)who completed his International Public Service Project this summer in Kenya where he helped create a cultural exchange program between American and Kenyan high school students. Here’s Watterson’s report:

Clinton School students and graduates are featured in a recent newsletter from the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, which is directed by Clinton School grad Idonia Trotter (’09).