Reducing Recidivism in Arkansas

As noted below, a team of Clinton School students presented recommendations Tuesday to a state coalition about ways to fight recidivism in Arkansas. The students told the Arkansas Re-Entry Coalition that a holisitic approach is needed to coordinated services for ex-offenders.

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Student Helps Launch African American Male Initiative at UALR

Clinton School student Harvell Howard is working with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) to establish an African American Male Initiative (AAMI) to help African American male students at the university stay in school and graduate.

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Newport Digs Delta Art

If you build it, they will come. Well, Newport has not built an arts center just yet, but people are coming anyway.  The second annual Delta Visual Arts Show in Newport played to more than 400 art fans Saturday, more than doubling last year’s total. 

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Students Promote Delta Art

Six Clinton School students will travel to Newport, Ark., tomorrow for the annual Delta Visual Arts Show. For the second consecutive year, a team of students has been working with the Newport community to lay the groundwork for a community visual arts center to help spur economic development in the city’s downtown are.   After last year’s…

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2010 Field Service Recruitment Begins

Field service at the Clinton School emphasizes the practice of public service by working on systemic issues in a community-based manner. Clinton School students complete three for-credit public service projects during the two-year Master of Public Service (MPS) degree program.

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Students Create Literacy Training Manual

Three Clinton School students will debut a new tutor training manual for member councils of Arkansas Literacy Councils (ALC) during a workshop at the Little Rock Hilton February 17-19, 2010.

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Student Project Supports Immigration Reform

The atmosphere was filled with excitement and high expectations for Arkansas’s’congressional delegation to engage in immigration reform. Representatives from Arkansas’s business, political and education sectors voiced their support for comprehensive immigration reform.

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Grant Awarded to Student Project

An after-school cooking workshop developed by three Clinton School students has received a “Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas” grant of more than $16,000 to implement the program in three local school districts.

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Student Studies Minority Health

Clinton School student Dimas Espinola is working with Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) to explore minority health disparities among Arkansas children.

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