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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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…
Read More2010 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.
Read MoreStudents 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.
Read MoreStudent Project Supports Immigration Reform
The atmosphere was filled with excitement and high expectations for Arkansas’scongressional delegation to engage in immigration reform. Representatives from Arkansas’s business, political and education sectors voiced their support for comprehensive immigration reform.
Read MoreGrant 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.
Read MoreStudent Studies Minority Health
Clinton School student Dimas Espinola is working with Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) to explore minority health disparities among Arkansas children.
Read MoreEnglish Helps Farm-to-School Program
The Arkansas Farm to School project aims to provide fresh, healthy meals in schools to improve student nutrition and support local and regional farmers. The Farm to School program has four major components: cafeteria procurement, development of school gardens, integrated nutrition curriculum and farm visits.
Read MoreStudent Helps Health Commission
Clinton School student Regina Wilkerson (right) is working with the Arkansas Minority Health Commission (AMHC) to assist with the development of the commission’s legislative audit reporting system.
Read MoreStudent Helps Feed Seniors in Need
As the final project of her tenure at the Clinton School, second-year student and Arkansas native Lindsey Barnett (left) is working with the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to conduct senior citizen outreach for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly the Food Stamp Program).
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