Category: Field Service

We are posting a series of stories on the Clinton School web site about the group projects that Clinton School students are working to communities, nonprofits and government entities across Arkansas. The projects are part of our Practicum program, which takes students into the field to complete for-credit public service projects in the Master of Public Service degree program. There are two articles currently up on our site:

Gralon has been working with a team of community leaders in Blytheville, where he recently helped develop a map of possible community-based initiatives.

Posted by BEN BEAUMONT – Clinton School student Sarah Clark was recognized Monday night for her performance in the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business MBA Presentation Competition last week. After making it to the finals, Clark was voted 3rd place overall by a panel of judges representing local corporations. Clark is…

The members of the Class of 2010 recently returned from their International Public Service Projects (IPSP) where they worked with organizations this summer on all six inhabited continents. Today, they presented their work to students, staff, faculty and partnering organizations.

As part of the Clinton School Class of 2011 Orientation, student groups introduced their year-long Practicum projects to their classmates by designing campaign posters. The only requirement was to create a professional poster with a slogan that illustrated the work they will be engaging in this year.

Hola from Bolivia. I am spending my summer working at La Colónia Ecológica, an orphanage and afterschool center devoted to helping children and adolescents in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Founded in 2002 by Francisco Villanueva Torrez (Kiko) and Maria del Carmen Vargas Doria Medina (Carmen),  La Colónia serves over 114 children, 30 of whom live at the center and have either been abandoned or whose parents work long hours in low paying jobs. 

Currently completing my International Public Service Project (IPSP) in Accra, Ghana, I was delighted to find out that President Obama would be visiting the country during my time here. And of all the cities in all the countries of the world, he just completed his visit to city where I am currently spending the summer.

Mayor Mark Stodola and the City of Little Rock’s tourism committee recently released a new brochure listing the “Top Twelve” attractions in Little Rock. Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford is a member of that committee.

I am completing my international project at Nyaka AIDS Orphans School which located in Nyakagyezi village in southwestern Uganda. Nyaka serves more than 300 children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS and with more than 2 million AIDS orphans in the country, the needs are very great.