American foreign correspondent Nick Schifrin, currently a special correspondent at PBS NewsHour, will be a visiting fellow for the second consecutive year at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service during the 2017-18 academic year.
Read MoreCenter on Community Philanthropy Announces Researcher in Residence Report in Partnership with Our House
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Center on Community Philanthropy will host a reception on Thursday, September 7 at 5 p.m. in Sturgis Hall to release its first Researcher in Residence study, completed in partnership with Our House, Inc. Our House is a local nonprofit that utilizes a multi-generational approach to assist…
Read MoreIntroducing the Clinton School Class of 2019
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service will enroll 43 new students in its Master of Public Service (MPS) degree program this fall. Located in downtown Little Rock on the grounds of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park and in the River Market District, the Clinton School is the nation’s first to offer an MPS degree.
Read MoreUnder 40 Forum report touts ways to heal state’s ‘fractures’
The 2017 Under 40 Forum report was released this morning by the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, the Clinton School of Public Service, Arkansas Business and the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. The report is being mailed to political, business and community leaders across the state and can be viewed online at www.rockefellerinstitute.org/2017under40report. The report summarizes the discussions…
Read MoreClinton School Center on Community Philanthropy Awarded Major Grant
The Center on Community Philanthropy at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service has received a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support its work of leading philanthropic and nonprofit infrastructure organizations to advance racial equity and sector effectiveness. The grant’s resources will help expand the reach of the Center within its…
Read MoreWes Lacewell and Beth Levi Win 2017 Arkansas Crossword Puzzle and Sudoku Championships
Wes Lacewell of Little Rock, a manager with the Division of Building Authority at the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, won the 10th annual Arkansas State Crossword Puzzle Championship Sunday afternoon at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. It was his third title having won previously in 2008 and 2009. Beth Levi, a clinical professor at…
Read MoreLittle Rock Native, Film Writer and Director Jeff Nichols to Deliver Commencement Address at 2017 Graduation
Little Rock native, Jeff Nichols, will deliver the commencement address for the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 7 at 2:00 p.m. at the Robinson Center (426 W. Markham) in downtown Little Rock. Nichols is a film writer and director responsible for such films as Mud, Take Shelter, and…
Read MoreHuman Library to Launch in Little Rock on April 23
Human Library, a cultural immersion event aimed at fostering respect and encouraging understanding through conversations with diverse community members, is being brought to Little Rock, Arkansas for the first time on April 23, 2017. Yvonne Quek, a graduate student at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service is organizing Little Rock’s first-ever Human Library…
Read MoreProfessor will be Keynote Speaker at University of Arkansas at Fort Smith African Night
The African Students Association at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will host its fifth annual African Night from 6-9 p.m. on April 7 in the Reynolds Room of the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, 800 N. 49th St. Jericho Way Day Resource Center is the recipient of a grant from the University of Arkansas Clinton…
Read MoreClinton School Student Accepted into International MBA Program
Fiona O’Leary Sloan, of Seattle, Washington, a student at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, has been selected to join the second class of the Asia School of Business, a prestigious MBA program in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A collaboration between MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Malaysia’s Bank Negara, the Asia School…
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