Cofounded by a Clinton School team-based project and the Newport Economic Development Commission (NEDC), the Delta Visual Arts Show is now in its eighth year. A current Clinton School team is working with the NEDC and Newport civic and community leaders on developing the Delta Visual Arts Center in Newport. More information can be found…
Read MoreAlum Tshering Yudon Publishes Her First Children’s Book
University of Arkansas Clinton School graduate Tshering Yudon of Thimphu, Bhutan, has written and published her first book, Bumo Jarim, a children’s book about her home country. Bumo Jarim is a Bhutanese folktale about a young, courageous girl named Karma who helps readers to redefine and examine beauty, compassion, and courage and is illustrated by Sonam Chophel of…
Read MoreCenter on Community Philanthropy Partners with Higher Purpose Academy in Clarksdale, Mississippi
The University of Arkansas Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy recently joined a partnership to launch the inaugural session of Higher Purpose Academy (HPA), an innovative community empowerment program for minority millennials in the Mississippi Delta.
Read MoreCongratulations to the Clinton School Team and the Other 2016 Policy Solutions Challenge USA Semifinalists
Policy Solutions Challenge USA is a national competition among teams of students from U.S. schools of public policy, public affairs and public administration to develop innovative solutions to the most important policy problems facing the country. These students represent the next generation of skilled policy analysts, prepared by the schools of public policy, public affairs…
Read MoreJericho Way Day Resource Center Receives Hope Fund Grant
Jericho Way Day Resource Center is the recipient of a grant from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service’s Hope Fund. The grant amounts to $595 and will be used to assist homeless Arkansans with the purchase of new identification cards and reissued birth certificates, both of which are important for access to housing, employment, and social services.
Read MoreFood Pantry Opens at UALR with Help from Clinton School Alum
A new food pantry for students, faculty and staff at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has opened in the Donaghey Student Center on the UALR campus. Clinton School graduate Brandon Mathews, who works with the Arkansa Food Bank, has been a leading voice on college student hunger championing the importance of campus food pantries. Click here to…
Read MoreClinton School Now Accepting New Project Proposals from Partner Organizations
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service invites non-profits, government agencies, businesses, foundations or other organizations working on issues of social change to submit ideas for field projects to be accomplished during the 2016-2017 academic year. Clinton School students are working toward their Masters of Public Service degrees. In their field projects, they…
Read MoreSchool has a who’s who in signed book collection
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock holds a library of signed books by authors from Kennedy biographer Ted Sorensen to Texas joker Kinky Friedman — hundreds of volumes that nobody set out to collect.
Read MoreLocal Nonprofit Our House Selected to Work with Inaugural Center on Community Philanthropy Researcher in Residence
The Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy is proud to announce local nonprofit Our House has been selected to work with our inaugural Researcher in Residence Dr. Muthusami Kumaran in Spring 2016.
Read MoreCenter on Community Philanthropy Appoints First Researcher in Residence
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Center on Community Philanthropy has appointed Dr. Muthusami Kumaran from the University of Florida as its first ever Researcher in Residence and Visiting Philanthropy Faculty for the Spring 2016 semester.
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