A team of Clinton School students has spent the academic year working with the Arkansas Faith-Academic Initiatives for Transforming Health (FAITH) network. Samantha Black (Fort Smith, Ark.) and Taylor Donnerson (West Memphis, Ark.) are creating an end-of-life planning toolkit for leaders of faith-based organizations to implement within their congregations.
Read MoreClinton School Team Researches Effectiveness of Transportation Alliance Project
Since September, a team of Clinton School students has worked with Little Rock’s Transportation Alliance Project (TAP), a pilot fare agreement program that provides individuals experiencing homelessness with free, reliable transportation.
Read MoreConcurrent Law Students Taking on Law Clerkships in Spring and Summer
Several of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service students pursuing concurrent law degrees from the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law are taking on clerkships, fellowships, and internships with law firms and organizations this spring and summer.
Read MoreSheffield Completing Work with Pine Bluff Mayor’s Office
Samantha Sheffield was meeting with Ima Etim of the Pine Bluff Mayor’s office when Etim received an email from the city government of Forrest City, Ark. Pine Bluff had recently restarted its Mayor’s Youth Council program and the Forrest City representative was looking for help starting their own.
Read MoreSecond Gender Equity Award Presented at Arkansas Business Awards
Wright Lindsey Jennings, a full-service law firm with offices in Little Rock and Rogers, Ark., was announced as the 2020 recipient of the Olivia Farrell Gender Equity Leadership Award at the annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards banquet on Wednesday, March 11. The award recognizes the most equitable workplace in Arkansas.
Read MoreIsokpunwu, Muranaka, Ogom Honored at Rotary Banquet
Patrick Isokpunwu (Benin City, Nigeria), Reiko Muranaka (Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan), and Christopher Ogom (Marsabit, Kenya) were recognized as Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholars at the Rotary District 6150 Foundation Banquet at the Clinton Presidential Center on Thursday evening.
Read MoreRonald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas Unveils New Family Room
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas has unveiled its new Family Room in the NICU unit at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Read MoreFarris Spends Winter Break Volunteering with All Hands and Hearts
When Blake Farris first volunteered with All Hands and Hearts in Nepal in 2016, he had no idea that four years later he would still be devoting his time to the organization.
Read MoreAshanti, Holman, Bombonato Part of Winrock I-Fund Cohort
Clinton School students Patricia Ashanti, Ganelle Holman, and Molly Bombonato were selected as part of the most recent cohort of the Arkansas I-Fund at Winrock International in partnership with the Economic Development Administration.
Read MoreDenton Joins Arkansas Department of Health
Second-year student Caleb Denton (Booneville, Ark.) is working as a Research Project Analyst in the Hospital Discharge Data Section of the Health Statistics Branch at the Arkansas Department of Health.
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