Zuccardi Looks to Advance Sustainability with Avani

Clinton School student Karen Zuccardi (Bogotá, Colombia), whose upcoming International Public Service Project with Avani is focused on sustainability, serves on Little Rock’s Sustainability Commission. She had the opportunity to speak to the more than 300 attendees of the summit, held Thursday, March 29 at Robinson Auditorium.

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Combating Opioid Crisis Personal for Treviño

University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service student Andrew S. Treviño of Greeley, Colo., has spent the past four months completing his final Capstone project with the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS) working on the Arkansas State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis (Opioid STR), a grant totaling nearly $8 million over a two-year period, which Arkansas received from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in an effort to curb the nation’s opioid epidemic.

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Loker Looks at the Softer Side of Service

For this week’s Spring Break, five Clinton School students have traveled to Houston to participate in rebuilding efforts with SBP for Hurricane Harvey. Throughout the week, the students will be posting reflections on their work. Today’s post is from Emily Loker, a second-year student from Madison, Wisc.

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Wegner Sees City’s Strength through its People

For this week’s Spring Break, five Clinton School students have traveled to Houston to participate in rebuilding efforts with SBP for Hurricane Harvey. Throughout the week, the students will be posting reflections on their work. Today’s post is from Brian Wegner, a first-year student from Saginaw, Mich.

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Richardson Reflects after First Day of Recovery Work in Houston

For this week’s Spring Break, five Clinton School students have traveled to Houston to participate in rebuilding efforts with SBP for Hurricane Harvey. Throughout the week, the students will be posting reflections on their work. Today’s post is from Kirby Richardson, a first-year student from Rogers, Ark.

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DeBruyn Veers from Medicine to Public Service

Like many students at the Clinton School of Public Service, Joshua DeBruyn entered the school with strong interests in foreign policy and a year of professional public service experience on his resume. Unlike most, DeBruyn’s college education began on a path to medical school.

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SGA Set for Scoops for Good

The Clinton School Student Government Association will be at Loblolly Creamery from 5-9 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27 to help with “Scoops for Good.” A portion of the evening’s proceeds will go to Arkansas Women’s Outreach.

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Hisek Continues Relief and Recovery Efforts with FEMA

Currently based in Washington D.C. as a Situation Unit Leader with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Kathryn Hisek recently spent nearly two months deployed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to assist with the relief efforts for Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

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