In partnership with the Arkansas Times, the Clinton School will host a panel discussion featuring key players in the legal battle that culminated last week with a plea bargain to release Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley Jr., who served more than 17 years in prison after being convicted of murdering three young boys in West Memphis, Ark. Known as the “West Memphis Three,” Baldwin, Echols and Misskelley long maintained their innocence and gained national attention to their fight for exoneration. Confirmed panelists include:
Read MoreClinton School Subject of National Reuters Article
Little Rock-based Reuters writer Suzi Parker published a feature this weekend about the new class of student at the Clinton School.
Read MorePHOTOS: Students Volunteer at Our House
As part of this week’s orientation activities, the newest class of Clinton School students spent the morning volunteering at Our House, a shelter for the working homeless here in Little Rock.
Read MoreGrad Working With Heifer International
Clinton School graduate Shamim Okolloh is finishing up her final project with Heifer International in Uganda, where she is helping develop curriculum for a secondary school based on sustainable agricultural principles. Okolloh’s work is featured on Heifer International’s blog, which includes the following:
Read MoreListen to Our New Alma Mater
Use the player above to listen to the new Clinton School Alma Mater, “We Will Build the Bridge,” written and composed by 2011 graduate David Watterson. The song is performed by members of the St. Mark Baptist Church choir in Little Rock and the Arkansas Symphony String Quartet with Watterson on Piano. The lyrics are as follows:
Read MoreOrientation Begins Sunday
The Clinton School will welcome its seventh class next week when we kick off orientation activities at Sturgis Hall. The 38 new students and their families will join Clinton School faculty and staff for a welcome reception on Sunday night.
Read MoreStudent Helps Start Music Program for Tanzanian Nonprofit
After many failed attempts to start a music program at CSRS, it has finally happened. Thanks to Derrick Rainey of The Clinton School, who happens to be an incredible cellist and Tori Bates, a Vanderbilt volunteer, who has played harp for 11 years. Together they started working with students on the basics.
Read MoreStudents Volunteer for Tornado Cleanup in Joplin, Mo.
Clinton School student and Joplin, Mo., native Kate Raum returned to her hometown last week with sevens fellow Clinton School students to volunteer in the cleanup efforts in the aftermath of the devastating tornado that hit the city earlier this summer.
Read MoreClinton School Student Earns Fellowship for International Project
Clinton School student Heath Carelock has been awarded the Dr. Elliot Percival Skinner Scholars Fellowship from the Black Professionals in International Affairs (BPIA) to support his International Public Service Project this summer with the World Toilet Organization in Singapore.
Read MoreGrad Presents UALR African American Male Initiative
Clinton School graduate Harvell Howard (’10) was part of a team from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to give a presentation about the university’s African American Male Initiative at the 24th International Conference on The First-Year Experience last month in Manchester, England.
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