Category: Students

Clinton School student Chanley Painter, Miss Arkansas USA, will soon travel to Las Vegas to compete in the Miss USA pageant. Chanley is an outstanding student in the JD/MPS program both at the Clinton School and the UALR Bowen School of Law where she is ranked in the top of her class.

Clinton School Student Marquita Little has accepted a position with Youth Villages in Memphis where she will serve as a family intervention specialist working with the faith-based community.

Congratulations to Clinton School student James Mitchell who successfully reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. James, who was been working at the Amani Chldren’s Home since May 2008, will join his classmates in Little Rock for graduation April 25.

My fellow classmate Johnathan Dunkley and I had the pleasure to entertain some visitors to the Clinton School this Saturday. After finishing out the Boys and Girls Club basketball season with our team, we decided to bring them to our school and make a day of it.

Congratulations to Clinton School Student Tim Giattina for his summer clerkship opportunity with noted product liability attorney Tab Turner. Tim is pursuing a joint law degree at UALR’s Bowen School of Law.

Congrats to Clinton School student Penelope Sur and her 12-year-old son Edouard who both completed the half marathon during Sunday’s Little Rock Marathon festivities. Penelope reports that Edouard “left me behind,” completing the adult half marathon in 1 hour and 53 minutes.

Jennifer Hicks, Class of 2010, invites you to attend a fundraiser and silent auction benefiting Amani Children’s Home, Tanzanian orphanage where she will complete her International Public Service Project for the Clinton School this summer.

We told you recently (CLICK HERE for post) of Clinton School student Tezira Jamwa’s invitation to serve as a panelist at the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, a UN global policy-making body dedicated to gender equality.

I was privileged to attend National Council of La Raza’s (NCLR) Issue Briefing and Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. last week.  I, along two other representatives from Arkansas, joined more than 400 participants from 35 states.

I joined three of my classmates, Ashley Davis, Emily Fischer and Olivia Wilmot, participating in the Committee For the Future’s Phone-A-Thon benefiting Arkansas Children’s Hospital and its new Injury Prevention Center.