Category: Students

First-year Clinton School student Sarah Clark recently became the first to enter our new joint Master of Business Administration degree program with the University of Arkansas Walton College of Business. Because the Walton College is in Fayetteville, Sarah will be taking a number of her classes by video through online technology. As you can see below, today was her first day “in class” at the Walton College.

We got this photo yesterday from Clinton School student Jose Guzzardi of the line at Ben’s Chili Bowl, a restaurant near the Capitol in Washington where then President-elect Barack Obama stopped for lunch recently. Needless to say, the place has grown in popularity since Obama’s visit.

At the Clinton School this morning we hosted an inauguration day watch party for students, faculty and staff. The morning was kicked off with an Inauguration Puzzle Competition designed by Little Rock District Judge and puzzle enthusiast Vic Fleming.

In celebration of the National Day of Service, several Clinton School students took part in service projects organized by City Year Little Rock and North Little Rock. UACS students worked at the Boys and Girls Club-Jim Wetherington Unit in North Little Rock.

Clinton School student and AmeriCorps alumnae Carly Benkov will march in the 2009 Inaugural Parade on Tuesday in Washington D.C. Carly was among 150 past AmeriCorps members chosen to participate in the parade honoring President-elect Barack Obama.

Clinton School student, Spirit Trickey, hit the news over the holiday with the Batesville Dailey Guard reporting the Arkansas Repertory Theatre’s plans to present Spirit’s new play, “One Ninth,” at Arkansas State University-Newport.

Clinton School student Yuriy Nesterov of Kyiv, Ukraine, was recently published in a book entitled ,”Environment and Development: Policies for Our Sustainable Future.” Yuriy, who has a master’s in Environmental Science from Ohio University, wrote one of the book’s chapters on environmentally friendly Agriculture and Sustainable Food Production.