The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service invites non-profits, government agencies, businesses, foundations or other organizations working on issues of social change to submit ideas for field projects to be accomplished during the 2016-2017 academic year.
Clinton School students are working toward their Masters of Public Service degrees. In their field projects, they apply what they are learning in the classroom to real public service projects.
The Clinton School is currently accepting proposals for Practicum and Capstone field projects.
Practicum projects are selected by the Clinton School and accomplished by small teams of students from September 2016 through May 2017. Applications for Practicum projects are due on April 8, 2016.
Individual students select Capstone projects based on their career goals. Students devote over 250 hours to implementing their Capstones, which begin at different times of the year depending on student course schedules. Proposals for Capstone projects are accepted on a rolling basis through August 2016.
In addition to fulfilling degree requirements, the projects allow Clinton School students to add value to the organizations they partner with.
An information session for interested organizations will be held on Thursday, March 3rd from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Sturgis Hall. To attend, click here.
“The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance is very pleased to be partnering again with Clinton School students,” said Patty Barker, Arkansas No Kid Hungry Campaign Director. “We are excited to be able to expand the great research provided by last year’s Practicum team showing the positive effects of offering free school breakfast to all students can have on student achievement, which will help our No Kid Hungry stakeholders set key policy priorities to improve educational opportunities for all Arkansas children.”
Clinton School field projects include work such as:
- Facilitating discussions on social issues
- Conducting needs assessments to study a problem and determine a plan to implement solutions
- Identifying and developing community/organization assets
- Designing and implementing surveys to collect information about a problem
- Building or strengthening partnerships, coalitions and/or teams
- Conducting interviews and focus groups
- Mobilizing people to take action on social issues
- Researching best practices
“The students, the partner organizations, and the community have all benefited from the field service projects,” said Skip Rutherford, Dean of the Clinton School. “We encourage interested organizations to submit proposals to work with us next year.”
If you are unable to attend the information session and/or would like additional information about the application process, contact Hilary Trudell at fieldservice@clintonschool.uasys.edu or 501-683-5200.
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