Thirty-six students will graduate with a Master of Public Service (MPS) degree from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service (UACS) during the 2015 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 9TH at 2:00 p.m. at the Ron Robinson Theater in downtown Little Rock.
Donna Cochran McLarty and Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty will deliver the commencement address jointly. Donna and Mack McLarty founded the McLarty Global Fellows Program, a philanthropic endeavor established to provide students with the opportunity to engage in substantive international work in the areas of economic empowerment, human rights, and political participation. Mack McLarty served as President Bill Clinton’s first White House Chief of Staff and Donna McLarty has worked with Hillary Clinton on a variety of important issues in Washington and Arkansas.
The 36 graduates are the ninth class to graduate from the Master of Public Service program. During the past two years in the program, the graduates completed a 40-hour curriculum, including three field service projects: a team-based project in Arkansas, an International Public Service Project, and a final individual project.
The graduates also benefitted from participating in the Clinton School Speaker Series, which hosted more than 200 lectures during their two years in the program, including Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress; Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream; and Jeff Bridges, Academy Award-winning actor.
Sir Ketumile Masire, former President of Botswana (1980-1998) and grandfather of 2015 graduate, Thato Masire, will be in attendance and will also be giving a lecture on Friday, May 8, 2015 at 8:30a.m. at the Clinton School of Public Service Sturgis Hall. Click here for more information.
For those following our graduation day activities on Twitter, we will be using the hashtags #UACS2015 and #BuildingBridges from the account @ClintonSchool.
The Class of 2015:
Read R. Admire (Little Rock, Ark.)
Anna Applebaum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Kent Junior Broughton, II (Pine Bluff, Ark.)
Quiana Michelle Brown (New Orleans, La.)
Paul Bradley Cameron (Conway, Ark.)
Matthew Cornelius Caston (Jackson, Miss.)
Paola Cavallari (Termoli, Italy)
Benjamin Jerome Croner (Potomac, Md.)
Ruby Annette De Santiago (Rogers, Ark.)
Matthew Daniel Devlin (Silver Spring, Md.)
Christian Cordan Eddings (Little Rock, Ark.)
Mattea Simone Fleischner (Hot Springs, Ark.)
Haylee Rae Fletcher (Prescott Valley, Ariz.)
Danielle Breanne Folks (Austin, Texas)
Troy Luke Frauenthal (Little Rock, Ark.)
Elaine Marie Frigon (J.D./M.P.S.) (Pine Bluff, Ark.)
Katherine Joan Grennier (Burlington, Wis.)
Tatiana Riddle Hendrix (Guy, Ark.)
Brenda Hernandez (Pomona, Calif.)
Tiffany Lynn Jacob (Neenah, Wis.)
Traci Leigh Johnson (Beech Grove, Ind.)
Julian J.F. Kelly (West Memphis, Ark.)
Stephen Bolton Kirchner (M.P.H./M.P.S.) (Little Rock, Ark.)
Andrew Lovley (Wrentham, Mass.)
Thato Masire (M.B.A./M.P.S.) (Gaborone, Botswana)
Brandon LaCharles Mathews (Fort Smith, Ark.)
Allison Meyer (Stongsville, Ohio)
Hunter Mullins (Russellville, Ark.)
Kristen Elizabeth Raney (M.B.A./M.P.S.) (Harrison, Ark.)
Antoinette Nina Schicchi (Dania Beach, Fla.)
Laetitia Jeanne A.M. Tokplo (Benin-West Africa)
Angela Edwina Toomer (Little Rock, Ark.)
Sylvia To Tran (Fort Smith, Ark.)
Emily Anne Wheat (Charlottsville, Va.)
Tshering Yudon (Thimphu, Bhutan)
Rebecca Rose Zimmermann (Little Rock, Ark.)
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