Clinton School grad Harvell Howard (’10) is joining UALR as coordinator of the university’s African American Male Initiative focused on retaining and graduating African American male students. Howard helped start the initiative for his final Clinton School Capstone project.
A native of Conway and a graduate of Hendrix College, Howard received the Shannon Butler Bridge Builder award, given annual to a Clinton School graduate known for bringing others together to solve problems and complete tasks.
While at the Clinton School, Howard worked with the Arkansas Delta Rural Heritage Development Initiative to complete a feasibility study for a kitchen incubator facility for the food service industry in West Memphis, Ark., did his international work in Nairobi, Kenya, where he worked with an organization that seeks to eradicate youth poverty in Kenya by closing the unemployment gap.
Congrats to Harvell on his new job.