The initiative is a philanthropic endeavor established to provide college and graduate students at the University of Arkansas and the William J. Clinton School of Public Service with the opportunity to engage in substantive international work in the areas of economic empowerment, human rights, and political participation.
“Mack and I began the McLarty Global Fellows Program as way to support the important work being done to promote cultural diplomacy around the world. We are pleased that through this program we are able to build on the extraordinary professional experiences and public service endeavors we have shared over many years in Washington D.C. to benefit students studying in our home state of Arkansas,” Donna McLarty said.
Donna and Mack McLarty are graduates of the University of Arkansas.
Earlier this year, McLarty Global Fellows announced a research fellowship at the Institute for Women, Peace and Security at Georgetown University to benefit one student from the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock. The fellowship is named in honor of Hillary Clinton, a longtime friend of the McLarty family. 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.
Also this year, McLarty Global Fellows announced a partnership with Vital Voices Global Partnership, an international non-governmental organization focused on women’s economic empowerment around the world. Donna McLarty is one of the initial co-founders, building on the idea that then-First Lady Hillary Clinton put forth in her 1995 speech on women’s rights in Beijing. The partnership provides three fellowships to students from the Clinton School of Public Service, Sam M. Walton College of Business, and J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas to work at the headquarters of Vital Voices in Washington, D.C. The fellowships began this fall.
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