On Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Jerry Adams, Hugh McDonald and Clinton School of Public Service alumna Sophia Said received the humanitarian award from Just Communities of Arkansas. With this award, Just Communities of Arkansas continues its work as a bridge builder for Arkansas communities and its focus on inclusion and diversity Since 1963, JCA has…
Read MoreNational parks offer healing in times of fear and pain
This article was originally produced and published by The San Francisco Chronicle, and features alum Spirit Trickey One of the worst mass shootings in American history seems to have opened emotional fissures in a way other tragedies have not. Searing, heart-rending words pour from pens and keyboards across the country. At a time of such…
Read MoreOne Community in the Syangja
This post was originally published by Winrock International. It is written by Clinton School student Sarah Fowlkes. Namaste! I just spent the last month in Nepal as a volunteer with the Farmer-to-Farmer program. My assignment was a little different than most F2F volunteers, as I did not travel to one location and provide technical training….
Read MoreJuneteenth + Kinsey Collection: Celebrating African-American History and Achievement
On June 19, 1865, two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender in Virginia, Union General Gordon Granger and his troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and enforce President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. General Granger read General Order No. 3, stating: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance…
Read More“The need for student-focused education,” by alum Matthew Caston
This article was written by Matthew Caston and published by Talk Business & Politics. What happens when you give a child freedom? Choice? The power to pick their path and walk it? We’ve always relied on policy makers and school administrators to help define the role of education and shape our classrooms. What if, in…
Read MorePassing the Torch: Planning for the Next Generation of Leaders in Public Service by Charlotte Williams, Director of the Center on Community Philanthropy, and Karl Basel Available for Pre-order Now
Public-service executives, both elected and appointed within the public and nonprofit sectors, are retiring at record levels, and the number of Americans reaching age sixty-five annually will continue to rise over the next decade and is expected to surpass four million in 2020. Finding qualified, motivated leaders to fill vital public-service positions will challenge the…
Read MoreAlum Katie Milligan, Along with Delta Regional Authority Co-chair Chris Masingill, Talks About her Work in the Mississippi Delta
This article was originally published by Arkansas Money & Politics and written by Erica Sweeney For an entrepreneur to be successful, he or she needs a champion. In the Mississippi Delta region, those champions are needed more than ever. Enter the Delta Entrepreneurship Network, a program under the federal Delta Regional Authority’s Small Business &…
Read MoreUA Board of Trustees Approves an Online Executive Master of Public Service Degree Program
At its regular meeting today on the campus of Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas in Nashville, Ark., the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved an online Executive Master of Public Service (EMPS) degree program to be offered by the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. The 36 credit-hour degree,…
Read MorePresident Bill Clinton to Deliver 10th Clinton School Commencement Address
Forty-one students will graduate with a Master of Public Service (MPS) degree from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service (UACS) during the 2016 commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 15th at 1:30 p.m. on the grounds of the Clinton Presidential Center and Park in Little Rock. President Bill Clinton, founder of the Clinton…
Read MoreStudents to Complete International Projects in 18 Countries this Summer
Thirty students from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service will travel to 18 countries this summer to complete International Public Service Projects as part of the school’s Master of Public Service (MPS) degree program. The students partner with government and non-governmental organizations, such as Winrock International, Heifer International, U.S. Department of State,…
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