The Clinton School will be ringing the bell 13 times as part of the “Let Freedom Ring” commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Arkansas’s ratification of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. The Arkansas General Assembly voted to approve the 13th Amendment on April 14th, 1865. Over 400,000 slaves in Arkansas were freed. The bell-ringing is sponsored by the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission.
Read MoreStudent Brad Cameron Develops Videos to Improve Teacher Preparedness in Rural Uganda
As part of his coursework, Brad Cameron from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service worked alongside Limited Resource Teacher Training (LRTT) to create a video-led teacher-training program to improve teachers’ classroom-based skills in Southwest Uganda.
Read MoreClinton School Field Project Recruitment Deadline Approaches
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 2015-2016 academic year. Clinton School students are working towards their Masters of Public Service degrees. In their field projects, they…
Read MoreAlum Nancy Mancilla Awarded A 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from The Sustainable Business Council of Southern California
Clinton School alum and ISOS Co-Founder Nancy Mancilla will be awarded a 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) of Southern California for her commitment to the advancement of sustainability practices as well as her professional accomplishments in the training of many Fortune 500 company sustainability leaders over the course of a decade.
Read MoreStudent Tatiana Riddle Helps Strengthen Link between Legislators and Environmental Conservation
Tatiana Riddle of Guy, Ark. spent eight months completing her University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service final Capstone project with the Division of International Conservation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Read MoreStudent Sylvia Tran Improves Anti-Human Trafficking Program in Cambodia
Sylvia Tran of Fort Smith, Ark. spent five months in Siem Reap, Cambodia completing her University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service final Capstone project with the Lotus Kids’ Club (LKC), an early-intervention program for anti-human trafficking funded by the Senhoa Foundation (Senhoa) in partnership with the Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (CCPCR).
Read MoreStudent Quiana Brown Studies Barriers to Postsecondary Success for Single Parents in Arkansas
University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service student Quiana Brown of New Orleans, La. spent the last six months collecting data on award recipients of the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund (ASPSF).
Read MoreClinton School Dean: Nonprofits are Economic Engines Too
Speaking at the University of the South (Sewanee) today, Skip Rutherford, Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, said “nonprofits have been, are, and will continue to be economic engines, but just haven’t been recognized like industrial plants and factories.”
Read MoreClinton School Student Establishes National Evaluation of the Campus Election Engagement Project
University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service student Hunter Mullins, of Natchitoches, La., spent the last 7 months completing his final capstone project with The Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP), a non-profit non-partisan organization specializing in college student voter registration, engagement, and voting. Mullins’ efforts led to the first national evaluation of their 2014 midterm election work.
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April Speakers. Social networking is a staple of modern life, but its continued evolution is becoming increasingly detrimental to our lives. Shifts in communication, identity, and privacy are affecting us more than we realize.
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