Six Clinton School students from the class of 2015 will be volunteering for the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York September 21-24. The students attending are Anna Applebaum, Brenda Hernandez, Tiffany Jacob, Bolton Kirchner, Tatiana Riddle, and Angela Toomer.
Read MoreFaculty Members Continue to be Highly Academically Active Outside of the Clinton School
Clinton School permanent faculty members are, and have been, engaged in numerous teaching, research, and public service activities.
Read MoreDelta Circles founder and Center on Community Philanthropy Partner Patricia Ashanti Highlighted as 2014 Visionary
Delta Circles, founded by Patricia Ashanti in 2009, is a small nonprofit in Helena with a big mission: fighting poverty in the Delta by helping people help themselves.
Read MoreMy Pledge to Public Service
After law school, I had the privilege to enroll in the Clinton School of Public Service – the only other community I’ve never known that can match my team’s energy, optimism, and devotion to service. Just like AmeriCorps, the Clinton School capitalizes upon these qualities in its students and teaches and guides them on how to put their ideas and energy into action out in the world.
Read MoreWilliam J. Clinton Distinguished Fellow with the Clinton School, Dr. Arvind Singhal, Releases New Book
Dr. Arvind Singhal, who is a William J. Clinton Distinguished Fellow at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, recently released a new book entitled “Inspiring Change and Saving Lives: The Positive Deviance Way.”
Read MoreOld Golf Course Turned Into Community Course Garden
Old Golf Course Turned Into Community Course Garden. So many Arkansans don’t know where their next meal will come from. A new report from The US Department of Agriculture announced our state is the number one in food insecurity in the country.
Read MoreClinton School Study Highlights Economic Impact of Civil Legal Aid
The article below originally appeared online at www.dailyrecord.us A team of graduate students conducted research to help Arkansas Access to Justice Commission calculate the economic impact of civil legal aid services in Arkansas provided by the state’s two legal aid providers: the Center for Arkansas Legal Services, which serves 44 counties in central, western, and…
Read MoreRecommended Reading List from the Class of 2016
The books will be on display at the Clinton School’s Sturgis Hall, the renovated passenger train station adjacent to the Clinton Presidential Library. Printed lists will also be available at WordsWorth Books in Little Rock and at the Central Arkansas Library System’s main library.
The selections from each class are permanently housed in the school’s reading room. Recommended Reading From The Class of 2016:
Read MoreArkansas Minority Health Commission Director and Clinton School Alum Idonia Trotter Named Executive Director of Houston-Based Non-Profit
Trotter has served for the past five years as the facilitator of the Arkansas Minority Health Consortium (Consortium). The Consortium is an alliance of public health advocates, state agencies, non-profit and faith-based organizations united to increase awareness of minority health, community issues that impact health and to provide needed services to underserved/underrepresented citizens through the strength of collaboration.
Read MoreFirst-Year Students to Complete 12 Public Service Projects in Arkansas
Twelve teams of students from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service will complete public service projects in partnership with public agencies, community initiatives, academic ventures, and nonprofit organizations across Arkansas during the 2014-2015 academic year.
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