In 2012, over 5,800 V-Day benefit events took place produced by volunteer activists in the U.S. and around the world, educating millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls.
Read MoreStudent Part of UA Team Honored for Solar Efficiency Innovation
Clinton School student Trish Flanagan, a concurrent student with the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, helped develop a process to improve the efficiency of solar cells. A patent for the students’ plan is pending. Below is a press release from the UA about the project:
Read MoreStudents Helping Market Restaurant that Employs Adults with Disabilities
For their Practicum public service project, a team of Clinton School students is helping promote special events at an Arkadelphia, Ark.,-based restaurant that employs adults with developmental disabilities. As part of the project, the students issued a press release today about a special Valentine’s Day dinner theater promotion at the Honeycomb Restaurant and Bakery. The…
Read MoreClinton School, Arkansas Advocates Partner to Raise Awareness for Tax Credit
As part of their Clinton School Practicum project, a team of students is working with Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) to raise awareness about Arkansas’s Earned Income Tax Credit, which can dramatically affect the quality of life of low- to middle-wage workers.
Read MoreClinton School Seeks Field Service Partners
The Clinton School 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 2013-2014 academic year.
Read MoreStudent Studies Effort to Create Family Literacy Program
Clinton School student Laura Crosby (‘13) partnered with Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY USA) to determine the feasibility of creating a home visitation program to give parents of kindergarten to third-grade students the skills and knowledge to support their child’s literacy development.
Read MoreStudents Help Create Website for Practicum Project
Clinton School students Aliyah Sarkar, Cathrine Schwader, Jacob Perry and Nicholas Provencher worked with Group Living, Inc., and Bridgette Bass of Arkadelphia Media to create a new website for the Honeycomb Restaurant and Bakery, which employs individuals with developmental disabilities to help them achieve independence in their community.
Read MoreFebruary Speakers at the Clinton School
February 1, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Aviv is president and CEO of Independent Sector, the national leadership network for America’s nonprofits, foundations and corporate giving programs.
Graduates Participate in Inauguration Events
A number of Clinton School graduates who living and working in Washington D.C., attended Monday’s presidential inauguration festivities.
Read MoreConcurrent Degree Student Completes Independent Study in Mongolia
Burt Hicks, a concurrent degree student at the Clinton School of Public Service and the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, spent the fall semester in Mongolia researching a new law related to foreign investment in the country.
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