House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R – California) discusses the debate and agreement to raise the federal debt ceiling in a speech last week at the Clinton School:
Read MoreAlumni Update: Jeerawat Na Thalang
Clinton School graduate Jeerawat Na Thalang (’11) has returned to her home in Bangkok, Thailand, where she has been writing for a daily newspaper since June.
Read MoreBavon Working on Women’s Empowerment Project in Ghana
Clinton School professor Dr. Al Bavon is in Ghana this week working on a project with Vital Voices Global Partnership, a non-government organization dedicated to empowering women as social entrepreneurs.
Read MoreNapolitano to Give Kumpuris Lecture
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will speak in Little Rock on August 22 as part of the Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series, which is presented by the Clinton School, the Clinton Foundation and AT&T.
Read MoreClinton School Student Earns Fellowship for International Project
Clinton School student Heath Carelock has been awarded the Dr. Elliot Percival Skinner Scholars Fellowship from the Black Professionals in International Affairs (BPIA) to support his International Public Service Project this summer with the World Toilet Organization in Singapore.
Read MoreReport on Children’s Health Released
The release of the annual report on the state of children’s health in Arkansas debuted on the Clinton School’s website today courtesy of Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
Read MoreGrad Presents UALR African American Male Initiative
Clinton School graduate Harvell Howard (’10) was part of a team from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to give a presentation about the university’s African American Male Initiative at the 24th International Conference on The First-Year Experience last month in Manchester, England.
Read MoreWilliams Helps Land Diversity Grant
Clinton School faculty member Charlotte Williams, director of the Center on Community Philanthropy, authored a portion of a $250,000 grant that has been awarded to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Center for Diversity Affairs.
Read MoreGrad Bags Job at Southern Bancorp
Clinton School graduate Ben Kaufman (’11) has been hired as social metrics manager at Southern Bancorp, a rural development bank serving the Mississippi River Delta region.
Read MoreAlumni Profiles: Jay Thompson
Clinton School grad Jay Thompson (’09) serves as deputy director for program and service at City Year Milwaukee, one of 20 sites across the country where City Year engages young people ages 17 to 24 in a year of full-time community service. As a member of the senior leadership team, Thompson helps oversee five staff and 60 AmeriCorps members. His department is responsible for City Year’s “Whole School Whole Child” service model, which supports off-track students around attendance, behavior and course performance at partner schools across the city.
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