In 2008, Clinton School student J.D. Lowery’s Capstone project resulted in a partnership between the State of Arkansas and the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) which made Arkansas the first U.S. state to become involved with the foundation’s work.
Read MoreArkansas DeltaMade in the News
Arkansas DeltaMade, an initiative branding products and wares made in the Arkansas Delta Region, was featured last night on ABC Nightly News.
Read MoreIPSP Update: Students Report from Cape Town
Clinton School students Kate Cawvey and Nicky Hamilton checked in this week from Cape Town, South Africa, where they are completing their International Public Service Projects in partnership with the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre.
Read MoreIPSP Update: Students Run Half Marathon in East Timor
The two students ran along with nearly 5,000 other participants in the Dili Marathon for Peace in Dili, East Timor. Before completing the half-marathon, they had the opportunity to meet Dili Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.
Read MoreAlumni Profiles: Emily Fischer
Upon graduating from the Clinton School, Emily Fischer (’10) was named a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. The competitive two-year fellowship introduces recent graduate students to the federal government through a series of assignments.
Read MoreTwo More Graduates Land Jobs
We’ve received word of a couple of more new jobs landed by Clinton School graduates:
–   Russ Swearingen (’09) has been named the new program and service director for City Year Little Rock/North Little Rock.
Read MoreAlumni Profiles: Mike Townsend
Clinton School graduate Mike Townsend (’07) works in the Global Village Department at Habitat for Humanity International in Americus, Ga. As a volunteer engagement specialist for Africa and the Middles East, Townsend manages 50 volunteer trips a year – a total of 600 volunteers traveling to 14 countries.
Read MoreStudents See First Lady in South Africa
Clinton School students Molly McGowan (’12) and Nicky Hamilton (’12), who are in Cape Town, South Africa, this summer for their International Public Service Projects, got a special treat this week when they volunteered at an event featuring First Lady Michelle Obama and Nobel peace prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Read MoreAlumni Profiles: Marquita Little
Marquita Little (’09) is a senior policy analyst at the Arkansas Department of Human Services where she is responsible for coordinating activities across divisions and organizations around policy initiatives as well as looking for ways to improve existing policies and programs.
Read MoreStudents Help High School Earn Grant
Lee High School in Marianna, Ark., was recently honored with a grant of $3,125 from the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame for a program that Clinton School students Fernando Cutz, Nicky Hamilton and Spencer Lucker have developed and will implement in the 2011-2012 school year.
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