A group of Clinton School students watched the State of the Union address Tuesday night with Alec Ross, senior adviser for innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Ross gave a lecture in the Clinton School Speaker Series an hour before the speech. He tweeted about his experience watching President Obama’s speech with the students:
Read MoreFebruary Speakers at the Clinton School
February 3, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Morales founded the Facebook group “One Million Voices Against FARC” in 2008 to break public apathy toward terrorism proliferated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia.
The State of the Union
Dean Rutherford asked Clinton School students in his class to draft a paragraph they would like to see President Obama include in his State of the Union message Tuesday night. The students gave Dean Rutherford permission to share these recommendations.
Read MoreStudents Visit with Clinton Foundation Staff
More than 40 Clinton Schools students gathered today for an informal lunch with the Little Rock staff of the Clinton Foundation. It was an opportunity for students and staff to visit and get to know one another. The Clinton Foundation does work around the world in areas such as alleviating poverty, improving health and protecting the environment. The Little Rock office also hosts special events and exhibits in conjunction with the Clinton Library.
Read MoreClinton School Student Needs Your Vote
Please endeavor to vote for Clinton School student Shamim Okolloh, who is a nominee in online voting for the Student in Service Awards, a national search for inspirational college students who are positively impacting social and environmental challenges facing communities. Click here to vote.
Read MoreThe Blair-Rockefeller Poll
The Diane D. Blair Center for Southern Politics and Society and the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Thursday announced initial findings in the Blair-Rockefeller Poll, a comprehensive online poll of Southern attitudes regarding politics and public policy.
Read MoreSinghal Brings Innovative Approach to Social Change
This semester, Singhal returns to the Clinton School for the second consecutive year to teach Dynamics of Social Change, a core course in the Master of Public Service (MPS) degree program, in which he tells students that sustainable, high-yield results are achieved by focusing on what’s right in a community, rather than what’s wrong.
Read MoreStudents Honor Martin Luther King with Service
A group of students painted murals and built benches at the Boys and Girls Club in North Little Rock as part of City Year’s MLK Service Day. Another group spent the afternoon creating food packages at the Arkansas Foodbank. And another student reports volunteering with the state’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commission to serve the homeless at an event at UALR.
Read MoreClinton School Featured on Evening News
Clinton School faculty member Charlotte Williams and student Fernando Cutz (’12) were interviewed Sunday for a story about public service and Martin Luther King Jr. Day which aired last night on KARK Channel 4 news in Little Rock. Williams and Cutz talked about the importance of giving back to your community. Below is some text from the story. Click here to watch the video.
Read MoreStudents to Honor King’s Legacy Through Service
While campus will be closed Monday to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, many Clinton School students will participate in public service projects to honor King’s legacy.
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