President Clinton came to town Tuesday to address a gathering of rural philanthropy advocates, including representatives from the Clinton School.
Read MoreIPSP Update: Fischer in Bolivia
Hola from Bolivia. I am spending my summer working at La Colónia Ecológica, an orphanage and afterschool center devoted to helping children and adolescents in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Founded in 2002 by Francisco Villanueva Torrez (Kiko) and Maria del Carmen Vargas Doria Medina (Carmen), La Colónia serves over 114 children, 30 of whom live at the center and have either been abandoned or whose parents work long hours in low paying jobs.
Read MoreMcGrady Changing Numbers
Follow the link for news that Houston Rockets star Tracy McGrady is changing jersey numbers to promote his humanitarian efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan. He’ll wear No. 3, which symbolizes the goals of peace, protection and punishment in Sudan’s ongoing violence.
Read MoreWoodruff Returns to Iraq
ABC News anchor and past Clinton School speaker Bob Woodruff has returned to Iraq after he was critically injured by a roadside bomb there in 2007. CLICK HERE for an item on the Huffington Post’s website about Woodruff’s return.
Read MoreTalking Rural Philanthropy
Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford and Center on Community Philanthropy director Charlotte Williams are attending a conference on “Philanthropy and Rural America” this week at the Clinton Presidential Center and the Clinton School.
Read MoreUACS History 101: The Legend of the Napkin Sketch
“The ‘napkin sketch’ was nothing more than a playful doodle drawn by me, not Jim (Polshek), on a White House men’s room towel which I liberated from a bathroom on one of our visits to the White House. It was done a month or two after the President had selected the ‘bridge’ scheme for further development.
Read MoreIPSP Update: Obama Visits Ghana
Currently completing my International Public Service Project (IPSP) in Accra, Ghana, I was delighted to find out that President Obama would be visiting the country during my time here. And of all the cities in all the countries of the world, he just completed his visit to city where I am currently spending the summer.
Read MoreMeet Our Graduates
The page, titled “Clinton School Alumni: Where are They Now,” is meant to give prospective students an idea of the career prospects for graduates of our Master of Public Service degree program. CLICK HERE to view the page, which currently features seven of our alumni who are now working all over the country and the world.
Read MoreUACS History 101: Clinton School-Library Historic Timeline
Below is a record of events directly and indirectly related to the planning, development, construction and opening of the Clinton School and the Clinton Presidential Library:
Read MoreSpring 2009 Speaker Series in the Books
The spring semester Clinton School speaker series officially ended following Tuesday’s lecture from Singapore Ambassador Chan Heng Chee. For the 2008-09 academic year, we hosted more than 100 speakers, including names such as Bob Woodward, Jerry Springer, Dr. Phil McGraw and Gwen Ifill, among many others.
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