Several Clinton School volunteers have established a “Hope Fund” to provide mini-grants for Clinton School student project work.
Read MoreHair Donation
Chop! Chop! I just cut off 9 inches of my hair. Why you may ask? Well, I am donating it to Pantene Beautiful lengths. This is my third time donating my hair and the second time donating to Pantene Beautiful lengths.
Read MoreThe Possibility of Pandemic
As the worldwide concern about swine flu escalates, it’s interesting to look back at a 2006 Clinton School speech from Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and an expert on flu pandemics. At the time, the concern was bird flu, but Olsterholm contends that it’s not a question of “if” but “when” the world will see another flu pandemic.
Read MoreMore Pub for ‘Volunteer to See’
Clinton School student Nicholas Hall recently sat down with Jancy Sheets of KARK Channel 4 to talk about his idea for a new nonprofit, Volunteer to See, which gives people an opportunity to travel while also performing public service projects in places they visit.
Read MoreStudents Study Children’s Mental Health
Two teams of Clinton School students partnered with the Arkansas Department of Human Service to explore ways to improve children’s mental health care in Arkansas. The teams recently presented their report to the state’s Children’s Behavioral Health Care Commission
Read MoreAlter on Obama’s First 100 Days
On the eve of President Obama’s 100-day anniversary in office, Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter visited the Clinton School today to discuss the beginning of Obama’s Administration as it compares to his predecessors, namely Franklin Roosevelt.
Read MoreThis Week’s Philanthropy Scholar
The Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy this week welcomes visiting scholar Steven E. Mayer, director of Effective Communities Project, an organization that offers to a set of services, projects and articles to help socially concerned organizations achieve this greater effectiveness
Read MoreDr. Phil Speaks
Dr. Phil McGraw of daytime TV’s “Dr. Phil” drew the second largest crowd in Clinton School Speaker Series history when he entertained more than 1,200 people at the Robinson Center exhibition hall.
Read MoreRelay for Life
Members of the Class of 2010 spent Friday night at the War Memorial Stadium at the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Little Rock’s Relay for Life was a 12-hour event with over 30 participating teams raising more than $33,000 towards cancer research.
Read MoreGraduation in the Books
Graduation has come and gone. The graduates are now celebrating with their families and friends. Congrats to these 30 students who have made such a stong impact on this school, this state, the country and the world.
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