The University of Arkansas Board of Advisors met at the Clinton Presidential Center Friday. Members of this group are from Arkansas and throughout the country. In my remarks, I asked those who had never been to the Clinton Center before to raise their hands and was surprised at the large number who had never visited. It was, therefore, a pleasure for me to share the history, tell the stories and give many a guided tour of the Clinton School and the Clinton Library.
Read MoreClinton School Speakers This Week
As leader of the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization with more than 200 food banks and food-rescue organizations around the country, Vicki Escarra has sought to increase the amount of food that is available to hungry people by enhancing donor relationships with corporate America, government partners and individuals.
Read MoreThe Red Sash Award
Clinton School Graduate Dr. Gary Wheeler is one of 10 physicians selected by students at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) campus to receive the Red Sash Award. The Red Sash Award is given by the medical students to those who have had the most significant impact on their education.
Read MoreWangari Maathai to present Kumpuris Lecture
Dr. Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, will give the next Kumpuris Lecture on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at the Clinton Center Great Hall. This event is FREE and open to the public.
Read MoreStudents Help South Main Street
As part of the two school’s joint Altheimer Public Service Program, the students partnered with Southside Main Street to complete the survey and throw a block party for the neighborhood earlier this month. The surveys went to neighborhood residents and business owners to determine the best ways to enhance the community.
Read MoreLittle Rock Film Festival
The Clinton School is a sponsor of the 2nd annual Little Rock Film Festival coming up May 15-18 in Arkansas’s capital city. Visit www.littlerockfilmfestival.org for a complete schedule of films and other activities. The website also includes an official welcome video from former President Bill Clinton.
Read MoreFlat Stanley Part 2
Students in the Clinton School’s third class visited the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion today to make paper Flat Stanley’s to accompany them on their International Public Service Projects this summer.
Read MoreResponding to Big Tobacco
After years of denying the disease effects of tobacco products, with CEOs lying under oath before congressional committees, they now acknowledge the relationships of their products and disease. And there is no corporate remorse. Why should there be? The profits keep coming in as new tobacco users (children and young adults) are lured into addictive behaviors every day.
Read MoreFrank Magazine Launches Website
The Clinton School’s new publication, Frank magazine, is now online: www.frankmagazine.org. There’s been a growing demand around the blogosphere for the content to be made available on the Web. The site currently features stories from the magazine’s first print edition.
Read MorePrograms Next Week
A reception to raise awareness of the Little Rock Sister Cities. One of the goals of the Sister Cities Commission and Foundation is to promote mutual cross-cultural understanding and exchanges. Little Rock’s Sister Cities are Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, Hanam City, South Korea, Changchun, People’s Republic of China, Pachuca, Mexico, and Kaohsiung, Republic of China
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