University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service student Caitlin Campbell of Batesville, Ark., has been selected as one of 50 Foreign Affairs Campus Coordinators by the U.S. Department of State. Campbell spent her summer interning at the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreForsman Finds Unique Service Path through Clinton School
A 2016 graduate of the Clinton School, Andrew Forsman currently works at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science as an internal evaluator for a group of early childhood education programs. Forsman came to the Clinton School as a graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in psychology. His public service experience, at that time, was limited to working as a mental health case manager in southern Mississippi.
Read MoreClinton School Class of 2019 Releases its Recommended Reading List
For the 12th consecutive year, students at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service have compiled a list of books they recommend others read. More than half of the book recommendations from the Class of 2019 are nonfiction, while nearly a third were written by women. The books range in date from Meno, written by Plato in the third century B.C., to Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, released in November 2016.
Read MoreRhodes Comes Full Circle as Practicum Supervisor
Clinton School alum Jenna Rhodes currently works as a program manager for the Childhood Obesity Prevention Research Program and the program operations manager for Arkansas GardenCorps at the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute. As a UACS student, Rhodes was a member of the Practicum team assigned to Delta Garden Study which has since evolved into Arkansas Farm to School, a Practicum project she now helps supervise.
Read MorePartner Profile: EAST Initiative
The Clinton School team will assist EAST Initiative in conducting focus groups with stakeholders at elementary school EAST programs to better understand the unique opportunities and challenges of technology-focused, project-based learning at this age. The students will identify best practices that can be replicated throughout all of our elementary EAST programs.
Read MorePartner Profile: Arkansas Farm to School
The Arkansas Farm to School team will map existing assets that could potentially support farm-to-institution programs across Arkansas. Students will research and review other local food system statewide asset maps from across the nation, aggregate existing databases of assets from various organizations and agencies, and create new databases for currently missing information, all of which will inform the development of a searchable map to be housed online.
Read MoreForeign correspondent Nick Schifrin to host year-long student seminar at the Clinton School
American foreign correspondent Nick Schifrin, currently a special correspondent at PBS NewsHour, will be a visiting fellow for the second consecutive year at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service during the 2017-18 academic year.
Read MoreCenter on Community Philanthropy Announces Researcher in Residence Report in Partnership with Our House
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Center on Community Philanthropy will host a reception on Thursday, September 7 at 5 p.m. in Sturgis Hall to release its first Researcher in Residence study, completed in partnership with Our House, Inc. Our House is a local nonprofit that utilizes a multi-generational approach to assist…
Read MoreTreviño Completes IPSP with Awamaki in Peru
Brandon Treviño, a second-year student at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, recently completed his International Public Service Project in Peru.
Read MoreLooking Back at a Global Day of Service
Graduates of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, who live and work all over the world, participated in a Global Day of Service on Saturday, August 19, 2017 to commemorate President Bill Clinton’s 71st birthday.
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