COMMAND AND CONTROL, a new documentary thriller about the real events that occurred at a Titan II missle complex in Arkansas in September 1980 will have multiple screenings across the state in October. Directed by Robert Kenner (Food, Inc.) and based on the critically acclaimed book by Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), COMMAND AND CONTROL is the opening…
Read MoreMcLarty Family Announces Two 2016 McLarty Global Fellows
The McLarty family today announced two University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service students, Arjola Limani and Yvonne Quek, have been selected as this year’s McLarty Global Fellows. During their fellowships at Vital Voices Global Partnership, Limani and Quek will conduct research projects focusing on human rights and advancing women’s economic empowerment. “We are…
Read MoreForeign Correspondent Nick Schifrin to Host Year-long Student Seminar at the Clinton School
Foreign correspondent Nick Schifrin, who has reported from more than 30 countries and who was most recently on assignment in Jerusalem with National Public Radio (NPR), will be a visiting fellow at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service during the 2-16-2017 academic year. Schifrin will visit the Clinton School every six to eight weeks conduct a year-long student…
Read MoreCommemoration: ‘Where Were You on September 11, 2001?’
In commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, our Clinton School of Public Service/Sturgis Hall volunteers look back at where they were on September 11th, 2001 when they heard the news. “When the first plane hit, I was outside in my backyard raking leaves on a beautiful Arkansas fall day. My husband called, he…
Read MoreRecommended Reading List from the Clinton School Class of 2018
Continuing a tradition that began in 2007, new students at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service have compiled a list of books they recommend others read. The list contains 31 books not previously selected by students from 10 earlier classes and seven books that had been recommended at least once before. For the fifth time in 11 years, The…
Read MoreCenter on Community Philanthropy Welcomes Two Scholars in Residence for 2016-2017 Academic Year
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Center on Community Philanthropy has selected two Scholars in Residence for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Read MoreStudents to Complete Nine Public Service Projects in Arkansas
Nine teams of students from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service will complete public service projects in partnership with public agencies, community initiatives, academic ventures, and nonprofit organizations across Arkansas during the 2016-2017 academic year. As part of the school’s Master of Public Service degree program, the students will earn academic credit…
Read MoreProfessor Warigia Bowman represents the Clinton School at Global Summit on the Grand Challenges in Tech Policy in Seattle, Wash.
Dr. Warigia Bowman represented the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service as she participated in a global summit on the Grand Challenges in Tech Policy for the next decade. She was invited to join a small group of highly respected, interdisciplinary international individuals August 2-4, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. The Global Tech Summit was sponsored in part…
Read MoreDelta Leadership Institute Graduates 50 from Executive Academy, Nine from Arkansas, One Current Student, Two Alums
Fifty community leaders have successfully completed the year-long Delta Leadership Institute Executive Academy, a program of the Delta Regional Authority. The Executive Academy is a training program that brings together business and community leaders from each of the eight states of the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions for a collaborative leadership development…
Read MoreJosh Visnaw Awarded Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship
Josh Visnaw was recently awarded the Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship and will be working in Timor-Leste on education policy. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State inaugurated the J. William Fulbright – Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellowship in academic year 2012-13. Initially titled the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship, the award…
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