Five Days of Giving

Clinton School students discuss service projects
Panel discussion part of Clinton Center 5th anniversary celebration

Clinton School student Nathaniel Owen discusses Clinton School service projects.

LITTLE ROCK - In conjunction with the fifth anniversary of the Clinton Presidential Center, six University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service students today discussed their work completing public service projects – both domestic and international – in the school’s Master of Public Service degree program.

Clinton School students Ashley Davis, Harvell Howard, Todd Moore, Nathaniel Owen, Sophia Said and Ali Turro each discussed how their projects have affected both them and the communities and organizations they have worked with.

While the students learn public service skills through their Clinton School core courses, they also complete 30 percent of the degree program through three for-credit service projects:

The Practicum (group) Project takes student teams into Arkansas communities, including the impoverished Mississippi River Delta, to foster community development and social change in the areas of economic development, environmental awareness, public education, youth leadership development and healthcare.
The International Public Service Project places students with organizations all over the world combating global hunger, fostering educational opportunities for children, promoting corporate responsibility and expanding healthcare in the third world.
The Capstone (final) Project challenges students to put their learned skills into action and complete an in-depth public service project to benefit a government or nonprofit agency and ultimately lead the student into a career upon graduation.

Turro discussed her international project in Nyakagyezi, Uganda, with an HIV/AIDS orphanage; Moore discussed his international project in Shanghai, China, with the American Chamber of Commerce; Owen discussed his Practicum work on an urban renewal project around the campus of Arkansas Baptist College; Said discussed herPracticum work evaluating a leadership program for the STAND Foundation in North Little Rock; Howard discussed his Capstone project with the African American Male initiative at UALR; and Davis discussed her Capstone project with the William J. Clinton Foundation’s climate change initiative.

The students credited the Clinton School for preparing them both academically and practically for future careers in public service.

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