📩 JOIN US: 'From Ideas to Action: A Social Impact Forum' in collaboration with Clinton Global Initiative University!

🗓️ May 17
🕰️ 6 p.m.
➡️ Register: bit.ly/4bjVVim

This dynamic program will feature a conversation with multi-disciplinary changemakers who are positively impacting their community…

“Make [design] matter to the things that people care about.” —Maurice D. Cox on how design can enrich people's lives and their communities.

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Emily Kearns (’17) has joined the Center on Community Philanthropy at the Clinton School of Public Service as a Community Philanthropy Fellow. bit.ly/3QDVNSW

🤩 Diana B. Carlin, Anita McBride, and Nancy Kegan Smith had an insightful discussion about trailblazing first ladies who broke barriers and left an indelible mark on our nation during their tenures in the White House.

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📩 We're hosting Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh from McMaster University (McMaster University) and Dr. Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm from the UA Little Rock School of Public Affairs. They'll discuss Dr. Ibhawoh's book 'Truth Commissions and State Building,' which covers civic inclusion, identity formation,…

Impact Minute: In 2010, Erin O'Leary worked with Cities of Service to fulfill grant mandates and ultimately articulate the role of volunteerism and the ethic of service in a city-wide service plan for Little Rock. bit.ly/3WtZpL1

📩 JOIN US: As part of our final month of 'Be Our Guest,' Veronika Pikola Brazdilova from the Václav Havel Library, and Glyn Davies, who served in the Clinton administration, will explore the September 1998 state visit of Czech President Václav Havel hosted by President Clinton.…

🎓 Exciting news! Anita McBride, SPA's exec-in-residence & director of the First Ladies Initiative, will address Clinton School of Public Service's graduating class of 2024 on Saturday, May 4th, as the commencement speaker. See more: bit.ly/44qyiCh #SPAProud

Join us on Friday, May 10 at noon for Clinton Presidential Center Presents: “Truth Commissions and State Building,” a conversation with Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh of McMaster University.

Dr. Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm of UA Little Rock will moderate the conversation.

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The road to service is often paved with discovery and that certainly applies to the professional journey of Philip Walkley, executive director of SOS Service Over Self. bit.ly/4bmAehI

📸’s from Clinton Presidential Center Presents: “The Future American City … Now” in partnership with Fay Jones School. 🏙️💙

Thanks to all panelists and attendees for an incredible discussion on the design and policy shaping our urban futures. 👏✅

Photos by Nelson Chenault

Impact Minute: Camille Gilmore and Dylan Lofton partnered with City of Little Rock and contributed to the launch and evaluation of BUILD Academy: a free business incubator built to diversify the marketplace, grow businesses, and develop opportunities. bit.ly/3UDYlmr

Anita B. McBride, former Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush, will deliver the commencement address to the Clinton School's graduating class of 2024.

Mary Steenburgen will receive the first Honorary MPS as part of the commencement ceremony. bit.ly/3Uy22tO

Dean Victoria DeFrancesco and Dr. Nichola Driver, Executive Director for the Office of Field Service, will present at Teaching Community and Civic Engagement in Arkansas, a conference hosted by the Arkansas Engaged Learning Network. bit.ly/3Ufrtik

Join us on Wednesday, May 1 at noon, when the Clinton Presidential Center Presents “The Future American City…Now” in partnership with the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design.

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By the time Vincent McCaskill entered the Clinton School of Public Service, he was already well-versed in the world of community relations and philanthropy. bit.ly/3xS6wCH

We’re saddened by David Pryor's passing. He dedicated his life to serving Arkansas, holding various political offices, including governor, and later becoming the inaugural dean of the Clinton School of Public Service.
Read more about Pryor at CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/david-….

Impact Minute: Patricia Ashanti, a 2020 graduate of the Clinton School of Public Service, used her final Capstone project to develop a toolkit for an entrepreneurial leadership forum within the nonprofit she founded and leads, Delta Circles. bit.ly/4b0fKLa

My statement on the passing of my friend David Pryor.

Senator David Pryor, founding Dean of the Clinton School of Public Service who was integral in launching the nation’s first Master of Public Service degree program, passed away on Saturday at the age of 89. bit.ly/3xLlBpA