Jobs project exec to speak at school
The chief executive of a nonprofit focused on creating jobs in developing countries will be the featured speaker Wednesday as part of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service's speaker series.
Becky Straw in 2010 co-founded The Adventure Project, which funds entrepreneurship projects in four areas: water, hunger, health and the environment. It has created 862 jobs in Haiti, India, Uganda and Kenya.
The nonprofit supports pilot projects and then helps the projects expand if they are successful.
Straw previously helped launch Charity: Water, a nonprofit that has funded more than 23,000 water projects in 24 countries.
Straw's presentation begins at noon Wednesday in the school's Sturgis Hall, 1200 President Clinton Ave. Admission is free.
Seats may be reserved by calling (501) 683-5239 or emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu.
Rutherford to talk about rights protest
Skip Rutherford, dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, on Thursday will discuss for the first time a civil-rights silent protest that happened in Little Rock during the mid- to late 1950s.
The school describes the speech as "equally compelling" to Kathyrn Stockett's 2009 novel The Help, which focused on black maids who worked for white people during the early 1960s in Jackson, Miss. The novel inspired a 2011 film by the same name.
Rutherford's speech -- The Little Rock Help: The Untold Civil Rights Protest Symbol -- comes weeks before Little Rock recognizes the anniversary of Central High School's 1957 integration.
Rutherford's presentation begins at noon Thursday in the school's Sturgis Hall, 1200 President Clinton Ave. Admission is free.
Seats may be reserved by calling (501) 683-5239 or emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu.
Library set to close for football game
The Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library and Learning Center, 4800 W. 10th Street, will be closed Thursday because of street closings and heavy traffic expected for the Arkansas Razorbacks game at the nearby War Memorial Stadium.
The Children's Library, a branch of the Central Arkansas Library System, will reopen Friday. The library's normal hours are Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday from 1-5 p.m.
More information is available by calling (501) 978-3870 or visiting cals.org.
Robinson Center earns green rating
The 77-year-old Robinson Center has received the second-highest efficiency rating from the U.S. Green Building Council after the $70 million renovation of the historic auditorium at West Markham Street and Broadway.
The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau announced at a news conference Tuesday that the Robinson Center is certified as meeting the "Gold" standard on the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system.
"I am so excited to see that there is new, sustainable life in this building that will come for generations and generations and generations to come," Mayor Mark Stodola said.
David Porter, principal at Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects, the Little Rock firm that designed the expansion, said more than half the material used in the renovation was sourced from the region and about 30 percent was derived from recycleables.
The Robinson Center has hosted 174 events and nearly 195,000 patrons since its November reopening, Stodola said.
Clinton School sets 11 student projects
Students at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service this year will undertake 11 public service projects, including efforts focused on adult literacy in rural Arkansas counties, food and agriculture, and arts.
Students pursuing a master's degree in public service at the school receive academic credit for completing the projects. They are partnering with nonprofits, public agencies and community programs across the state.
"What makes the Clinton School unique from other more traditional graduate programs is the field service work," Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford said in a news release. "In collaboration with community organizations, our students will help meet some important needs in Arkansas."
A full list of the students' service projects is online at bit.ly/2vlCoJY.
Agency offers free register training
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is offering a free training session next month in Little Rock for those interested in nominating properties to the National Register of Historic Places.
The training will be begin at 9 a.m. Sept. 9 in the Diamond Room at the Department of Arkansas Heritage Building, 1100 North St. It will include background on the country's official list of historically significant sites, the criteria for listing properties on the National Register and instruction on completing a National Register application.
More information on the training session is available by calling (501) 324-9880 or sending an email to ralph.wilcox@arkansas.gov.
Registration is limited to the first 40 applicants.
Panel to discuss increase in crime
The Central Arkansas Library System will host a panel discussion next month on crime in Little Rock.
Panelists Mayor Mark Stodola, City Manager Bruce Moore and Police Chief Kenton Buckner will discuss this year's increase in violent crimes and homicides.
Rex Nelson, senior editor and columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, will moderate the discussion.
The free event will take place Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave.
More information is available by calling (501) 918-3000.
Metro on 08/27/2017