New class’s 43 students from overseas, 13 states

Forty-three new students will begin classes Monday at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.

The school said six countries and 13 states are represented in the Class of 2019. The student body includes veterans of the Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard, and volunteers from the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Teach for America.

Since 2004, when the school opened, students from more than 40 countries and more than 200 universities have studied at the Clinton School.

In addition to classroom work to complete core courses in professionalism, social change and conflict resolution, the new Clinton School students will begin teambased public-service projects with partner organizations in communities across Arkansas.

The students will work on three projects within their particular public-service interests: the team-based Practicum project, the International Public Service Project and their final project, known as the capstone. The students, hometown and the college or university where they studied previously, are:

Salina Adolph of Little Rock, John Brown University, with a degree in family and human services. Adolph is pursuing a law degree at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock W.H. Bowen School of Law.

Katie Barnes of Atchison, Kan., MidAmerica Nazarene University, with a degree in business administration and minor in social justice.

Ganelle Blake of Little Rock, UALR, with a bachelor’s degree in theater arts and a master’s degree in secondary education.

Megan Burrow of Hot Springs, UALR, with a degree in political science and minor in secondary education.

Mark Cameron of Fayetteville, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where he majored in international relations and Latin American studies with a minor in Spanish.

Rachel Cole of Bloomington, Ind., Smith College, where she majored in art history.

Nathan Davis of Sherwood, UALR, with a degree in philosophy and minor in history.

Joshua DeBruyn of Grand Rapids, Mich., Grand Valley State University, with a degree in psychology.

Connor Donovan of Little Rock, UALR, with a degree in international business with a Chinese concentration.

Dylan Edgell of Pottsville, Arkansas Tech University, with a double major in economics and finance, and management and marketing.

Connor Flocks of Greenwood, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, with a degree in marketing with a minor in economics.

Marina Giannirakis of Pittsburgh, John Carroll University. She earned her degree in sociology and criminology while minoring in entrepreneurship.

Starre Haas of Little Rock, UALR, with degrees in finance and accounting.

Nicole Hellthaler of Trumbull, Conn., University of Connecticut, with a degree in speech therapy.

Mariella Hernandez of Guayaquil, Ecuador, UALR, with a degree in international studies and a minor in philosophy and religious studies.

John Jackson of Little Rock, UALR, with a degree in anthropology. He is pursuing a concurrent master’s degree in public health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.

Julie Joy of Portland, Maine, Clark University, with an undergraduate degree in sociology, and the Smith School for Social Work, with a master’s degree in social work.

Nicole Kanu, of Little Rock, Bates College, with a degree in rhetoric.

Eric Kouadio of Dabou, Ivory Coast, University of Central Arkansas, earning a degree in political science.

Wes Manus of Little Rock, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, with a bachelor’s degree in political science, and the University of Oklahoma, with a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in international relations. He is pursuing a concurrent law degree at UALR’s Bowen School of Law.

Patrick Allen McBride of Washington, D.C., Christopher Newport University, with an interdisciplinary degree in psychology, sociology and leadership studies.

Christine McCall of Chicago, Boston University, with a degree in journalism.

Yaala Muller of Modi’in, Israel, Washington University in St. Louis, with degrees in international and area studies and women, gender and sexuality studies.

John Nsaman, Accra, Ghana, University of Cape Coast, with a degree in social sciences.

Adriana Isabel Ongay, of Philadelphia, Millersville University, with a degree in government and political affairs with a minor in Hispanic studies.

Izehi Oriaghan of Lagos, Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo University, with a degree in international relations.

Tiffany Phillips-Peters of Detroit, Philander Smith College, with a degree in political science.

Wesley Prewett of Russellville, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, with undergraduate degrees in economics and finance.

Beth Quarles of Nashville, Tenn., Lipscomb University, with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and a master’s degree in teaching English-language learners and instructional leadership.

Kirby Richardson of Rogers, University of Central Arkansas, with a double major in history and religious studies.

Mallory Rusch of St. Louis, Bradley University, with a degree in communications.

Madhav Shroff of Hot Springs, Carnegie Mellon University, with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences before earning his master’s in biomedical sciences at UAMS. He is currently pursuing a law degree at UALR’s Bowen school.

Joseph Stepina of Coppell, Texas, Hendrix College, with a degree in politics. He is currently pursuing a degree at UALR’s Bowen law school.

Amy Stewart of Lancaster, Pa., St. John’s College in Annapolis, Md., with a degree in liberal arts.

Alex Stradal of St. Louis, Truman State University, with a degree in philosophy and religion while minoring in English.

Sara Swisher of Memphis, a graduate of Christian Brothers University, with a bachelor’s degree in English and with a minor in sustainability.

Allison Tschiemer of Dallas, Hendrix College, with a degree in history. She is pursuing a concurrent law degree at UALR’s Bowen school.

Clay Turner of Leachville, Arkansas State University, with a degree in political science and a minor in Spanish.

Brian Wegner of Saginaw, Mich., Michigan State University, with a bachelor’s degree in physiology.

Nora Vinas of Miami, Sewanee: The University of the South, with a major in psychology and a minor in international and global studies.

Rebecca Bryan Webber of Little Rock, Ouachita Baptist University, a double major in music and business administration, with an emphasis in management.

Marquisa Wince of Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with a double major in economics and sociology.

Karen Zuccardi of Bogota, Colombia, Lafayette College, with a degree in international economics and commerce.