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Clinton support laid out in memo
Ex-aide details scenario on dean
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Jaime Adame
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This undated composite photo shows (from left) Cliff Gibson, a member of the University of Arkansas board of trustees; Todd Shields, dean of UA’s Fulbright College; and UA System President Donald Bobbitt.
A former aide in the Bill Clinton White House linked financial benefits and Clinton support to a specific outcome in the search for the next leader of the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock.
Marsha Scott, a former White House personnel office chief of staff and now working at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, sent a talking points document on May 21 to Monticello attorney and University of Arkansas System board of trustees member Cliff Gibson.
Naval War College Hosts Women, Peace and Security Symposium
Newport, R.I. – The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) hosted the virtual symposium Women, Peace and Security (WPS) on April 14-15. The primary aim of the symposium is to facilitate the implementation of DoD’s WPS Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan (SFIP) by sharing diverse methods, experiences and ideas from people who are actively engaged in implementing the WPS agenda.
“The Women, Peace, and Security symposium is a valuable lens for understanding not only the roots of security and insecurity, but also levers for promoting security. The symposium at the Naval War College is an important opportunity to realize this value and to make use of it in military strategy, planning and operations,” said Valerie M. Hudson, Ph.D., distinguished professor and George H.W. Bush Chair Director, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. “WPS brought together major thought leaders not only from the m
Lawmakers, alumni, school officials back Richard Corcoran for FSU President
More than a dozen lawmakers, school officials and associations have sent letters of recommendation supporting Education Commissioner
Richard Corcoran for Florida State University President.
Corcoran
applied for the job earlier this week and is one of nearly two dozen applicants seeking the position currently held by
John Thrasher, who announced his retirement in September.
Letters obtained by Florida Politics show Corcoran has broad support among those he served alongside during his time in the Legislature, which culminated in a term as House Speaker for the 2017 and 2018 Legislative Sessions. He has also garnered support from alumni, school superintendents and others.