A pair of first-year University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service students have been named new Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholars.
The recipients -- Izehi Oriaghan and John Mensah -- will each receive a $45,000 scholarship that can be used to cover academic, personal and travel costs associated with the Clinton School program. The Rotary Foundation funds the scholarships.
Oriaghan and Mensah join current students Darlynton Adegor (Delta, Nigeria) and Vinay Raj (Chennai, India) and graduates Demas Soliman (Alexandria, Egypt) and Arjola Limani (Tirana, Albania) as Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholars from the Clinton School.
The grant sponsor is Rotary District 6150, which includes parts of central and northeast Arkansas, and District Governor Nancy Leonhardt in cooperation with 12 Rotary Districts in the United States.
Oriaghan is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria with a degree in international relations.
Her work experience includes senior administrative officer at the Lagos Waste Management Authority under the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment. Oriaghan also volunteered as a development knowledge facilitator on the Millennium Development Goals Community Advocacy Project.
Oriaghan's public service interests include international development, international economics and environmental politics.
Mensah, a graduate of the University of Cape Coast in Ghana with a degree in social sciences, worked as an assistant field officer with the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection. As a volunteer, he was as a liaison with the District Social Development Officers, helping to get low-income people enrolled in social intervention plans in rural communities.
Mensah's public service interests include international politics, poverty reduction, and economic and community development.
"We are most grateful to Rotary for again awarding these prestigious scholarships to two outstanding Clinton School students," Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford said in a statement. "We also very much appreciate the work of Dr. Bob Warner of Jonesboro and others who are strong advocates of higher education."
Metro on 12/27/2017