CONWAY, Ark. (January 25, 2013) - The Office of Advancement and the Hendrix Miller Center for Vocation, Ethics, and Calling will host a special Philanthropy Awareness Day luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 19 in Worsham Student Performance Hall in the Student Life and Technology Center.
The program will feature special guest Amy Dunn Johnson '96, executive director of the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission. She joined the Commission's staff after working for a year at the Arkansas Supreme Court as the Deputy Reporter of Decisions. Prior to joining the Supreme Court, she was in private practice for six years, where she specialized in health care regulatory compliance. During her time in private practice, Johnson handled more than 25 pro bono guardianships for families of developmentally disabled and mentally ill individuals.
A psychology major at Hendrix, Johnson graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law in 2002. She is a founding board member of Harmony Health Clinic, a free health clinic that serves low-income uninsured residents of Pulaski County. She is also a board member of Little Rock Community Mental Health Center, a member of the Arkansas United Methodist Conference Board of Trustees, a member of the Board of Trustees of First United Methodist Church Little Rock, and a consumer representative on the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative Workgroup. She has been recognized as a Hendrix College Distinguished Young Alumna (2010), as well as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader (2012).
"By offering this special program, we hope to increase our students' awareness and understanding of philanthropy in society and, more specifically, its impact at Hendrix," said Melissa Jenkins, Director of Annual Giving at Hendrix.
For more information, contact Melissa Jenkins at 450-1360 or Jenkins@hendrix.edu.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the fifth consecutive year, Hendrix was named one of the country's "Up and Coming" liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix is featured in the 2012 edition of the Princeton Review as one of the country's best 377 colleges, the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges, Forbes magazine's annual list of America's Top 650 Colleges, and the 2013 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.