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Lottie Richardson
  • Sys Engr:Mechanical-BS
  • Class of 2017
  • Little Rock, AR

Lottie Richardson attends Global Clinton Initiative University

2018 Feb 12

Lottie Richardson of Little Rock, AR, was among a team of three University of Arkansas at Little Rock engineering students to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University Oct. 13-15 at Northeastern University in Boston.

While there, the team discussed their design for a water pump that will be used to provide clean drinking water to a rural village in Haiti.

This is the second year UA Little Rock has participated in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) Network, a growing consortium of colleges and universities that support, mentor, and provide seed funding to student leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs who are developing solutions for some of the world's most pressing challenges.

"We would like to see the students learn how to take their ideas to implementation," Wright said. "Part of implementation is developing funding and partnerships. Interacting with other like-minded students will help them build their partnerships, develop their ideas, and develop ways to get funding for their projects."

The team attending CGI U is working with Water Wishes, Inc., a nonprofit organization that introduces clean water solutions to redesign and build a water pump that will provide access to clean drinking water in a rural village in Haiti.

"Students our age are going above and beyond for people in this country and others," Richardson said. "It's humbling. It makes you feel like there are still good people on this Earth."

CGI U was founded in 2007 by former President Bill Clinton after the success of the Clinton Global Initiative, through which global leaders convene to implement plans to combat global challenges. The UA Little Rock Office of Community and Career Engagement has sponsored the GCI U efforts at UA Little Rock.