Fleischer Program

The Fleischer Scholars Program is a free, on-campus summer program designed to serve first-generation high school students in Arkansas who are interested in studying business.

Program Details

Fleischer Scholar Participants will experience a 5-day program to discover career paths in business, develop an entrepreneurial mindset, practice communication skills, gain college preparatory experience, network with Walton College students, faculty, staff and alumni, engage with community business leaders, and visit local companies. This free program will be on-campus at the Sam M. Walton College of Business.

Who Can Participate?

Rising high school seniors are encouraged to apply.

Selection Criteria

Scholars are selected with the following criteria considered:

Graduating from an Arkansas High School
First generation status
Academic performance in high school
Involvement in leadership and community service
Household Income/Financial Need

Meet Mort

Morton Fleischer is a successful financier, entrepreneur and real estate investor. From his beginnings as a janitor in the local dime store to now, he has formed more than twenty real estate companies, taking three of them public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

With the Fleischer Scholars Program, his goal is to assist economically disadvantaged students allowing them to graduate from college and to encourage them to invest their time and talent back into their hometown communities upon graduation. He calls this the “multiplier effect” and hopes that these future leaders will serve as role models and thus cause a ripple effect in these communities.