Summer Programs
High school students interested in learning more about college preparation, leadership, and business are encouraged to join the Walton College for Fleischer Scholars Program this summer. Application deadline: March 14.
Fleischer Scholars
The Fleischer Scholars Program is a free, on-campus summer program designed to serve first-generation high school juniors in Arkansas who are interested in studying business.
Program Details
Fleischer Scholar Participants will experience a 6-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 University of Arkansas - Fayetteville.
Who Can Participate?
Students who will be high school seniors in fall 2027 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
Application Breakdown
- Application will run November 1st- March 14th
- Phone interviews will be held March 22nd- April 2nd
- Acceptances will be sent out April 16th
- Participants selected will be required to attend one of the four zoom sessions held in May.
- Signed contracts are due by May 28th at 11:59pm.
Camp Dates
TBD for summer 2027
Apply NowStudent Testimonials
I made friends that I believe will definitely make differences in their communities.
This program has genuinely changed me as a person, and my eyes have been opened to all the opportunities and resources that are out there.
My favorite part of the program has been the doors it has opened for me. I am grateful to have been part of it, and if I could do it all over again, I absolutely would.
I came from a family where experiences like this are just dreams, so to actually be living it, and knowing I'm making my family proud as the first to experience something like this is truly surreal.
I loved being able to connect with new friends and people who aspire to the same career path as me. It was fun also seeing the aspects of different companies and how they really work on the business side of things.
More Information about the Fleischer Program
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.
Project Presentations
2026 Program participants worked with the McMillon Innovation Center on a project with Phillips 66, Signature Bank, and General Mills. Throughout the week the students spent mornings completing customer discovery and formulating a solution to the problem. Given the statement on Tuesday and presenting a solution on Friday.
The following were problem statements given to the students by the companies
- Signature Bank/Banco Si: How might we encourage Gen Z consumers to begin saving and investing earlier?
- Phillips 66: How might we help everyday people grasp just how much energy they use in a single day — and what it actually takes to produce it?
- General Mills: How might we better attract Young Better For You consumers (>30 y/o) and make sure our health callouts resonate with them?
