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 or SAM Camps this summer. Application deadline: March 31.
SAM Camps
SAM Camps are free summer day programs hosted in Arkansas communities around the state designed to help high school sophomores prepare for their futures. In summer 2025, camps will be held in Little Rock and El Dorado.
Program Details
SAM Camp is your gateway to college and career readiness with a focus on business! Spend 2 ½ days diving into interactive sessions covering college preparation, career pathways, business planning, and college access. Experience real-world insights though company visits and a community roundtable discussion.
Who Can Participate?
Students from Little Rock, AR and El Dorado, AR who will be high school juniors in fall 2025 are encouraged to apply.
Selection Criteria
Participants 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
Camp Dates
Little Rock, June 22-24
El Dorado, July 27-29
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 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?
Students who will be high school seniors in fall 2025 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
Camp Dates
July 6-11, 2025
Apply NowMore 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.
