Ten University of Arkansas students will be selected to attend a four-day colloquium in Vermont to expand their knowledge of and discuss the political and economic free-market principles advanced by Nobel economics laureate Milton Friedman. 

The event will be held June 11-14 and is free of charge to the selected students. The colloquium is open to all University of Arkansas students.

The colloquium will be held at Capitaf, Friedman's former Vermont summer home which has been converted into The Milton and Rose Friedman Center. The mission of the center is to advance human well-being through free market capitalism.

The center is managed by the Free-to-Choose-Network under the direction of Bob Chitester, chairman of the organization.

Friedman is recognized as a champion for the free enterprise system and individual rights. In 1976, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economic sciences. In 1977, he retired from the University of Chicago and became a senior research fellow for the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is widely known for his landmark 1980 PBS series Free to Choose and his best-selling book by the same title.

Students wishing to apply for the event, which is exclusively for University of Arkansas students, should email an essay of 500 words or less to Wes Kemp at wbkemp@uark.edu by March 15 describing their familiarity with Friedman’s work, the reasons they wish to attend and what they hope to gain from the experience. Students also should submit two references.

Selection will be based on the essays best providing the requested information in an articulate and persuasive manner, supportive references, and a noteworthy interview of those students selected for consideration. The colloquium is open to all University of Arkansas students.

For further details, contact Kemp at wbkemp@uark.edu. Kemp is an executive in residence in the Sam M. Walton College of Business.