Michael Collins is a senior business major at Bob Jones University. This is a temporary blog where he chronicled his time at The Fund for American Studies’ Donor Retreat and Freedom Scholars Seminar in Washington, D.C., on April 12-16, 2005.

After my morning classes on Tuesday I took off for the airport. About five hours later I am in Washington, DC. I’ll be here for the week attending the Fund for American Studies (TFAS) Annual Conference. They have an exciting lineup of activities planned for us including receptions, special speakers, and briefings around the capital. See the schedule here.

Most people attend the Annual Conference as donors, but I am here on a scholarship as part of the Freedom Scholars program. I’ll be participating in focused discussions on national security and civil liberties with eleven other college students. All of the students are alumni of TFAS’s 2004 summer institutes.

I’m looking forward to seeing several (hopefully many) of my classmates, teachers, coworkers, and other acquaintances from last summer. See my summer blog here.