Student Affairs

Greetings,

The Houston Metropolitan Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. (NABA) is proud to present the 2009 Scholarship Awards Banquet.  Since 1969, NABA has addressed the professional needs of African Americans in an effort to maximize their career potential in the accounting profession. 

One of our primary objectives is to encourage and assist minority students in entering the accounting profession and the corporate environment.  As a part of our program, we provide several scholarships to qualified high school seniors and college students, to assist them in continuing their education.

It is the scholarship committee’s duty to promote the scholarship and encourage students to participate in the application process.  In an effort to accomplish this goal, we need your help.  If you are interested in assisting with the Fiscal 2009 Scholarship Committee please contact us at community@nabahouston.org.  

The NABA Houston Chapter serves as the professional mentor/advisory chapter to six universities in the Southwest Texas and North Louisiana area.  These universities are as following:

• Grambling State University
• Lamar University
• Prairie View A&M University
• Sam Houston State University
• Texas Southern University
• University of Houston

Please see the chapter’s page for university contact information.  The Student Affairs Committee led by Directors Shawntae Nix and Donzella McCall host resume- writing, interview skills, and officer training workshops.  In addition, this committee puts great effort into preparing our students for Internships and securing a full-time position through the Annual Regional Student Conference.   If you want to be a part of this committee that does so much work to benefit local students and thoroughly embrace our motto of “Lifting as We Climb”, please contact us at student@nabahouston.org

NABA Houston E-Board

DOWNLOAD SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

 

Accounting Careers Awarenes Program

ACAP is a one-week summer residency program held on a college campus. The program introduces students to accounting, finance, economics and management through a tailored curriculum involving university faculty and guest lecturers from business and government. Last year student participants interacted with professionals and executives from companies such as ExxonMobil; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches; Chevron; Ernst & Young; Jesse H. Jones School of Business of Texas Southern University, KPMG and Williams.

ACAP’s goals are:

• To increase the number of ethnic minority high school students that attend college and major in accounting or business related fields,

• To provide educational enrichment experiences for high school students, and

• To provide a pipeline program for directing these students to the accounting profession.

Participant Criteria

The student selection process is competitive. Students must complete the application, obtain two letters of recommendation, obtain a transcript, write an essay, and attend an interview with an ACAP panel. A maximum of 24 students will be accepted into the 2010 ACAP.  Students selected to participate will have an opportunity to compete for scholarships.  The participant criteria for the ACAP summer residency program are as follows:

• Minimum grade point average of 2.7

• Be an ethnic minority

• Be a current sophomore or junior in high school (some exceptions for freshmen and graduating seniors)

2009 student participants had the following comments after completion of the program:

• ACAP taught me some things I didn’t know and broke some stereotypes I had about accounting.
• I learned a lot about myself and how to work on the spot.
• I would recommend ACAP to others because here you have a great opportunity to network and learn accounting.
• I would recommend ACAP to others because it provided great information and quality contacts.
• I would return as an alumnus to meet, greet and speak to others because I would to like share my experience with others and encourage them to make the most of the program.
• I would return as an alumnus to meet, greet and speak to others because I feel as though it’s my part to give back to this beneficial program.

Individual: Click here to make a donation.

Students: Click here to download the ACAP scholarship application.