National Scholarship Program:

2021-2022 National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. – Northwest Arkansas Chapter College Scholarship Applications Are Now Available

October 1, 2021

Dear Applicant:

The National Association of Black Accountants – Northwest Arkansas Chapter has scholarships available for college students. Enclosed you will find the scholarship application for the 2021 – 2022 school year. Students wishing to apply must:

1. Be Currently enrolled at a four-year accredited college or university in the State of Arkansas as a full time (12 semester hours or equivalent) undergraduate freshman, sophomore, junior or senior majoring in accounting, finance or business; A full-time graduate student (9 semester hours or equivalent) enrolled or accepted into a master’s-level business program; or, be a law student with a demonstrable interest in business law (for example, enrolled in/completed business law school courses and/or holds an undergraduate business degree).

2. Meet the minimum grade point average requirement of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) overall. Please provide a conversion of your grades to the “4.0 grading scale” if your college or university does not use this scale.

Applicants are required to submit:

 Completed application

 Sealed official transcript

 Resume

 Two (2) Letters of Recommendation: One must be from a member of the business school faculty at your college/university. The other may be from a non-relative who is familiar with your academic, extracurricular, and/or professional performance (i.e. employer, advisor, etc.).

 Personal biography of 500 words or less: Your biography should specifically discuss your career objectives, leadership abilities, community activities, background, and your involvement in NABA (if applicable).

 Recent business-appropriate headshot portrait (for Chapter/NABA communications)

The application is also available on the Chapter’s website at http://www.nabachapters.org./NWArkansas. The deadline to submit an application is October 31, 2021 (postmark date).

A completed application must be submitted to NWANABA.Scholarship@gmail.com; or:

National Association of Black Accountants, Inc.

Northwest Arkansas Chapter

Attention: Vonnice Boone, 2021 Scholarship Chair

P.O. Box 1401

Bentonville, AR 72712

The completed application (including all required documents and items) must be postmarked by October 31, 2021. Incomplete applications, or those submitted after that date, will not be considered.

If you have any questions, please contact Vonnice Boone, MBA, 2021 Scholarship Committee Chairperson, at NWANABA.Scholarship@gmail.com.