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The NABA Charlotte chapter supports student chapters at the following colleges and universities: 


To prepare college students for a professional career through engagement, mentoring, personal development, exposure to the work place through internships, scholarships through our scholarship program and public speaking/presentation skills through case competitions. These initiatives also aim at identifying and nurturing exceptional leaders in higher institutions. Click here to view even more reasons to join NABA as a student!

Student members are undergraduate or graduate students (full or part-time) majoring in accounting, finance or a related field, or high-school students interested in pursuing a career in accounting or finance. Student Member dues are only $35 annually!

NABA Charlotte Scholarship Application
The NABA Charlotte Scholarship application is now available! Paid and qualified student members are welcome to apply here. Please visit the application site to review eligibility requirements and application deadlines. For questions or concerns regarding this year's scholarship process, please contact students@nabacharlotte.org. 

NABA Charlotte Mentorship Program
The National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. (NABA) Charlotte Chapter - Student Member Services (SMS) Committee is excited to reintroduce the NABA Mentoring Program. The Mentoring Program is a formal mentorship program exclusively for paid NABA student members looking for a mentor to provide advice, guidance, and recommendations on a career path within the accounting and finance profession. Connections with mentors take place once a month in order to help students with school, life, and work or professional experiences. The mentors provide discussions of relevant issues, explore solutions to problems, and promote an awareness of the accounting and finance professions. All of the mentoring sessions will take place within the time frames of the mentor's and student's schedules.

The goals of the program are as follows:
  • Develop relationships between professional NABA members and NABA students
  • Prepare student members for a career within the fields of accounting or finance
  • Identify mentors within the accounting and finance profession

The NABA Charlotte Mentoring Program runs from October to May of each year. For inquiries regarding participation in future program cycles, please contact students@nabacharlotte.org.

Leadership Programs
Organized through our student chapters, our leadership initiatives include empowering our student chapters to have executive boards to run the affairs of their chapters which generally include, preparing a plan for each fiscal year, requesting and justifying funding for planned activities to both their schools and the professional chapter, executing the planned activities which includes coordination with service providers, engagement of speakers and resource persons, designing activities that address students' needs and gathering feedback from event participants for future planning. Executive Board members from our student chapters develop leadership skills generally not taught by any academic programs as it makes them managers and executive officers at an early stage of their professional career.

Case Competitions
Through our various case competitions we seek to support college level students develop analytical, critical thinking, presentation, public speaking and problem solving skills. It also offers prospective employers the opportunity to assess the non-technical skills of college student members outside of an interview situation. 

Mock Interview and Resume Critique
We help prepare our college student members through a series of "interview readiness" events. These include education about internships, hiring, interviewing and recruiting processes in general. It also focuses on developing social skills to better prepare our members for the workplace. We hold various events to review resumes of members, hold mock-interviews and provide feedback to members and offer guidance on appearance, dress and carriage. These activities enable our college students better prepare for internships and interviews.

Southern Region Student Conference (SRSC)
The conference will include two and one-half days of workshops, seminars and interview sessions, all designed to better prepare minority students for careers in accounting and financial management disciplines. LEARN MORE.

The objectives of the conference include:
  • To encourage student involvement in NABA and to assist in the development of leadership skills.
  • To provide an opportunity for students and professionals to share their goals and objectives.
  • To augment students' skills and expand their knowledge through challenging seminars.
  • To provide a forum to discuss student issues and to present positive alternative resolutions.
  • To provide opportunities for students to develop and exhibit their organizational and planning skills.
  • To facilitate maximum attendance and participation by students and professionals.
  • To provide a cost-effective method for corporations to interview qualified minority students.
  • To provide an opportunity for students to interview for entry-level positions and internships