Scholarship inquires should be directed to the Scholarship Board Chair.

The amount varies from year to year and multiple recipients may be presented. In recent years, scholarships have ranged from $500 to $2500.

Candidate Requirements

1. Must be a student enrolled in an accredited college or university, either as an undergraduate or graduate student, or as a current NC teacher seeking additional training.
2. Must be training to work specifically with special needs persons up to age 21, excluding the academically gifted, in any educational setting.
3. Must agree to teach in a North Carolina Public School system for one year after graduation as a teacher of exceptional children.
4. Applications must be postmarked no later than April 1st.
5. All application information must be complete.
   1. Letter of recommendation.
   2. Brief essay.
   3. Financial aid statement filled out by college Financial Aid Director.

Applications not meeting these requirements will be excluded.

Additional Scholarships Available Through Epsilon Sigma Alpha International

The Epsilon Sigma Alpha Foundation also makes scholarships available to students. You can find them at ESA Foundation.

Good Friends, Good Times, Good Works!

Epsilon Sigma Alpha International is a leadership and service organization bringing good people together to do good things through programs and projects that make a positive difference…locally, nationally, and internationally. Through a network of thousands of members and more than 1,200 chapters, ESA provides more than 650,000 service hours and over $18 million for charitable causes each year. In 2007, ESA raised almost $12 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital located in Memphis, TN, and the leading pediatric cancer research hospital in the country.

The North Carolina State Council, formed in 1952 in Greensboro, North Carolina, is now comprises over 240 members and 15 chapters. The council comes together several times a year to provide opportunities for individual and leadership development, to build and renew friendships, and conduct business.

If you are interested in becoming part of an exciting and powerful organization devoted to service to others and individual development, or learning more about ESA, contact me at: kristen.corbell@esa-nc.org.

Kristen Corbell, President North Carolina State Council of ESA