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Council for Academic Libraries Liaison
Council for Academic Libraries Liaison (CALL) is a consortium of the 11 academic libraries in the New Orleans area (Delgado Community College, Dillard University, Loyola University of New Orleans, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Notre Dame Seminary, Nunez Community College, University of Holy Cross, Southern University at New Orleans, Tulane University, the University of New Orleans, and Xavier University). University of Holy Cross graduate students and faculty members who wish to have borrowing privileges at these libraries may obtain a LOUIS Reciprocal Borrowing card from the Director of Library Services.
LOUIS: the Louisiana Library Network
LOUIS: the Louisiana Library Network is a consortium of Louisiana academic libraries. As a member of LOUIS, the Blaine S. Kern Library shares resources with other Louisiana public and private academic libraries. The LOUIS support team, from their headquarters at the Louisiana State Board of Regents in Baton Rouge, work with members to procure and support library technology and resources and facilitate training, collaboration, and reciprocal borrowing. LOUIS members provide input by participating in committees, listservs, and the LOUIS Users Conference.
LYRASIS
The Blaine S. Kern Library at the University of Holy Cross is a member of LYRASIS, a membership organization whose mission is to support enduring access to the world’s shared academic, scientific, and cultural heritage through leadership in open technologies, content services, digital solutions, and collaborations with archives, libraries, museums, and knowledge communities worldwide.
Service Members Opportunity College Network
University of Holy Cross is a member of the Service Members Opportunity College Network (SOC) of some 400 post-secondary institutions, which is dedicated to serving the educational needs of active duty, reserve, and recently separated military personnel. Service personnel applying for admission should submit DOD Form DD-295 for evaluation of military education and training in terms of academic credit. As a member of the SOC Network, University of Holy Cross is committed to supporting and complying fully with SOC principles and criteria.
Several affiliations with selected agencies are recognized for the placement of business, education, nursing, counseling, and social science majors.
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
The Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) offers one, two, three, and four-year programs leading to a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. The four- year program is divided into two parts: the General Military Course (GMC) for freshmen and sophomores and the Professional Officer Course (POC) for juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
GMC students attend a one-hour academic class and a two-hour laboratory each week, while POC students attend a three-hour academic class and a two-hour laboratory each week. In addition, all cadets are encouraged to maintain a physical fitness regimen and are required to participate in a monthly physical fitness test.
The two-year program begins with a five-week summer training at an Air Force base. Upon its successful completion, students enter the POC. Students interested in the two-year program should apply no later than February in the spring semester of their sophomore year. Applicants normally have four semesters of either undergraduate or graduate work remaining prior to entry into the two-year POC. However, the one-year University program allows selected seniors or graduate students to complete requirements in only two terms plus a summer program.
For GMC students, entry into the POC is competitive and is determined in late spring of their sophomore year. Prior to entry into the POC, all students in the four-year program must attend a four-week field training session, typically held in the summer between the sophomore and junior years.
AFROTC cadets may compete for one, two, and three-year scholarships that pay tuition, fees, textbook allowance, and a monthly subsistence of up to $400 per month. Orientation flights in military aircraft and visits to Air Force bases are optional parts of AFROTC training.
Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) is a comprehensive program of studies through which a student can qualify to be commissioned as an officer in the United States Army, the National Guard, or the United States Army Reserve. Students learn leadership and management skills that will help in any profession. The Army ROTC program consists of a two-year Basic Course, which is open to freshmen and sophomores only, and a two-year Advanced Course. Non- scholarship students participating in the first two years of ROTC do not incur any obligation to the U. S. Army. A variety of Army ROTC scholarships is offered. These provide tuition assistance, up to $600 for textbooks, and a $250 to $400 per month stipend allowance (up to 10 months per year).
Admission to ROTC is conditioned on meeting academic, physical, and age requirements, as well as the approval of the Professor of Military Science. Physical fitness training is a requirement. A minimum of three days per week of physical fitness training is required.
To be commissioned as an officer, a student must complete either the regular four-year program, a three-year program (whereby the Basic Course is compressed into one year), or a two-year program (requiring completion of the summer ROTC Leaders Training Course giving the student credit for the Basic Course). Advanced placement for ROTC training may be given to veterans (including members of the National Guard or Army Reserve) and to students with previous ROTC experience. In addition to these requirements, a student must complete at least one course each in the areas of written communication, human behavior, military history, computer literacy, and mathematical logic reasoning.
Uniforms and military science textbooks are issued without cost to all students. Advanced Course students receive a subsistence allowance of $250 to $400 per month, as well as payment for the Advanced Leadership Camps they must attend prior to completing the Advanced Course. For more information on the ARMY ROTC program call (504) 865-5594.
Students should consult the ROTC Coordinator for complete details and an advisor for integration of Military Science into their academic program. Satisfactory completion of both the Basic and Advanced courses satisfies the requirements for a minor in any degree program.
Many summer opportunities are available on a volunteer basis. Cadets may attend the free fall parachute course or powered glider training at the Air Force Academy. Cadets may participate in Army Airborne Training or a Language Immersion Program. (The Language Immersion Program selects students with three years of college-level language to attend a foreign university for 30 days.) The Operation Air Force program gives cadets an opportunity to better understand Air Force life and careers, while spending three weeks at a base. Finally, cadets selected for pilot training complete 50 hours of civilian flight time and receive a FAA private pilot certificate.