Podcast Name: ROTC Scholarships
Episode Name: 6. ROTC Scholarship Podcast: The Army ROTC Nursing Program and the Public Private
School Question
In this episode of ROTC Scholarships, host and retired Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kirkland talks about the
Army ROTC Nursing Program with a nursing cadet from Xavier University, Liz Reitebach. Later, Robert
discusses the question of choosing either a public or private school to use your ROTC Scholarship.
1:00 - Robert introduces Liz.
2:00 – Liz gives her high school background. John explains how his son became attracted to the military
how he was not in the military.
3:00 – Liz discusses how she learned about ROTC and what made her decide to become an Army nurse
cadet.
6:00 – Liz discusses the advantages of attending a school like Xavier that gives free room and board to
its scholarship cadets.
9:00 – Liz talks about how her 3-year advanced designee scholarship was upgraded to a four-year
scholarship.
13:00 – Working to balance cadet life and a tough nursing curriculum is a challenge.
20:00 – The Nurse Summer Training Program is an excellent opportunity for nursing cadets.
23:00 – It is worthwhile to consider taking a course or two over the summer term, such as microbiology.
24:00 – Liz discusses the importance of having other Army ROTC nursing cadets to support each other
through the four years.
28:00 – Liz and Rob discuss the major takeaways.
30:00- Rob goes over the advantages of private schools and room and board match. The similarities and
differences in the process between the Army and the Marine Corps applications. The goal of these
applications is to try and determine if the candidate is a leader, athlete, and scholar.
34:00 – Private schools sometimes help ROTC cadets with scholarship in hand gain admittance to their
university.
35:00 – Private schools often have low student to faculty ratios and cadets graduate on time.
40:00 – Public schools provide less financial exposure if you have to drop an ROTC scholarship and
continue as paying student.
42:00 – Public schools are much more advantageous for the Air Force Type 7 scholarship. Some public
schools provide in state tuition for out of state students on a ROTC scholarship.