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Hello and welcome to this virtual
presentation on Xavier University of

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Louisiana.

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Xavier was founded back in 1925 by our
founders, 

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St. Catherine Drexel,
who was an heiress to the Drexel family.

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She became a nun within the Catholic
Church and also founded the Sisters of

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the Blessed Sacrament. With the help of
her fellow sisters,

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Saint Catherine Drexel founded Xavier
University under the mission of helping

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to promote a more just and Humane Society.

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Xavier is the only historically Black and
Catholic University within the United

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States.

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Also worth mentioning is our previous
president, Doctor Norman C Francis,

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who served as president for a total of 47
years.

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He is among one of the longest sitting
presidents of any college or university

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within the country.

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According to our numbers,
Xavier has just over 3300 students

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currently enrolled.

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Also,
we have a 15:1 student to teacher

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ratio,
which means on average we have 15

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students to everyone professor here on
campus.

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We have a total of 71.6% 
of African Americans enrolled here at

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the university as well.

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Also with our enrollment,
19% of our students identify as Catholic

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and although Xavier is a Catholic
institution,

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you do not have to be Catholic in order
to attend.

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A couple of things also worth mentioning
is that Xavier was voted as being the top

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university in the country for producing
the most African Americans who go on to

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complete a medical school degree.

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Also,
Xavier has recently been voted as being

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the top #3 HBCU in the country.

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Xavier is also known for being number one
in the nation for awarding bachelor's

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degrees in the biological and biomedical
sciences, the physical sciences,

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and physics.

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We've also been known for being the
number three Catholic University in the

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country.

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Also,
Xavier is known for being one of the top

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4 universities in the country for African
Americans obtaining doctorate degrees in

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pharmacy.

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And lastly,
Xavier has been known for recently being

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the top university in the state of
Louisiana for job placement.

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Moving on to our academic divisions,
our academic divisions are made of

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different departments that have similar
interests here on Xavier's campus.

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The division of business is made-up of
strictly the business department.

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Within that particular department,
you have those that major in accounting,

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finance,
business management and sales and

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marketing.

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Students can also have a concentration on
entrepreneurship if they're interested.

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And if they would like to start their own
small business here on campus,

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we actually help them to do so.

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What's via what's called the X-ncubator.

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Next,
we have the biological and applied Health

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Sciences division,
which is made-up of the biology

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department,
the public Health Sciences department,

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and the speech pathology department.

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Students from this particular department
go on to do great things within the

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medical field, like for instance,
past Surgeon General Doctor Regina

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Benjamin,
who is an alum of the university.

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Then we have the education and counseling
department and division.

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This particular department is made-up of
primarily education and counseling majors.

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These particular students go on to do
great things within the field of

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education,
and this particular department slash

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division is the only one on campus in
which students can obtain a bachelor's,

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master's,
and doctor degree within the field of

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education and counseling.

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Next we have the Fine Arts and Humanities
division.

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This particular division is made-up of
the Art department,

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the English department,
the history department,

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the Foreign Language department,
the music department,

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the Philosophy department,
and the Theology department.

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One of our notable alum from this
particular from this particular division

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is

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Mr. Terence Osborne who is a world renowned
artist and who also has an art gallery

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here within New Orleans, LA.

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Next we have the division of Mathematical
and Physical Sciences.

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This particular division is home to the
chemistry department,

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the mathematics department and the
physics and computer science department.

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This division also has what's called the
dual degree engineering and physics

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program,
in which students can begin at Xavier

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studying physics for three years,
transfer to an additional institution

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that we're partnered with for two years
in which they would be studying primarily

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engineering,
and after five years graduate with two

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degrees simultaneously.

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One in physics from Xavier,
the other in engineering from the second

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institution.

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This is also the same division in which
we have many students that begin to

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matriculate into Xavier's College of
Pharmacy,

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in which a doctorate degree in pharmacy
can be obtained within six years.

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Lastly,
we have the Social and Behavioral

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Sciences division,
which is made-up of the Communication

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Studies department,
the Mass Communications department,

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the Political Science department,
the Psychology department,

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and the Sociology department.

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A notable alum from this particular
division is the current mayor of New

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Orleans, Mayor Latoya Cantrell.

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Moving on to our residence halls on
Xavier's campus,

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we have 4 residence halls in which
students can reside.

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First being the Saint Catherine Drexel
Hall,

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which is home for freshmen ladies
arriving on campus for their freshman

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year.

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Next which is a historic landmark is
Saint Michael's Hall,

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which is where freshmen gentlemen reside
on campus.

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For ladies that become sophomores here at
Xavier,

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they can then move into the Living and
Learning Center for their sophomore year.

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Then for ladies that are juniors on up
and for gentlemen that are sophomores on

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up,
they can reside within the Saint Martin

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de Porres Hall.

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Housing on campus is available for
students,

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but if a student chooses to not live on
campus, that is totally fine.

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In regards to student life,
there are a number of different

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organizations to choose from here on
Xavier's campus.

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Whether that be the student government
association to represent a class or the

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student body,
or whether it be fraternities or

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sororities on campus or whether it be
service organizations like the Vanguard

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Association who is responsible for campus
tours and first time experiences for

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those visiting.

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Xavier also has multiple different sports
teams including track and cross country,

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basketball and tennis for both ladies and
gentlemen and also the ladies volleyball

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team.

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Xavier also has recently switched over to
have now having a competitive

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cheerleading team as well.

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In terms of cost for Xavier for this
particular year, tuition is at

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$22,503 and does include mandatory
fees as well.

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In order to live on campus,
the cost can range from $9000 per year up

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to $11,000
per year depending upon which

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residence hall a student resides in for
that particular year.

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Tuition and fees are subject to change
based upon enrollment here at Xavier as

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well,
In order to help cover some of the cost

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of tuition, fees, and room and board,
we do offer merit based scholarships.

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Students are evaluated for merit based
scholarships directly after being

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admitted into the University.

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Our partial scholarships range between
$4000 per year and $18,000 per year.

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Our Presidential Scholarship covers full
tuition and also mandatory fees,

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and our Board of Trustees scholarship
covers full tuition,

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room and board and mandatory fees as well.

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In order to apply to Xavier,
students must first go to our website

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xula.edu
and click on the Admissions and Aids

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tab or you can use the link 
admissions.xula.edu/apply/

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The application must first be completed
online,

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which can be done either on our website
or via the Common App.

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Then we must receive the high school
transcript, the letter of recommendation,

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and the official ACT and/or SAT scores
coming from an official source,

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which can be the high school counselor
for a student or the testing service for

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the ACT and/or SAT.

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Thank you for sitting in on this
presentation and if you have any

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questions,
please reach out to the Office of

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Admissions at 504-520-7388 or you can
contact us by e-mail at

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admissions@xula.edu.

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Thank you and have a great day.