Scholarships and Additional Benefits

Posted by Ted Pickerill, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

At Miami, we provide the following operational support:

• One Administrative Assistant
• Two classrooms (first right of scheduling)
• Six offices
• One large storage room
• A student study room
• A Maritime Simulator room
• Approximately a $10,000 university operating budget
• Access to facilities for trainings
• Firing range and armory (however, the Unit no longer has operable weapons)
• Academic credit provided for ROTC courses, and a minor in Naval Science is offered
• Assistance from the Registrar’s Office in providing early confirmation of completion for graduating ROTC students, allowing commissioning immediately at semester’s end, rather than  waiting until the normal grade submission process is complete

The following staff and dependent support:

• Immediate tuition waiver for staff members (waiver covers tuition, but not course or university fees)
• Immediate application of the employee dependent tuition waiver for ROTC staff dependents; the normal, required three year employment period is not required

The following student support:

• Over $100,000 per ROTC Unit (Air Force and Naval, over $200,000 combined) in room and board scholarships provided annually, to be applied to ROTC students at the discretion of the ROTC Commanding Officers.  To be eligible, students must reside on campus
• Early/priority registration for ROTC students to insure scheduling access to their required ROTC courses.
• Early access to dormitories for ROTC students, to facilitate Freshman Orientation program