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 | city                   = [[New Orleans]]
 | state                  = [[Louisiana]]
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'''University of Holy Cross''' ('''UHC''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Holy Cross |url=https://uhcno.edu/about/mission.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=uhcno.edu}}</ref> [[liberal arts college]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. It was founded by the [[Marianites of Holy Cross]].

[[File:University of Holy Cross - Main Building.jpg|alt=University of Holy Cross - Main Building|thumb|University of Holy Cross - Main Building]]

==History==
University of Holy Cross was founded in 1916 as a two-year women's [[normal school]] by the [[Marianites of Holy Cross]]. Its original location was in the [[Bywater, New Orleans|Bywater]] area of New Orleans.<ref>{{cite book | author=Betty L. Morrison | title=A History of Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana | publisher=Her Publishing Co., Inc. | year=1977  }}</ref> It became a 4-year institution in 1938. In 1947, a {{convert|40|acre|ha|adj=on}} parcel of land in [[Algiers, Louisiana|Algiers]] was donated to the Marianites. The college completed a move across the river to this new site in 1960. Its area was later reduced by a sale. Men were first admitted in 1967.

In August 2011, the Marianites dismissed the college's president and all 19 of its trustees without warning.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2011/08/holy_cross_college_disposes_of.html |title=Holy Cross College disposes of president, 19-member board |author=John Pope |publisher=[[The Times-Picayune]] |date=August 16, 2011 |access-date=August 20, 2011}}</ref> The move prompted an investigation by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] (SACS) Commission on Colleges, the college's [[regional accreditation|regional accreditor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2011/08/our_lady_of_holy_cross_college_4.html |title=Our Lady of Holy Cross College dismissals being investigated by accreditation group |author=John Pope |publisher=[[The Times-Picayune]] |date=August 19, 2011 |access-date=August 20, 2011}}</ref> Following the investigation, SACS placed the college on probation for six months.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2011/12/holy_cross_college_put_on_prob.html |title=Holy Cross College put on probation by accrediting agency |author=Bruce Nolan |publisher=[[The Times-Picayune]] |date=December 6, 2011 |access-date=December 8, 2011}}</ref>

In January 2016, the institution, formerly '''Our Lady of Holy Cross College''', was renamed University of Holy Cross.

==Campus==
University of Holy Cross is situated on a {{convert|16|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus in a middle-class residential neighborhood of the [[Algiers, Louisiana|Algiers]] area of New Orleans on the west bank of the [[Mississippi River]]. It is built primarily in the Southern [[Colonial style]].

==Academics==
There are more than 50 undergraduate and graduate programs.<ref>
{{cite web | title = Commission on Colleges
| publisher = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
| date = July 2019
| url = http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/webmemlist.pdf  | access-date = 2009-03-10
| url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019115531/https://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/webmemlist.pdf |archive-date=2020-10-19}}
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{{cite web | title = NLNAC Accredited Nursing Program
| publisher = National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc.
| url = http://www.nlnac.org/Forms/directory_search.htm
| access-date = 2009-03-10}}
Can type "Louisiana" into search box to see accredited programs in Louisiana
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==Notable people==
* [[Troy Carter (politician)|Troy Carter]], Congressman serving the 2nd U.S. Congressional District of Louisiana
* Kyle France,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boards and Commissions |url=https://wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana.gov/boardsandcommissions/viewContacts.cfm?board=527 |access-date=2023-01-04}}</ref> Chairman of the Board – Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District
* Stanton F. McNeely III,<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Holy Cross |url=https://uhcno.edu/about/president.html |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=uhcno.edu}}</ref> University of Holy Cross President
* [[Patrice E. Jones]], TikToker and historical preservationist, taught at Holy Cross
* [[Norman Robinson (television news reporter)|Norman Robinson]], television news reporter

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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans}}
*[http://www.uhcno.edu// Official website]

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{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans}}
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{{Coord missing|New Orleans}}

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