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Western Oklahoma State College

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• Western Oklahoma State College, established as Altus Junior College in 1926, is the oldest original municipal two-year college still in existence in Oklahoma. Its operation since 1967 has been under the provision of State Bill No. 2 of the 1967 Oklahoma Legislature and the Community Junior College Act. On August 16, 1974, the college became Western Oklahoma State College by an act of the state legislature, signed by the Governor on April 3, 1974.
• Western Oklahoma State College is geographically located in Southwestern Oklahoma. As a state-supported institution, it is open to all residents of Oklahoma but functions primarily to serve the counties of Jackson, Greer, Harmon, Kiowa, and Tillman.
• Western Oklahoma State College awards the following degrees and other forms of academic recognition to those students who successfully complete the educational program plans approved to be offered at the institution. The college offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in Applied Science and Certificate Programs.
• The college is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools-Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Local artists to hold exhibit at library (Altus Times)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 01:11:30 pm
  Paintings by Loweta Chesser and Sue Messerly will be showcased at an opening reception at the Altus Public Library; the public is invited to view the West and Southwest through the eyes of the loca...
• Health care, economy, education cuts among topics at Town Hall meeting (Altus Times)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 07:11:50 pm
  Altus and surrounding communities gave US Senator Tom Coburn a good turn out for his Nov. 12 Town Hall Meeting at Western Oklahoma State College. The Senator addressed the crowd briefly and left ov...
• Coburn: Cost is why he's fighting veterans bill (Tulsa World)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 08:42:31 am
  U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn took his town-hall meetings to Altus and Lawton on Thursday, addressing issues that ranged from the national health-care bill and the struggling economy to his decision to block a ...
• Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn addresses veterans' health during town hall meeting (Tulsa World)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 09:28:51 pm
  'I know there are going to be a bunch of veterans mad at me,' Coburn said.
• Oklahoma Senator Coburn addresses veterans' health during town hall meeting (The Oklahoman)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 09:00:03 pm
  ALTUS — U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, brought his no-nonsense style to a town hall meeting today in Altus, addressing issues that ranged from the national health care bill to the struggling economy to his decision to block a veterans' health care bill. "I know there are going to be a bunch of veterans mad at me," Coburn said during a morning session at the Western Oklahoma State College. "I ...

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