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Okaloosa-walton College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Located in the coastal heart of Northwest Florida, Okaloosa-Walton College has earned a reputation for educational excellence and community involvement. Part of Florida's network of 28 public community colleges, OWC is one of seven community colleges in the state authorized to offer bachelor's degree programs. The college offers postsecondary education opportunities within reach of every Okaloosa and Walton County citizen. The college's two-county service district stretches from the Gulf of Mexico to the Alabama state line and encompasses a population in excess of 200,000 permanent residents.
• In addition to a 264 acre campus in Niceville, OWC operates a joint campus with the University of West Florida in Fort Walton Beach, the Chautauqua Center in DeFuniak Springs, the Robert L.F. Sikes Education Center in Crestview and fulltime centers at Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field.
• In addition to a record of regional and national accolades, OWC offers state-of-the-art student computer labs, a top-rated sports complex and a full program of intercollegiate and intramural sports, an ROTC program, a child development center, and a criminal justice training center. A 120,000 square foot fine and performing arts center on the Niceville Campus provides students the finest in instructional facilities for dance, music, theater, the visual arts and the humanities.
• The Arts Center is a $25 million-dollar performing arts and educational complex that hosts Broadway's best touring shows, visiting artists, dance and opera companies. The complex encompasses a 1,650 seat Mainstage theater which accommodates touring Broadway shows, the 195-seat, flexible Sprint Theater, an art wing with two galleries, a music wing, a visual arts building and the beautiful OWC amphitheater.
• OWC is part of Florida's public community college system and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

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  posted on June 27, 2009 at 08:46:58 pm
  Former House Speaker Ray Sansom, faces sanctions from his own chamber.
• Sansom faces House sanctions (Tallahassee Democrat)
  posted on June 27, 2009 at 06:09:00 am
  Former House Speaker Ray Sansom, indicted by a Leon County grand jury in April, now faces sanctions from his own chamber after an investigator concluded there is probable cause he violated the chamber's rules.

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