Lake Charles, Louisiana – October 2, 2018 On Wednesday, October 3, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., SOWELA Technical Community College will host a Career Fair for students and alumni of the College in the Sycamore Student Center. More than 55 organizations will be on hand for this year’s fair, along with four-year university … Read More
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA – September 24, 2018 Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Kim Hunter Reed will hold a Stakeholder Engagement Luncheon at SOWELA Technical Community College’s Regional Training Center on Monday, October 1, 2018, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. The event is invitation-only. In addition, Dr. Hunter Reed will tour SOWELA’s Main Campus … Read More
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA – August 29, 2018 SOWELA Technical Community College will cut the ribbon on the new Morgan Smith campus in Jennings, LA on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at 11:30 a.m. The public is invited to attend. “The new Jennings campus and facility was truly a community project from the very beginning. The land … Read More
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA – August 21, 2018 SOWELA Technical Community College – Oakdale will hold a community Open House on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. Central Louisiana Technical Community College will officially hand over the keys and a new sign will be unveiled. Facility updates will be given followed by a networking reception. … Read More
Center will be first of its kind in Southwest Louisiana and help meet demand for hospitality jobs (LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA) – At a press conference today, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced that SOWELA Technical Community College will build a $10.2 million culinary, gaming, and hospitality center at its main campus in Lake Charles. The … Read More
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA – August 8, 2018 The following students achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying 6 or more credit hours during the Summer semester for classes taken at SOWELA’s Lake Charles campus or Morgan Smith campus in Jennings. LOUISIANA Crowley: Burt Smith Dequincy: Ashley Buxton, Alyssah Fontenot, Flor … Read More
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA – August 7, 2018 SOWELA Technical Community College’s Regional Training Center received the Positive Growth Award for the Institutional category at the Alliance for Positive Growth’s “Growing SWLA Strong” Awards Program on August 2, 2018. The development of the SOWELA Technical Community College’s Regional Training Center began in 2012 to answer an … Read More
The extended hours for Fall registration in the One Stop Enrollment Center are: August 6th- 24th Monday – Friday 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Regular hours will resume the week of August 27th: Monday – Thursday 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday 7:45 a.m. to 12 noon
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA – July 23, 2018 For the second time this summer, SOWELA Technical Community College is offering a free camp to introduce rising sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students to STEM-based (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) career fields by immersing them in a different program every day. iCamp availability was limited and interested … Read More
Lake Charles, Louisiana – July 20, 2018 A group of 10 SOWELA Culinary Arts students attended a Culinary International Odyssey Externship in Canada June 24 – 30, 2018. Students visited international restaurants in Toronto; researched locally sourced ingredients in city markets and Chinatown; toured bakeries, specialty shops, and food stores; explored two wineries in Niagara … Read More