WOSC

The mission of Western Oklahoma State College is to provide high quality education while ensuring equity, supporting student success, and empowering individuals to become productive members of diverse local, regional, and global communities... 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. The college assumed status as a state junior college on July 28, 1970, pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. 1003 and Senate Bill No. 104 of the 1969 Oklahoma Legislature and Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE) Resolutions No. 624 and No. 657. These resolutions authorized and directed the State Regents "To establish a two-year college in Altus to serve Jackson, Tillman, Kiowa, Greer, and Harmon counties and surrounding areas,..

Also known as: Western Oklahoma State College

Primary location: Altus United States