GENERAL INFORMATION

Facilities

The Niceville Campus of Okaloosa-Walton Community College (OWCC) is located between State Roads 85 and 285 on 264 beautifully wooded acres. College credit, noncredit, adult basic education, occupational certificates, college and vocational preparatory programs, GED preparation and testing, and continuing education programs are offered in both day and evening classes.

The Niceville campus includes the following permanent facilities:

Administration (A): houses the executive and administrative offices, including instructional services, administrative and financial services, media/public relations and the college foundation.

Technical Laboratories (B): contains electronics, drafting and design, and computer-assisted drafting laboratories and computer-aided manufacturing laboratories.

Student Services Center (C-1): houses admissions, registration, counseling, financial aid advisement services, and Veteran's Affairs.

Business (C-2): provides facilities for instructional programs in business education, business administration, computer science, and mid-management. Science (D): comprised of classrooms and laboratory facilities for programs in biology, physics physical science, and chemistry.

Learning Resources Center (E): located on the two center floors and the south mezzanine of Building "E". It contains a collection of more than 82,000 books, 39,000 audio-visual items, and subscribes to about 600 magazines and newspapers. A computer network provides access to the library holdings of all nine state universities and 28 community colleges, numerous CD-ROM databases and worldwide information sources through Internet.

The upper north mezzanine levels house the Academic Success Center, three computer labs/classrooms and faculty offices. The Periodicals/Reserve and Audio/Visual sections of the LRC are on the south side. The first floor level contains faculty offices and classrooms. A conference center and classrooms are located on the ground level.

Athletics and Physical Education (F): contains offices, classrooms, and storage facilities for the Division of Athletics and Physical Education department, and houses the Wellness Center.

Outdoor Physical Education Facility (F-1): contains extensive outdoor facilities which provide activity programs for intramural and intercollegiate participation.

Utilities, Maintenance, and Receiving (G) and (G-1): houses the air conditioning and heating equipment, central services, maintenance, custodial and grounds functions.

Gymnasium (H): a multi-purpose facility used to house all indoor physical education activities and indoor sports events.

The Arts Center (J): consists of two theaters, an outdoor amphitheater, two art galleries, a dance studio and choral and musical studios.

College Mall (K): contains student activities, food services, the College Store, lounges, meeting rooms, and recreational areas.

Mathematics/Public Safety (L): provides offices, classrooms, and specialized laboratories for the mathematics department and facilities, and forensics photo lab, for programs offered by the Florida Criminal Justice Training Center No. 21.

Visual Arts (M): houses instructional art programs in pottery and drawing. Continuing Education (P): contains classrooms and laboratories for consumer and continuing education, adult education, computer assisted learning labs, a Child Development & Education Center and Workforce Development Center as well as a career information center.

Graphic Arts Building (Q): houses Graphic Services and the Instructional Graphic Communications programs.

Computer Services (R): provides laboratories and related instructional facilities for the computer science program. The College's Management Information Systems staff is located in this facility.

The Sports Complex: The sports complex is located east of the Niceville campus and contains a golf course, and two diamonds, bleachers, field houses for men's and women's baseball and softball and a Strength Training Center.

OWCC operates instructional sites throughout the two county area, making the programs and services of the college easily accessible to the entire community.

The Okaloosa-Walton Community College and the University of West Florida Fort Walton Beach Campus is a fully integrated joint campus which provides higher education opportunities ranging from Associate to Masters degree programs, as well as non-credit and adult basic education programs. In addition, the campus houses OWCC's various economic development programs including: the Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County, the Technology Coast Manufacturing & Engineering Network, the Gulf Coast Alliance for Technology Transfer, the Quality Institute, and the Northwest Florida Manufacturing Technology Center. The campus also houses the college's Distance Learning program.