GENERAL INFORMATION

OWCC Foundation

The OWCC Foundation has identified certain areas for support. These include: the Scholarship Fund; the Library/Learning Resources Fund; the Personnel and Curriculum Development Fund; the Fine and Performing Arts Fund; the Arts Center Endowment; the Facilities and Capital Improvement Fund; the Student Life Development Fund; the General Fund, and the Co-Curricular Athletic Fund.

The OWCC Foundation operates under a philosophy of building principal and using the interest to support the various funds. Endowment building is assisted by a state matching program called the Florida Academic Improvement Trust fund. This fund enables many gifts to be matched on a 60/40 basis. No portion of donations is used for administrative purposes. A Foundation President's Club has been created through which a $50 annual pledge helps underwrite operational expenses.

For further information contact the OWCC Foundation Office at (850) 729-5357.

OWCC Alumni Association

The Okaloosa-Walton Community College Alumni Association provides all former students and graduates with an organization to promote the interests of OWCC. Alumni help support causes which enhance educational opportunities and perpetuate friendships made while attending OWCC.

Membership in the OWCC Alumni Association is open to all graduates of the college and to any student who has attended OWCC.

The Alumni Association, in cooperation with the college, participates in various activities and sponsors events. It encourages creation of OWCC Alumni chapters at senior institutions. The association attempts to provide resources to help in scholarships and other program support beneficial to OWCC.

For additional information about the OWCC Alumni Association contact the OWCC Foundation and Alumni office at (850) 729-5357.

Year-Round Opportunity

The college's programs of continuing study vary considerably in their timing. Enrichment programs, workshops, institutes, and numerous community services and certificate programs are offered on demand as sufficient requests occur. Special programs are announced as they are developed. The public is especially invited to request short or extended offerings in areas of need or interest. These can be provided as long as 12 or more adults are involved.

Composition of Student Body

Okaloosa-Walton Community College is a coeducational institution serving approximately 16,000 students annually of all ages who are legally out of high school.

Accreditation

Okaloosa-Walton Community College is accredited to award associate degrees and certificates by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Equal Rights

Okaloosa-Walton Community College is dedicated to the concepts of equity and equal opportunity. It is the specific intention of the college not to discriminate on the basis of age, color, creed, handicap, marital status, national origin, race, religion, or sex in its employment practices or in the admission and treatment of students. The OWCC Equity Coordinator may be contacted through the Office of the Director of Personnel, Niceville campus, extension 6365. The Coordinator is designated to coordinate compliance with the Florida Educational Equity Act and information about the availability of the OWCC Grievance Procedure. The Equity Coordinator is also Coordinator of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

Protection of Privacy

The following information may be released at the discretion of the college.

Directory Information: Name, address, telephone number (if it is a listed number), date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, and the most previous educational agency or institution attended.

Under the Family Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, students have the right to withhold the information listed above. A student may withhold information listed above by obtaining a notification to deny disclosure of directory information form from the Dean of Student Services. This form must be completed and turned in to the Dean by the end of late registration for each semester or term. A form for non-disclosure must be submitted each academic semester or term to remain in effect.

The custodian of student records may release information from these records to others only upon authorization in writing from the student or upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction except as required by the president in the discharge of his duties as authorized by law, the state, and the board.