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Testimonials
Dual Enrollment
Miranda E. Wilkerson
"By attending OWCC as a dual enrollment student, I was afforded the opportunity to achieve goals which otherwise would have been impossible. In May of 1998, I earned an Associate of Arts degree from OWCC as I graduated from Walton High School. OWCC prepared and challenged me academically, which enabled me to attend Indiana University on a scholarship. Indiana University recognized the value of dual enrollment in which a student demonstrates an ambition for learning. Due to my OWCC background, I graduated with a 3.9 GPA two years ahead of schedule. This enabled me to receive a Teaching Assistantship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where I received a Master of Arts in Germanic Linguistics at the age of twenty-one. With two years to spare, I have been able to live and teach overseas on a Fulbright Scholarship conducting research for further graduate work. OWCC's support during my high school years through dual enrollment gave me the chance to go farther faster. Dual enrollment reaches out to those high school students who display an eagerness to learn and seek to excel. For me, it was the best academic decision I ever made. I am proud to be an alumnus of Okaloosa-Walton Community College."
Miranda Wilkerson, former DeFuniak Springs resident and current Fulbright Scholar Earned an AA degree from OWCC in 1998 through dual enrollment.
Clayton Commander
"Participating in the Dual Enrollment program at OWCC was the best decision of my academic career. . . being able to receive both high school and college credits simultaneously at no cost was a deal too good to pass up. . . I had no problems with transferring the credits earned at OWCC and felt the academic preparation I received at OWCC definitely prepared me for the university."
Clayton Commander, Niceville
University of Florida, Mathematics major 1999-2000 dual enrollment student at OWCC, earned 30 hours of college credit.
Jake Morrison
"Because all of my OWCC credits transferred to the University of Florida, I will begin my zoology studies this fall as a junior. Dual enrollment classes helped me to meet all the program prerequisites and the department head was very impressed with the classes I transferred in. My dual enrollment classes were far more rigorous and challenging than any of the advanced courses I had in high school -- they really prepared me for the University of Florida and I am very grateful to OWCC for the program."
Jake Morrison, Niceville
University of Florida, Zoology major Earned an AA degree in May 2002 through dual enrollment
Sue Lundy
"My daughter, Julia (age 17), is enrolled as a transfer student (junior) at the University of Georgia-Athens. UGA accepted all of Julia’s academic credits earned from OWCC. She is in the UGA Honors Program and is a recipient of a Transfer Scholarship, which waived her out-of-state tuition. Acceptance to UGA has become very competitive, as they have tightened their admissions requirements. In addition, acceptance to the Honor’s Program is especially difficult. UGA offers a very limited number of Transfer Scholarships and rarely gives any of them to out-of-state students . . . . . The admissions office and the Honor’s Program staff were particularly impressed that Julia had enrolled in a college program with such strong academic depth, and one that included a requirement to write 6,000 words in four courses, a speaking requirement, and the technology training . . . .We feel that Julia received a strong foundation at OWCC . . . For our child it was a win-win situation for her high school years."
Sue Lundy, formerly of Niceville
Sam Nelson
"What a phenomenal opportunity! Dual enrollment provides taxpaying parents and students in this community the opportunity to get up to two full years of college completed at no cost to themselves, with credits fully transferable to any university in Florida. My two sons found their coursework at OWCC invaluable in preparing them for the academically rigorous environment of a military academy."
Sam Nelson, Niceville