Sowela Technical Community College in the context of Allen Parish, Louisiana

Sowela Technical Community College in the context of Allen Parish, Louisiana

⭐ Core Definition: Sowela Technical Community College

SOWELA Technical Community College is a public community college in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with an additional instruction site in Jennings and Oakdale. The school's mascot is the Flying Tigers, named for World War II General Clair Chennault's 1st American Volunteer Group and their P-40 aircraft adorned with a shark-faced motif. SOWELA's Lake Charles campus was developed on property formerly used as Chennault Air Force Base.

Its service area includes Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis parishes.

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Sowela Technical Community College in the context of Lake Charles, Louisiana

Sowela Technical Community College in the context of Lake Charles, Louisiana

Lake Charles (French: Lac-Charles) is the fifth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu Parish, it is a major industrial, cultural, and educational center in the southwest region of the state. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Lake Charles's population was 84,872.

The city and metropolitan area of Lake Charles is considered a regionally significant center of petrochemical refining, gambling, tourism, and education, being home to McNeese State University and Sowela Technical Community College. Because of the lakes and waterways throughout the city, metropolitan Lake Charles is often called the "Lake Area".

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