Sowela_Technical_Community_College
Sowela Technical Community College
Community college in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
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.[3]