Western Oklahoma State College
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| Motto | A Smart Start |
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| Type | Publiccommunity college |
| Established | 1926 |
| President | Dr. Chad Wiginton |
| Undergraduates | 1,500 |
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| Colors | Green and Gold |
| Nickname | Western |
| Mascot | Pioneers |
| Website | wosc.edu |
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Western Oklahoma State Collegeis a publiccommunity collegeinAltus, Oklahoma.
History
[edit]Western Oklahoma State College was founded in 1926 under the nameAltus Junior College. In 1974 state legislature changed its name to the present Western Oklahoma State College.
In 2012, theChronicle of Higher Educationreported thatNCAAathletes had allegedly been taking 10-day online courses from Western Oklahoma when they don't meet academic standards at their own institutions. Western Oklahoma former presidentPhil Birdinedefended the program, saying the school was "not acourse mill."[1]The college ceased offering the courses in early 2013 after theOklahoma State Regents for Higher Educationrecommended the courses be immediately discontinued.[2]Nevertheless, the college'sregional accreditorplaced the college on probation in April after they "found the college's 10-day accelerated online courses don't meet quality and rigor standards required of compressed-format courses."[3]
Athletics
[edit]WOSC is involved in intercollegiate sports such as men's basketball, women's basketball, softball, baseball, rodeo, and cheerleading.
Under coach Kurt Russell, WOSC has recently built a highly successful baseball program. The school is especially noted for its success in recruitingLatinoplayers from northeastern cities such asNew York CityandPhiladelphia, and fromLatin Americancountries. The team has made it to the national junior college Division II World Series in each of the last four seasons,[4]and in 2011 WOSC defeated Mississippi'sJones County Junior Collegeto win the national championship.[5]Notably, multiple alumni have gone on to play professionally inMLB, includingAndrelton Simmons,Josh James,Juan Perez,Casey Sadler, andAngel Castro.[6]
References
[edit]- ^Wolverton, Brad (9 November 2011)."Need 3 Quick Credits to Play Ball? Call Western Oklahoma".The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved11 December2012.
- ^Silas Allen (January 30, 2013)."Western Oklahoma State College will stop offering quick-credit courses, officials announce".The Oklahoman. RetrievedApril 19,2013.
- ^Silas Allen (April 19, 2013)."Western Oklahoma State College on probation after review of online courses".The Oklahoman. RetrievedApril 19,2013.
- ^Jorge Castillo,"Latino Players Find Home on the Prairie",The New York Times, October 11, 2011.
- ^Lee Coleman,"Western KOs Jones County for Juco crown",Enid News & Eagle, June 4, 2011.
- ^"Western Oklahoma State College (Altus, OK) Baseball Players".
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