SOWELA to acquire Lamar Salter campus in Leesville The addition of the Lamar Salter Campus in Leesville brings SOWELA’s campus total to four, with the main campus in Lake Charles. It has two other satellite campuses in Oakdale and Jennings. (Source: SOWELA) By Davon Cole | April 14, 2021 at 2:07 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 2:07 PM LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Going into effect July 1, 2021, SOWELA Technical Community College will acquire the Lamar Salter campus located in Leesville. Lamar Salter is currently part of Central Louisiana Technical Community College in Alexandria. The campus realignment was approved Wednesday, April 14, during the meeting of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors in order to improve administrative efficiency and the delivery of instructional and workforce training.