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The Umpqua Community College’s Southern Oregon Wine Institute (SOWI) is a division of Umpqua Community College that is engaged in developing and delivering an instructional program in Viticulture and Enology to serve students from a seven county area in southern Oregon. SOWI serves Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Coos, Curry, Klamath and southern Lane counties. Students are taught in an Online/Hybrid method with lecture components delivered at a distance in on-demand, web-based formats while the laboratory components are delivered in face-to-face sessions at UCC and local vineyards and wineries. In addition to it's educational mission, the Southern Oregon Wine Institute provides service to southern Oregon through economic development initiatives that promote the growth and development of the grape and wine industries. SOWI is under the leadership of Chris Lake, who was named Director on July 1, 2008.