Year: 2016
Enrollment down by additional 7 percent
Spring enrollment at Forest Park is down for the fourth year in a row, causing problems for students, faculty and the college as a whole. Some 5,036 students are enrolled this semester, according to statistics provided by Vice President of Student Affairs Franklin Taylor. That’s compared to 5,424 last spring, a drop of about 7.2 percent. […]
Nunn to leave Forest Park
Interim president Roderick Nunn is leaving Forest Park to fill the long-vacant position of vice chancellor of student affairs in the St. Louis Community College district office. […]
Culinary student dies after campus talk
Forest Park culinary student John Johnson died after having a seizure on campus earlier this month. Johnson, 39, collapsed during a talk by researcher, author and social activist Joy DeGruy in the Mildred E. Bastian Center for the Performing Arts. […]
Lecture focuses on black founding fathers
Historians have largely ignored the important work of black people who fought in the American Revolutionary War and helped found the United States in the 1700s. […]
English professor does his own thing
English professor Ron Hughes debated his outfit choice before his first day at Forest Park 23 years ago. He never liked wearing pants and decided to go with shorts instead. […]
THINK ABOUT IT: Your vote is important
This is a big year for national politics with the presidential election looming in November, yet national elections affect citizens far less than local elections, when voter turnout is much lower. Many people don’t know who is running or what issues are being considered in local elections. Some aren’t even aware that elections are taking place. […]
College gets serious about stalking
It was nearly impossible for Forest Park students to walk the halls in January and not see posters announcing that it was National Stalking Awareness Month. Why the publicity onslaught? […]