As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the lives of Americans for the foreseeable future, Richelle Herron has a renewed sense of purpose. The 38-year-old will graduate with an associate’s degree in nursing from St. Louis Community College in May, despite the fact that her life was turned upside down in mid-March, when her family was attacked by COVID-19. […]
It’s been more than a month since the city of St. Louis ordered all bars and restaurants to stop offering dine-in services due to the coronavirus pandemic, and those near Forest Park are coping in different ways. […]
St. Louis Community College Chancellor Jeff Pittman updated about 300 faculty and staff members on Friday with a wide-ranging, nearly 30-minute PowerPoint presentation on how the college is responding to COVID-19, the disease that has wreaked havoc on people and economies around the world. […]
The demolition of A and B towers on the Forest Park campus has been delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Louis Community College initially planned to tear them down in mid-March. […]
When I first heard about coronavirus, I didn’t take it seriously. I traveled to New York City in March, before the respiratory illness was declared a pandemic. There were no travel restrictions or “shelter-in-place” orders at the time. Restaurants, bars and other businesses were operating as usual. […]
Over the last few weeks, it has been proven to me that uncertainty can spark innovation. When challenged, the human spirit can more than meet the demand. As the world is in the grips of COVID-19, we at St. Louis Community College have had to think differently about how we interact with each other, conduct our business, and most importantly, teach our students. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to demand a new way of life for St. Louis Community College students, faculty, and staff. Classes moved online last week, and the Forest Park campus is closed, except for a few essential employees. Faculty and staff are allowed to access classrooms and offices only four hours a day, two days a week. […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last month, you know about the wave of hysteria that has swept over the world. Coronavirus, which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19, has spread from Wuhan, China, to almost all major countries. More than 1.2 million people have tested positive, and more than 67,000 have died. The United States is the country with the most cases, more than 324,000. […]
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