October 2020 – The Scene

Any positives with the pandemic?

October 30, 2020

THE BARBERSHOP: College just isn’t the same during a pandemic

October 30, 2020

How strange is it going to school during a pandemic? Extremely. But as a future vocal performance major, I’m sure my opinion on the matter is a bit different from that of the average St. Louis Community College student. I was overjoyed when I was informed that all of my music classes this fall would have hybrid schedules. […]

“Light Walls,” a 10-piece sculpture behind the Center for Nursing and Health Sciences, is the centerpiece of the new quad intended to serve as a central gathering place with seating and landscaping. The lights operate from dusk to 11:30 p.m. daily. Trees and ornamental grasses have been planted, but work on the grounds continues.

Lighting up the night

October 30, 2020

Forest Park emplyees, from left, Lori Orlando, Keith Hulsey and Tiffany Bush depart the G Tower parking lot on Oct. 16 for a tour of the “other” Forest Park. (Photo by Fred Ortlip)

New Wellness group gets off to a slow roll

October 30, 2020

As COVID-19 cases surge again and pandemic fatigue grips a weary country, a group of Forest Park employees have formed a Wellness Committee to help address the needs of faculty, students and staff in this challenging time. […]

Tutor Dossah A. Edorh works with general transfer student Dina Beaubiant in the Academic Success and Tutoring Center at Forest Park.

Tutoring available, even during COVID-19

October 22, 2020

Is remote learning stressing you out? Are your classes getting more and more intense by the week? Do you need a tutor who can help either in-person or virtually? […]

A Day in the Life of Forest Park

October 2, 2020

This computer rendering shows Forest Park’s new quad, including a “Light Walls” sculpture and trees lining a concrete walkway and the “Weathered Venus” sculpture at the southwest corner of the Center for Nursing and Health Sciences.(Gateway Foundation)

Giant light walls will dominate new quad

October 2, 2020

Now that A and B towers are gone, Forest Park students, faculty and staff are wondering what the college is going to do with all that space. […]

Oct. 7 deadline for voter registration

October 2, 2020

Stacia Thompson will vote for the first time ever in the Nov. 3 general election. The 19-year-old psychology major plans to cast her ballot for former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat running against President Donald Trump. […]