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Landscaping is a big deal at Forest Park
Landscaping at Forest Park is designed to enhance “curb appeal,” but its flowers and trees also provide shade and beauty […]
Hawk dive-bombs student on campus
Red-tailed hawks are common around Forest Park, nesting in trees, perching on utility poles and looking for rodents or birds […]
FLIP SIDE: School of thought on the tiger mom
What is a tiger mom? It’s a parent who has some of these characteristics: pushing her child to excel, perhaps sending him or her to a Montessori school; enrolling the child in a gifted program, testing his or her IQ at an early age; trying out different private schools; even starting college preparatory testing by the fourth grade. […]
Architects to design new building
Forest Park is getting a new Allied Health Center, its first new building in nearly two decades. […]
Professor hikes, skis, climbs mountains
Earth science isn’t just a subject for professor Jennifer Collins. It is a part of her life and philosophy. […]
Employees work hard to keep accreditation
It’s easy to write off the accreditation process as a bunch of bureaucratic red tape, but the stakes are high. If St. Louis Community College wasn’t accredited, students wouldn’t be able to get financial aid or have their credits transferred to four-year universities. “The accreditation process might seem a big dry, but this is really important,” said Brenda French, Forest Park accreditation liaison. The entire STLCC district is preparing for an evaluation next year by the Higher Learning Commission, which accredits colleges and universities in 19 states, including Missouri. […]
When police approach: What to say, do
Did you know that you should keep your hands on the steering wheel during a traffic stop so a police officer won’t think that you’re reaching for a weapon? Are you aware that you can say “no” when a police officer asks to search your car because of your Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures? […]