College helps students dress professionally
Students are often short on money, but they need food, toiletries and professional clothing for job interviews, work and school. Two programs at St. Louis Community College have their backs. […]
Features
Women hold their own in auto tech
Louise Johnson raised four children and earned a high school diploma through a Mers Goodwill program before she decided to enroll in college. […]
Chess anyone? Club returns to campus
The World Chess Hall of Fame is only two miles from Forest Park, so it makes sense for the campus to have a chess club. And now it does. A handful of students have organized the new Forest Park Chess Club. They’re inviting others to join. […]
Longtime art student inspired classmates
Art was therapy for Judy Medoff, and she inspired other students while taking classes at Forest Park. Medoff, 84, died on Sept. 29 after a long battle with lung cancer. […]
Solar umbrellas provide more than shade
St. Louis Community College has added three solar-powered umbrellas to picnic tables on the Forest Park quad. […]
Forest Park veterans help feed hungry children
Nine Forest Park students in the St. Louis Community College Veterans Club were part of a well-oiled machine this month, helping to pack 281 boxes of food to feed hungry children around the world. […]
What a life…
Charles Pointer has led a particularly interesting life, and he attributes much of his success to St. Louis Community College. […]
Students love working on electric, hybrid vehicles
If electric cars and hybrids are the future, then Forest Park automotive technology students need to know how to work on them. […]
Student weathers COVID-19 storm, just in time to become a nurse
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. […]
Campus exhibit follows artists who travel
As you walk into the gallery, the first thing you see is Josh Rowen’s artwork on the far back wall. His five photographs of a dying glacier in Alaska are meant to call attention to a world suffering from climate change. […]