Veterans helping

Forest Park veterans help feed hungry children

September 30, 2022

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…

March 11, 2022

Charles Pointer has led a particularly interesting life, and he attributes much of his success to St. Louis Community College. […]

Student weathers COVID-19 storm, just in time to become a nurse

April 30, 2020

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

February 21, 2020

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. […]

Actors rehearsing a scene from “God of Carnage” are, from left, Sherry Brown, Greg Jamison, Mara Luv and Ron Baker. (Photo by Teri Maddox)

Award-winning play is coming to campus

November 15, 2019

The Forest Park theater department will present the play “God of Carnage” this month at the Mildred E. Bastian Center for the Performing Arts on campus. The Broadway production won three Tony Awards, including Best Play, and received three nominations in 2009. […]

College has a cop who cooks

October 4, 2019

One of Forest Park’s employees is leading a double life. By day, he’s a chef-in-training, taking classes through the culinary arts program. By night, he’s a police officer, keeping watch over the campus and its students. Dave Jost, 50, balances the roles masterfully, blending his love of law enforcement and passion for cooking. That’s because the mix is nothing new. […]

Jasmine Armstrong displays her fruit-infused water, part of her JiggaJuicedUp product line. (Photo by Timothy Bold)

Business major hopes to blend smoothies into success

July 26, 2019

Jasmine Armstrong isn’t just a college student with a part-time job. She’s an entrepreneur with her own smoothie business, or as she puts it, an “infused-beverage company.” Armstrong founded the business, called “JiggaJuicedUp,” last September. “It started with my personal fashion style, Jigga,” said Armstrong, 24, a business major. “Then I wanted to embark on something else. I didn’t want to limit myself to one idea. […]

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