The union that represents adjuncts on St. Louis Community College campuses has created a Higher Education Faculty Bill of Rights to use as a tool in contract negotiations. Members of Service Employees International Union Local 1 are collecting signatures from adjuncts, full-time faculty and students at 13 colleges and universities in the St. Louis area as a show of support. […]
A new student organization has formed to help black students at Forest Park connect with each other and make a difference on campus. The Black Student Union has been meeting since Aug. 16. […]
Forest Park students who enrolled for the first time this fall, as well as future students seeking associate’s degrees, will have to pass a civics test in order to graduate. […]
A former St. Louis Community College employee has pleaded guilty to 15 federal charges related to the theft of $7.5 million from the college and state of Missouri. As part of a plea agreement in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Donald Robison, 57, of Ballwin, admitted to stealing the money over 20 years. “From August 1998 to November 2018, Robison stole millions of dollars allocated for New and Retained Job Training Programs established by the Missouri Department of Economic Department,” according to an Aug. 14 news release from Assistant U.S. Attorney Lindsay McClure-Hartman. […]
Many students, faculty and staff at Forest Park want a candidate who can beat President Donald Trump, but they haven’t yet picked a Democrat to support. At least that’s the finding of a random survey conducted by The Scene on campus last week. Nursing major Raven Ginger, 19, didn’t watch the first round of televised Democratic debates last month. But she wants to see a Democrat in office, preferably a woman. “I think it’s time for a woman in office,” she said. “We need to get rid of this new abortion ban and start respecting women.” […]
Julie Fickas no longer has “interim” in front of her title. St. Louis Community College has hired her to serve as president and chief academic officer for the Forest Park campus. Fickas, 52, has been overseeing campus operations for about a year. She was one of three candidates vying to fill the position. […]
All of Missouri has been dealing with extreme weather lately, from a tornado in Jefferson City to severe thunderstorms and flooding along the Missouri and Meramec rivers. The Forest Park campus has experienced its own water problems. […]
The Forest Park campus has been buzzing for the past week in reaction to news that St. Louis Community College is accusing an employee of stealing $5.4 million over 10 years. […]
Adjunct faculty members at St. Louis Community College have received two 3 percent raises since they voted to form a union in 2015, and now they’re asking for a third. The college has agreed to another raise, but it’s only offering 2 percent, and the union wants 5 percent, saying it needs to make up for all the years that salaries remained flat. “I have to teach at both St. Louis Community College and at (St. Louis University) in order to earn enough to make a living,” said Russell Tallant, an adjunct who has been teaching Spanish at Forest Park since 2013. “I’m working 65 hours a week just to make one salary.” […]
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and other Missouri residents will soon be able to buy customized St. Louis Community College license plates. […]
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