Rape. Poverty. Assault. Trafficking. Prejudice. Violence. Abuse. Injustice. These are just some of the problems that Forest Park students, faculty and staff are learning about in April as part of Social Justice Week and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. […]
Many Forest Park students don’t realize that St. Louis Community College has a private foundation that provides scholarship money to help them pay for tuition, books and other supplies. The St. Louis Community College Foundation distributed more than $700,000 in scholarships in the last fiscal year. They’re all listed on the website, said Executive Director Jo-Ann Digman. “They’ve mostly been established by individuals, corporations, retirees and faculty members to support students in a variety of ways.” […]
Forest Park’s Student Government Association wants the college to end a policy that prevents students from using the fitness center unless they’re taking a fitness class. “(The students) feel like it should be open to everybody, and it’s not,” said SGA Vice President Lester Hope, 19. […]
St. Louis Community College mistakenly emailed personal information on nearly 4,000 students to Bayless School District in south St. Louis County. “On March 1, student information was sent to a school district that STLCC partners with,” said Nez Savala, communications manager for STLCC. “Once it was discovered that the information was sent, we followed up right away and contacted the school district.” Bayless quickly deleted the email, Savala said, and the college was able to confirm that the information wasn’t downloaded or shared. […]
Forest Park has hundreds of faculty and staff members and all of them need keycards to get into classrooms and offices. Managing the system isn’t an easy job. Each group of employees has a different requirement on how often keycards have to be reactivated. […]
Students who call the number for Forest Park police may be surprised to learn that its calls are being answered by a dispatcher on the Florissant Valley campus. […]
“Run. Hide. Fight.” Those words top the Active Shooter Preparedness posters that line the halls of the Forest Park campus, Meramec campus and Harrison Education Center, and they will soon be displayed on the Florissant Valley campus. […]
It wasn’t your typical power outage. Forest Park’s electrical substation caught fire on Monday, Feb. 11, closing campus for a week. “I heard from staff and students that there was a large boom that echoed across campus,” said Interim President Julie Fickas. “I’m grateful everyone’s safe and that Ameren UE, Guarantee, students and faculty showed flexibility dealing with the whole situation.” […]
Construction is moving along on the new $39 million Center for Nursing and Health Sciences building at Forest Park, and the contractor expects work to be completed in July. That means St. Louis Community College students in health-related fields will be taking classes in the building this fall. […]
It’s never hard to find a snack at Forest Park, but some students complain about high prices and periodic malfunctions with vending machines. […]
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