Campus tunnel is closed for good
Forest Park has closed the basement-level tunnel between the theater building and D Tower, eliminating a shortcut for students, faculty and staff. […]
News
Former adjunct files suit over protest arrest
Former St. Louis Community College adjunct professor Steve Taylor has filed a lawsuit against a Florissant Valley campus police officer and the STLCC board vice president. The lawsuit claims that officer Robert Caples committed battery when he tackled and handcuffed Taylor at an STLCC board meeting on Oct. 19. Taylor was attending as a representative of a committee negotiating a union contract for adjuncts. […]
Activists: Get involved and keep fighting
St. Louis attorney Kimberly Turner was one of five social activists who showed up for a panel discussion at Forest Park last month to encourage students to get involved. […]
Student takes on governor in TV segment
KSDK news featured a Forest Park student in a recent segment on a Missouri budget proposal that could result in tuition increases and program cuts. […]
College to lose 70 faculty members
Many students, faculty and staff are furious at St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees for approving severe budget cuts, including plans to lay off up to 70 full-time faculty members on its four campuses. […]
Student LGBT group is back on campus
An LGBT student group known as Voices is making a comeback at Forest Park. President Willow Rosen, 29, is inviting students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and pansexual to get involved. “Our presence is important,” she said. “We need to start a conversation about social issues in the future.” Rosen, a general transfer student, is queer. […]
Forum controversial but calm
A St. Louis Community College public forum on Nov. 14 featured a protest march, metal detectors, strict rules of conduct, a long line of speakers and heavy police presence. […]
College may cut 70 faculty members
St. Louis Community College is considering an 18 percent reduction in the number of full-time faculty to help with its budget problems. That could result in about 70 employees (out of 397) losing their jobs on four campuses. Rob Hertel, president of the STLCC National Education Association, which represents full-time faculty, broke the news at union meetings on Oct. 27 on the Meramec campus and Nov. 1 on the Florissant Valley campus. […]
Adjunct arrested at STLCC board meeting
It’s a situation of he-said, she-said between St. Louis Community College and adjunct professor Steve Taylor. […]
SGA back to full speed
Forest Park’s Student Government Association has all 11 members for the first time in more than a year. […]