St. Louis Community College announced this month that personal information for 362 students was sent to other students in an email attachment. The information included names, email addresses, student-identification numbers and home addresses. “The disclosure was discovered when students contacted the college to inquire,” according to a districtwide email on March 1. […]
Michelle Parrinello-Cason is losing her job with St. Louis Community College because of budget cuts. The assistant professor of English at Forest Park found out Dec. 13 that she’s one of nearly 20 faculty members being laid off at the end of the semester. […]
Adjunct faculty members at St. Louis Community College voted on their first union contract last week, but as of press time, no one would confirm the results. The Scene could not get information from representatives of the Service Employees International Union, which represents more than 800 adjuncts; the union bargaining committee; or the college bargaining committee. […]
Forest Park has closed the basement-level tunnel between the theater building and D Tower, eliminating a shortcut for students, faculty and staff. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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