Changes in store on campus
Students, faculty and staff returning to Forest Park in the fall will notice changes […]
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Dennis Kozlowski is gone
Forest Park Facilities Manager Dennis Kozlowski apparently has lost his job. People he supervised in housekeeping and maintenance said he was “walked out” earlier this month. That is the term coined by St. Louis Community College employees to describe the phenomenon of people reporting for work, getting told they are being fired or laid off, being asked to collect their belongings and being escorted off campus. […]
117 employees take buyout
When Janet Woodworth came to Forest Park in 1966, Lyndon Johnson was president, the Apollo space program had yet to […]
Students worry about Trump
Many Forest Park students don’t want to talk about how President Donald Trump is doing six months into his term. […]
Landscaping is a big deal at Forest Park
Landscaping at Forest Park is designed to enhance “curb appeal,” but its flowers and trees also provide shade and beauty […]
Hawk dive-bombs student on campus
Red-tailed hawks are common around Forest Park, nesting in trees, perching on utility poles and looking for rodents or birds […]
Architects to design new building
Forest Park is getting a new Allied Health Center, its first new building in nearly two decades. […]
Employees work hard to keep accreditation
It’s easy to write off the accreditation process as a bunch of bureaucratic red tape, but the stakes are high. If St. Louis Community College wasn’t accredited, students wouldn’t be able to get financial aid or have their credits transferred to four-year universities. “The accreditation process might seem a big dry, but this is really important,” said Brenda French, Forest Park accreditation liaison. The entire STLCC district is preparing for an evaluation next year by the Higher Learning Commission, which accredits colleges and universities in 19 states, including Missouri. […]
When police approach: What to say, do
Did you know that you should keep your hands on the steering wheel during a traffic stop so a police officer won’t think that you’re reaching for a weapon? Are you aware that you can say “no” when a police officer asks to search your car because of your Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures? […]
Fitness center gives employees a lift
Forest Park faculty and staff no longer have to sign up for physical education classes to use the fitness center. That’s good news for Hazel Nettles, an enrollment services employee. “There will be more people using the fitness center now because before you had to pay for it,” she said. […]