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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. […]

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? […]

The Scene student newspaper won 25 awards at the Missouri College Media Association conference at Missouri  Western State University in St. Joseph, Mo., earlier this month. […]

Photography major Kathy Carr had no idea that East St. Louis was the site of bloody race riots in 1917.  “It was horrific, tragic and unthinkable that innocent people were killed for no reason,” she said. Carr, 46, was one of about 200 people who attended a Jan. 23 program that commemorated the 100th anniversary of the riots. […]

Students and faculty are thrilled that the full graphic communications program is returning to Forest Park after a four-year hiatus. Many students have been forced to travel to the Meramec and Florissant Valley campuses of St. Louis Community College to take advanced classes since Forest Park phased out the program in the fall of 2012 and spring of 2013. […]