SGA president wants to help students succeed
Diamond Jones greets everyone at Student Government Association meetings with a smile. Her leadership style is inclusive and collaborative, according to SGA adviser Donivan Foster. […]
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Students over 40 share their stories
Many view community college as a place where young people seek to advance their educations. But older adults are using Forest Park as a path to different careers or simply as a way to learn new skills and boost their incomes. […]
Enrollment down by additional 7 percent
Spring enrollment at Forest Park is down for the fourth year in a row, causing problems for students, faculty and the college as a whole. Some 5,036 students are enrolled this semester, according to statistics provided by Vice President of Student Affairs Franklin Taylor. That’s compared to 5,424 last spring, a drop of about 7.2 percent. […]
Nunn to leave Forest Park
Interim president Roderick Nunn is leaving Forest Park to fill the long-vacant position of vice chancellor of student affairs in the St. Louis Community College district office. […]
Culinary student dies after campus talk
Forest Park culinary student John Johnson died after having a seizure on campus earlier this month. Johnson, 39, collapsed during a talk by researcher, author and social activist Joy DeGruy in the Mildred E. Bastian Center for the Performing Arts. […]
Lecture focuses on black founding fathers
Historians have largely ignored the important work of black people who fought in the American Revolutionary War and helped found the United States in the 1700s. […]
College gets serious about stalking
It was nearly impossible for Forest Park students to walk the halls in January and not see posters announcing that it was National Stalking Awareness Month. Why the publicity onslaught? […]
Adjunct union meets to set priorities
Members of a new adjunct union at St. Louis Community College met this month to discuss what they want in a contract.
Discussion focused on results of a survey emailed to part-time faculty members, leaders said. They listed fair pay, protection against class cancellations and a process for advancement to full-time positions as key issues. […]
Students weigh in on primary choices
The U.S. presidential campaign is well under way, but many Forest Park students are still deciding how to vote in the primaries. Automotive technology major Deonta Jackson, 22, knows which candidate he doesn’t want to be elected. […]
College gets new PR director
St. Louis Community College has a new spokesman. Kedra Tolson has been named interim executive director of marketing and communications, taking over the duties of Dan Kimack. […]