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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
For some students, math isn’t always as easy as 1-2-3. A new workshop being offered at Forest Park this month will help students reduce their anxiety with numbers and equations. […]
Paige Karius has cerebral palsy, but that doesn’t keep her from being active and accomplished at Forest Park. The 21-year-old general education student is founder and president of the Disability Awareness Club, promotions manager at The Scene student newspaper and a former member of the Student Government Association. […]
Members of the Forest Park Student Government Association members had an eye-opening experience this month, delivering Christmas gifts and volunteering at a homeless shelter. […]
A student protest over racial inequality at University of Missouri Columbia has reinforced a Forest Park history professor’s belief that black studies courses are important. Dorian Brown, who is black, feels traditional history courses trivialize and misrepresent the black experience, leading to widespread misunderstanding. […]
The Kingshighway Boulevard bridge near Forest Park is closed for construction for up to two years, forcing many students, faculty and staff to drive around it. […]
The 2016 presidential election campaign is well underway, and Forest Park students, like people all over the country, are developing views on the candidates and issues. In an informal campus poll, most students voiced support for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a liberal who has waged a strong challenge to frontrunner Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state, for the Democratic Party nomination. […]
The biggest change at community colleges in the past 45 years is what students are studying. That’s the conclusion drawn by Elizabeth Wilcoxson, 70, interim dean of Business, Math and Technology at Forest Park, who is retiring in December. […]
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