Pepsi ends Coke’s 15-year reign on campus
Forest Park students will be greeted by new beverage and snack options this fall. […]
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College holds sexual assault forums
Forest Park students who have been sexually assaulted are not alone. They have access to many resources, ranging from campus counselors, faculty members and police officers to outside support groups, help lines and legal advocates. […]
Open-source texts gaining in popularity
Besides tuition, one of the biggest expenses college students face is textbooks. The price for the access code runs from $95 to $125. But Forest Park math professor Seth Daugherty, 35, doesn’t believe a costly printed textbook is the key to being successful in a math course. […]
Dick Gregory visits Harrison Center
Civil rights activist, comedian and St. Louis native Dick Gregory visited Forest Park’s Harrison Center on April 4 to speak on race relations, religion, gender bias, politics, assassinations, social justice and other controversial topics. […]
College hires new provost
An associate dean at a community college in Florida will be Forest Park’s new provost, replacing Interim President Rod Nunn. The St. Louis Board of Trustees voted to hire Larry Johnson during a special meeting on April 6. They also chose Carol Lupardus as provost for the Meramec campus. She now serves as vice president of academic affairs at Florissant Valley. […]
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. […]
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. […]