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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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? […]
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. […]
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