St. Louis residents will pay more to ride Metro buses and MetroLink trains starting July 1. The increase will affect transportation passes offered through colleges. Forest Park students will pay $175 instead of $150 for semester passes. “I don’t have a problem with it,” said hospitality major T.L. Rogers, 63. “It’s just like driving a car. Prices go up. You have to do what you have to do to survive.” […]
Forest Park students who have class on Thursday, July 3, might want to arrive early. Renovations on the Gateway Arch grounds have led officials to move Fair St. Louis to Forest Park over Fourth of July weekend. St. Louis Community College at Forest Park will help by allowing the public to use its parking lots. […]
Forest Park’s award-winning architecture includes a giant sunken fountain in the center of campus. But it’s been years since it sprayed any water. “I didn’t know the fountain existed,” said David Aktol, 25, a network engineering major. “If it was working, I would’ve known there was a fountain at Forest Park.” […]
The Forest Park Chess Club is returning to campus this fall after a hiatus of several years. The organizers are Music Program Coordinator Tom Zirkle and Copy Technician Tom Rogers. They play pick-up games at 1:30 p.m. most Tuesdays in the cafeteria. On some days, more than a dozen students and staff members stop by to watch. […]
Thomas Walker has spun his last record at Forest Park. The vice president of student affairs has accepted a position as president of Central Community College’s Grand Island campus in Grand Island, Nebraska. “This is probably the toughest decision I had to make in my professional life,” said Walker, 53. “One of my personal goals was to be a college president, but it had to be in the right place. I think (Central) is a great fit.” […]
Funeral Service Education is back on track at Forest Park. The American Board of Funeral Service Education granted candidacy status to the associate’s degree program earlier this month. The certificate in Funeral Directing, a non-accredited program, was not affected. […]
Theodis Brown Sr. was sworn in as Subdistrict 1 representative on the St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees at the board’s April 24 meeting. Brown is also the chief of Castlepoint Fire Protection Association. He defeated Redditt Hudson, regional field organizer for Region IV of the NAACP. The election was held April 8, and the certified vote was 13,318 for Brown and 11,786 for Hudson. Brown will serve a six-year term. […]
St. Louis Community College is reaching out to help a struggling community restore its image by moving Forest Park’s Human Services Department to the William J. Harrison Education Center in north St. Louis, near Grand Boulevard and Cass Avenue. Students and staff pulled together on April 26 at the Harrison Center for the first annual “Inner City Change — Community Passport to Success,” showcasing the Human Services Department and other community service groups. […]
Forest Park student Katrin Hackenburg’s photo of the Gateway Arch took top honors in a Missouri photo contest. Hackenberg, 35, won first prize in the 2014 Study Missouri International Student Photo Contest, sponsored by the Study Missouri Consortium. […]
Vice President of Student Affairs Thomas “DJ Zilla” Walker could be considered a hip-hop pioneer. He worked as a deejay long before earning a doctorate degree and becoming a college administrator. His nickname came from his reputation as a monster on the turntable. […]
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