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. […]
The Forest Park campus seemed a little deserted on April 7, leading some to assume students were watching the St. Louis Cardinals’ home opener. Others blamed a “sick-in” by MetroBus drivers, which left many riders waiting at bus stops and MetroLink stations. “I ended up walking home,” said James Cherry, 28, a general transfer student. Cherry knew something was wrong after waiting more than an hour at the MetroLink station at University of Missouri-St. Louis. He called Metro Transit using the emergency call box on the platform. “We’re short on drivers,” the attendant reportedly said. More than 70 bus drivers called in sick that day, 10 times the usual number, according to local TV and radio stations. […]
More than $37,000 was raised this year by Bowling for Scholars to help STLCC students buy books and class materials. The fundraiser’s organizers celebrated a decade of supporting students — with more than $275,000 raised and 1,800 students assisted — on April 11 at Tropicana Lanes in Richmond Heights. […]
As electronic cigarette use continues to grow, colleges are beginning to place the devices under tobacco-free campus rules enacted before the new form of smoking took off. At St. Louis Community College, students may soon see a ruling on e-cigarette use. The college-wide Institutional Affairs Council and the four Campus Academic Councils have proposed to the Board of Trustees that the district’s tobacco-free policy be amended to include electronic cigarettes, prohibiting their use on all campuses. […]
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