Last year marked a 50 percent increase in crime on Forest Park from 2011. St. Louis Community College released its annual safety report earlier this month, presenting crime statistics from its four campuses. Six crimes were reported at Forest Park in 2012, up from four the year before. That included two robberies, two aggravated assaults, one drug abuse violation and one sex offense. […]
Light rain and chilly temperatures may have dampened turnout at the Affordable Health Care Kickoff Rally at Forest Park this month. But certified “navigators” were ready to provide information, answer questions and help people sign up for health insurance when they arrived at Café East. “The mission is to inform the public,” said Missouri State Rep. Joshua Peters. “That’s what this is all about.” […]
You can take the man out of the community college, but you can’t take the community college out of the man. After four years of retirement, Dennis Michaelis will join St. Louis Community College as interim chancellor Oct. 28. “I’m looking forward to the challenge,” he said while attending a United Way event on the Forest Park campus. “I’m very optimistic that I can make a contribution.” […]
Forest Park student Maisoon Barghouty has been horrified to watch the death and destruction in her Syrian homeland in the past three years. A civil war between rebels and government forces has left more than 100,000 people dead and sent two million refugees to other countries, half of them children. […]
Forest Park hosted a “meet and greet” in Café West last week to allow students, faculty and staff to get acquainted with candidates for St. Louis Community College interim chancellor. The room was filled to capacity. Candidates introduced themselves and answered questions. […]
Friends and family members are mourning the death of a Forest Park student known for leading a popular St. Louis reggae band. Ronald Pittman, 54, was a music major and member of the African American Male Initiative. He died just before the start of fall semester. […]
Forest Park enrollment has dropped 15 percent from last fall — from 7,994 to 6,815 students — continuing a downward trend that started two years ago. President Cindy Hess believes there are multiple reasons. “We’d like to think the economy is improving and there are more people finding full- and part-time work,” she said. In addition, Hess cites a national drop in college enrollment and retention, and stricter guidelines for financial aid dispersal. […]
St. Louis Community College invited local funeral directors to Forest Park last month to discuss how to improve Funeral Service Education programs. The college lost accreditation for its associate’s degree program from the American Board of Funeral Service Education last spring. “A couple of things stood out (at the meeting),” said H.L. Kriegshauser, president of Kriegshauser Brothers Funeral Service Inc. […]
More than 30,000 music-lovers from all walks of life converged on Forest Park’s Central Field for LouFest this month. The annual two-day music festival features local, regional and national acts. “We’re a festival that has made a commitment to the local music scene,” said founder Brian Cohen. “We always include locals in the lineup. That’s a commitment not all festivals make.” […]
Two students on the Meramec campus of St. Louis Community College are in trouble due to threatening social-media posts. Last month, Kara N. Hohman, 20, of South St. Louis County, turned herself into Meramec police after allegedly making a threat to campus faculty. Her tweet stated that she would “kill someone if her financial aid didn’t figure itself out soon,” according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The threat was discovered by a public-affairs employee, who notified campus police. […]
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