We’re back (sort of)
Forest Park is offering in-person classes this fall, but only a few hundred students are allowed on campus at a time due to COVID-19. Many are working from home. […]
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Chancellor gives wide-ranging update on what’s happening this fall
As Forest Park students prepare for out-of-the-ordinary ways to learn this fall, St. Louis Community College Chancellor Jeff Pittman says that up to 36% of the college’s 2,683 classes will have at least some face-to-face instruction. […]
A and B towers are gone, raising profile of new nursing center
Students and employees returning to Forest Park this fall will hardly recognize campus if they enter from the east. Workers are largely finished demolishing a large, four-story brick section of the main building’s east wing, better known as A and B towers. […]
Campus will be quiet and cautious this fall
Fall semester classes are scheduled to start in a couple of weeks at Forest Park, and plans are still evolving, but it’s clear that campus life will be very different due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Forest Park prepares to welcome back students
Forest Park students, many of whom have been taking classes online since mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic, can expect to be back on campus when the fall semester begins Aug. 24. […]
Forest Park employee tests positive for coronavirus
St. Louis Community College faculty and staff received an email notice Friday evening that a Forest Park employee had tested positive for the coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19. […]
Chancellor Pittman releases statement on George Floyd case
St. Louis Community College Chancellor Jeff L. Pittman has released a statement on the American crisis caused by the death of George Floyd, promising that STLCC campuses will continue to be safe places for the “vigorous exchange of ideas and viewpoints.” […]
Town hall gives updates on commencement, budget, fall classes
In his second “virtual town hall,” St. Louis Community College Chancellor Jeff Pittman discussed how the college is responding to the evolving challenges of COVID-19, including updates on when employees might return to work, the budget, spring commencement, planning for fall semester and whether any layoffs or furloughs are being considered. […]
What’s happening with restaurants on Oakland Avenue?
It’s been more than a month since the city of St. Louis ordered all bars and restaurants to stop offering dine-in services due to the coronavirus pandemic, and those near Forest Park are coping in different ways. […]
Chancellor updates faculty and staff on coronavirus fallout
St. Louis Community College Chancellor Jeff Pittman updated about 300 faculty and staff members on Friday with a wide-ranging, nearly 30-minute PowerPoint presentation on how the college is responding to COVID-19, the disease that has wreaked havoc on people and economies around the world. […]