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St. Louis Community College-Forest Park
Motto "Expanding Minds. Changing Lives."
Established 1967[1]
Type Public Community
President Dr. Cynthia Hess
Students 8,207
Location St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Campus Urban
Colors

Navy & Silver

           
Athletics Archers
Affiliations STLCC System, MCCAC
Website http://www.stlcc.edu/fp/

St. Louis Community College-Forest Park (also known as STLCC-Forest Park, Forest Park) is a public community college in St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of the four schools of the St. Louis Community College System[2] and is one of nine community colleges in Greater St. Louis. Over 8,207 students attend Forest Park, making it the second largest community college in Missouri and in the STLCC system.[3]

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Campus [edit]

The campus is an urban campus with about 8,000 students. The campus is located next to I-64/U.S. Route 40 in the Forest Park area of St. Louis, MO. The campus is also close to two MetroLink Light rail stations at Forest Park-DeBaliviere and Central West End

Notable Programs [edit]

St. Louis Community College - Forest Park is known for allied health care education.[4] Major programs at FP include Associate in Applied Science Degrees including: Nursing, Radiologic Technology, Dental Hygiene, Dental Assisting, Respiratory Therapy Polysomnography, and Clinical Laboratory Technology. Forest Park also has a number of construction related degrees including: Automotive Technology, Building Inspection & Code Enforcement Technology, Plumbing Design Engineering Technology, and Fire Protection Technology. Forest Park also has the Jack Miller Hospitality Studies Program which prepares students for the hospitality industry, including programs in Culinary Arts, Baking and Pastry Arts and Hotel Management.

Athletics [edit]

Formerly the Highlanders, Forest Park teams are now known as the Archers after a consolidation of the district athletic teams. The campus is the "home field" for two sports: men's basketball and women's basketball, and competes in the Midwest Community College Athletic Conference (MCCAC).[5] In July 2010 the school announced it was discontinuing its baseball program after years of success on the field,[6] including a number of alumni playing professional baseball.[7]

  • Colors: Navy and Silver

Men's Sports [edit]

Women's Sports [edit]

Attempted Bombing and Arson [edit]

On Thursday, September 24, 2009 a suspicious package was found in a men's restroom in the D Building. It was removed by the St. Louis Police Department Bomb and Arson Squad.[8] Later that day there was a small arson fire in the same building. On Friday, September 25, the police announced that the package had contained a live bomb and would have caused "moderate to heavy damage" if it had exploded.[9]

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STLtoday.com
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:04:58 -0700

Loading… Pastry chef and educator Casey Shiller will return to "Cupcake Wars" on the Food Network on May 5. Shiller, who works at St. Louis Community College - Forest Park, will represent the Midwest in a regional battle. He won the summer of 2010 ...
 
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Thu, 09 May 2013 10:06:09 -0700

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Sat, 04 May 2013 07:57:37 -0700

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