St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley

St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley
Motto "Expanding Minds. Changing Lives."
Established 1971[1]
Type Public Community
President Dr. Marcia Pfeiffer
Students 7,210
Location Ferguson, Missouri, United States
Campus Suburban
Colors

Navy & Silver

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

St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley (also known as STLCC-Florissant Valley, Florissant Valley, Flo Valley) is a public community college in Ferguson, Missouri. It is one of the four schools of the St. Louis Community College System and is one of nine community colleges in Greater St. Louis. Over 7,000 students attend Florissant Valley.[2]

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Campus

The campus is located on 108 acres (43.7 ha) of hilly wooded area of in Ferguson, just off of Interstate 270 at West Florissant Avenue. The college is located in close proximity with the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Notable Programs

FV is the major Art and Theatre campus in the STLCC system. Students can get Associate in Applied Science (AAS)Degrees in Graphic Communications or Associate in Fine Arts (AFA) Degrees in General Fine Arts, Graphic Communications, Art Education and Photography. Students also have the option of starting a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and then transferring to University of Missouri-St. Louis.

The Fischer Theatre serves as the hub of the Theatre program at FVCC. The campus is also known for engineering, technology, and chemical technology programs.

Athletics

Florissant Valley, formerly the Fury, are now known as the Archers after the consolidation of the district athletic teams. Florissant Valley is the "home campus" to two teams: volleyball and men's soccer, and competes in the Midwest Community College Athletic Conference (MCCAC). Prior to the consolidation, STLCC-Florissant Valley won 13 NJCAA Championships, 10 of which are in Men's soccer.[3]

Men's Sports

Women's Sports

Notable alumni

Debra Dickerson attended the college but did not take a degree.[4]

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