| St. Louis Community College-Forest Park | |
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| 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 Florissant Valley, making it the second largest community college in Missouri and in the STLCC system.[3]
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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
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.
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]
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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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