The Forum

STLCC’s Boeing Pre-Employment Training program, which will be moving to the newly-open Advanced Manufacturing Center on campus, promises students who complete the program an interview at Boeing, one of the largest employers in the St. Louis region—and one of the largest weapons manufacturers in the world.

Registration for summer classes at STLCC opened March 31. According to STLCC’s academic calendar for the 2025 summer session, the majority of summer classes offered at STLCC, including six and eight week classes, begin June 9; three week and eleven week classes begin May 19. The official last day of the 2025 spring semester is May 18, meaning that most students currently in the spring semester and planning to take summer classes will have about a three week break—much shorter than a full summer's worth, but still enough time for a vacation or two.

This two-character play about faith, friendship, and idealistic change was a very beautiful and insightful production. The passionate acting by Scott Martin, who played Father Tim Farley, and Ethan Wichmann, who played young parishioner Mark Dolson, made “Mass Appeal” into the great performance that it was, asking thought-provoking moral questions that tested the faith and challenged the beliefs of its only two characters—and maybe even the audience.

At the Forest Park campus, an Earth Day event organized by both students and faculty invited students interested in gardening to learn about it through demonstrations and hands-on practice. The Student Garden Club and the Faculty and Staff Garden Committee of the campus set out several raised garden beds on a centrally-located paved courtyard, where faculty advisor Angela Newmyer walked students through the steps of fertilizing soil, transplanting small garden crops, and sowing seeds.

The recipient of the 50th David L. Underwood Memorial Lecture Award is Emily Lasek, MA, LPC, professor of psychology at St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley.

Every fall, thousands of new college students arrive at their campuses worldwide. It is normal for them to feel excited, scared, and nervous. College life can be very overwhelming, especially for those who don't know how to navigate it.

St. Louis Community College is creating a stimulating path for the next generation of scientists, engineers and mathematicians through the Emerson STEM program. Emerson is a global technology and engineering company based in St. Louis. The program helps provide students with scholarships, hands-on training and internship opportunities in science and engineering fields. 

Cartoon by Abby Westhoff, May 2025.