The Urban Affair’s Committee is part of the St. Louis Association of Realtors. It is a coalition of Realtors focusing on city business and urban renaissance. We meet monthly and often have guest speakers. Past speakers included Dr. Craig Williams former superintendent of the St. Louis City schools and Roland Stanley the St. Louis City planner. This month Dr. Henry D. Shannon Chancellor for St. Louis Community College was invited.

Interesting statistics.

Within the last 5 years St Louis Community College has graduated

566 Associates in the Engineering Field

192 Technicians in the Life Sciences

1200 Associates in Childcare and Education

800 Associates in Information Technology

1267 Associates in the Allied Health Professions

3000+ Transfers into area universities.

The student body is 62% female and 38% male.

58% White Non-Hispanic

28% African American

3% Asian

2% Hispanic

4% Other

The Wildwood campus is scheduled to open August 2007. It is located off RT. 109 and will have greenroof technology creating an environmentally sustainable rooftop surface.

Another interesting fact: The college always operates on a balanced budget.