Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education (law, medicine, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, architecture) and prepares the largest body of professional practitioners in Pennsylvania,[3] offering over 300 academic degree programs at seven campuses and sites in Pennsylvania and its international campuses in Rome, Tokyo, Singapore and London.[4] It is the 26th largest university in the United States with more than 37,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.[2]
Temple is one of Pennsylvania's state-related universities, meaning that it receives state funds but is independently operated. It shares this status with the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Lincoln University.[5]
Temple University has over 300 degree programs from 17 schools and colleges and 4 professional schools. The university is known for its programs in areas such as business, communications, education, art, music, science, and the health professions. Temple is ranked 132nd amongst national universities and 66th amongst public institutions in the US according to U.S. News & World Report's 2011 rankings, placing it 3rd in Pennsylvania for public universities.[11] Temple is also regarded as one of the "Best Northeastern Colleges" and having the 35th best entrepreneurial undergraduate program in the nation according to Princeton Review.[12] The Princeton Review and Forbes also named Temple one of the most connected campuses in the United States in their 2006 survey.[13]
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Dean |
| Temple University School of Environmental Design |
Theresa Soufas, Ph.D. |
| Tyler School of Art |
Robert T. Stroker, Ph.D. (Interim Dean) |
| Fox School of Business at Temple University |
M. Moshe Porat, M.B.A., Ph.D. |
| The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry |
Amid I. Ismail, B.D.S., M.B.A, Dr.P.H |
| Temple University College of Education |
James Earl Davis, Ph.D. (Interim Dean) |
| Temple University College of Engineering |
Keya Sadeghipour, Ph.D. |
| College of Health Professions and Social Work |
Michael Sitler Ed.D., ATC, FNATA (Interim Dean) |
| Temple University Beasley School of Law |
Joanne Epps, J.D. |
| Temple University College of Liberal Arts |
Theresa Soufas, Ph.D. |
| Temple University School of Medicine |
Larry R. Kaiser, M.D., FACS |
| Boyer College of Music and Dance |
Robert T. Stroker, Ph.D. |
| Temple University School of Pharmacy |
Peter H. Doukas, Ph.D. |
| Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine |
John Mattiacci, D.P.M. |
| Temple University College of Science and Technology |
Hai-Lung Dai, Ph. D. |
| Temple University School of Tourism and Hospitality Management |
M. Moshe Porat, M.B.A., Ph.D. |
| Temple University School of Communications and Theater |
Thomas Jacobson, Ph.D., (Interim Dean) |
U.S. World News and World Report ranked the Tyler School of Art 14th best Fine Arts program in the nation in 2008.[14] In addition, Tyler’s graduate programs in ceramics (ranked 19th in the nation in the 2009 edition) and photography (18th) entered the national top 20 for the first time in the school’s history, joining Tyler’s longstanding top-ranked graduate programs in painting and drawing (7th), sculpture (8th) and printmaking (17th).[15]
Temple's Fox School of Business dates back to 1918 and is one of the largest business schools in the region and country. Its undergraduate program is ranked 71st in the country by U.S. News & World Report, with its programs in International Business and Risk Management and Insurance ranking among the top 10 in the nation [16][17][18] The Society of Actuaries named Temple one of the twenty one Centers of Actuarial Excellence in North America for its Actuarial Science program.[19] Princeton Review named Temple as one of the Top 20 Most Entrepreneurial Campus in U.S while ranking its entrepreneurial program 13th in 2010.[12][20] Fortune magazine named Temple as one of the top 25 universities for entrepreneurs in their America's Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs: 25 top programs for undergrads ranking.[21] The Fox School of Business' undergraduate program is ranked 94th nationally by BusinessWeek[22] while its Executive MBA program ranked in the top 20 U.S. programs by Financial Times. Other MBA offerings include the Full-time MBA (ranked top 50 among U.S. programs by The Economist), International MBA, Part-time MBA (top 50 among U.S. programs by U.S. News & World Report) and an Online MBA.[23] The Fox School of Business is also ranked as the 55th best graduate program in the nation for business by U.S. News and World Report.[24]
The Mass Media and Communication Doctoral Program at Temple's School of Communications and Theater is rated in the top 10 in the United States by Academic Analytics as published in The Chronicle of Higher Education.[25]
Temple University's Department of Criminal Justice, in the College of Liberal Arts, hosts one of the top graduate programs in Criminal Justice and Criminology. U.S. News and World Report ranks the department as the 11th best in the United States in both the 2009 and 2010 rankings of graduate programs.[26] With over five million dollars in external research funding, the department is also nationally and internationally known for its research-active faculty. The Chronicle of Higher Education ranked Temple University's Criminal Justice department number 7 in the 2006 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index; the department subsequently rose to number 6 in the Chronicle's most recent rankings of Scholarly Productivity.[27]
The College of Engineering (CoE) at Temple University includes four departments: Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering. CoE offers seven undergraduate programs (B.S.) and six graduate programs (M.S., Ph.D.). The 2012 U.S. News and World Report ranks CoE 126th best amongst engineering graduate schools.[28] The Biomedical/Bioengineering programs is ranked 68th, the Electrical/Electronic/Communications ranking is 112, and the Mechanical program is ranked 109.
Temple's Beasley School of Law had one of the highest pass rates in Pennsylvania for first-time exam takers on the February 2010 administration of the state's bar exam. Its pass rate was 88.24%, which is 14% higher than the state-wide pass rate of 74.23%.[29] The 2012 version of US News & World Reports ranked the Beasley School of Law International Law program 14th best in the nation. Temple Law also maintained its top-five national ranking in trial advocacy (2nd). The Beasley School of Law is also currently ranked as the 58th best Law program in the nation.[30]
The Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM), located on the Health Science Campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, is one of 7 schools of medicine in Pennsylvania conferring the doctor of medicine (M.D.) degree. It also confers the Ph.D. (doctor of philosophy) and M.S. (masters of science) degrees in biomedical sciences.
The 2012 U.S. News & World Report medical school research ranking places Temple University School of Medicine 47th out of 126 allopathic and 23 osteopathic medical schools in the U.S.;[31] also placing Temple University School of Medicine 3rd out of the 9 PA-based medical schools (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ranks 2nd, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine ranks 15th, Jefferson Medical College ranks 57th, and Drexel University College of Medicine ranks 86th. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, and The Commonwealth Medical College remain unranked). The 2012 ranking also places Temple University School of Medicine at 86th in primary care. TUSM is reported to be one of the top 10 most applied medical schools in the US.[32]
- Temple University History
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Postcard depicting the original Baptist Temple and Dr. Russell Conwell.
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Temple University was founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, a Yale-educated Boston lawyer, orator, and ordained Baptist minister, who had served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Conwell came to Pennsylvania in 1882 to lead the Grace Baptist Church while he began tutoring working class citizens late at night to accommodate their work schedules. These students, later dubbed "night owls," were taught in the basement of Conwell's Baptist Temple, hence where the university receives its name. The Grace Baptist Church quickly grew popular within the North Philadelphia area. A temporary board of trustees was created to handle the rapidly growing formalities associated with the church's programs. When the board conducted its first meeting they named Russell H. Conwell president of “The Temple College.” Within the coming months, Grace Baptist Church appointed a new board of trustees, printed official admissions files, and issued stock to raise funds for new teaching facilities. Regardless of whether they had the resources to support the school, Conwell’s desire was “to give education to those who were unable to get it through the usual channels”.[33]
Philadelphia granted a charter in 1888 to establish “The Temple College of Philadelphia”, but the city refused to grant authority to award academic degrees. By 1888, the enrollment of the college was nearly 600. It was in 1907 that Temple College revised its institutional status and incorporated as a university. Legal recognition as a university enhanced Temple in noticeable ways including its reputation, professional and graduate programs, overall enrollment, and financial support.[33]
Over time, Temple expanded: Samaritan Hospital was founded, a Medical School was added, and Temple merged with the Philadelphia Dental College.[33] After the merger, Temple officially reincorporated as Temple University on December 12, 1907.
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Temple University has seven campuses and sites across the state of Pennsylvania, as well as international campuses in Rome, Tokyo, Spain, and London. The main campus is located in North Philadelphia, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the center business district of Center City, Philadelphia. The Temple University campus occupies 105 acres (420,000 m2) of land in the center of Philadelphia with an estimated 12,000 students living on or around campus.[34] The campus is located just 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Center City Philadelphia making the arts, music, intellectual, and cultural scene of Philadelphia very attainable. Temple University Main Campus, as well as Temple University Ambler, offer a wide variety of concerts, performances, clubs, exhibits and lecture series to students and the public.[35]
The Health Sciences Campus (HSC) is located in North Philadelphia, spanning Broad Street from Allegheny to Venango streets. The campus encompasses an academic medical center, a school of medicine, school of pharmacy, school of dentistry, and college of health professions and social work.[36]
Temple University Center City (TUCC) is located across the street from City Hall in Center City. TUCC offers undergraduate and graduate courses and degree programs, as well as certificate and training programs, with classes offered primarily during the evenings and on weekends.
Temple University Ambler (TUA) was originally a junior college. The Temple University Ambler campus hosts 325 faculty and 4,600 students, offering bachelor's and master's degree programs on a 187 acre (757,000 m²) arboretum, located 13 miles (21 km) from Temple's main campus. During the summer of 2009, the campus changed its name to the School of Environmental Design, due to its particular focus on Community and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Horticulture, and its specialization in environmental sustainability.
The Temple University Fort Washington (TUFW) campus opened in August 1997 in the Fort Washington Office Park as a graduate and professional education center and satellite location of Temple University Ambler. The campus offers graduate degrees in business, computer engineering, education, pharmacy and liberal arts. TUFW was designed to serve adult professional graduate students and the educational needs of businesses in the area.
Temple University Harrisburg, located in Harrisburg, PA, offers a variety of graduate degree programs, certificate-programs, and professional development opportunities. The school has specialties in social work, public health, education, community and regional planning, and play therapy. The campus offers an evening and weekend course schedule designed in particular for working adults.[37]
The Tyler School of Art campus, located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, was donated by Stella Elkins Tyler in the 1930s to dedicate as an art school. That campus was closed and the school relocated to the main campus in the spring semester of 2009.
The Temple University Police department currently has 130 campus police officers, including supervisors and detectives.[38] Each officer is a Pennsylvania-certified law enforcement officer, who receive state-mandated police recruit training at an accredited state police academy [39] More than 600 campus security cameras help the department maintain an optimal view of the university and the surrounding community.[38] Temple has also implemented a state-of-the-art lighting system which utilizes over one thousand, 1000-watt metal halide lights mounted on building rooftops that mimics daylight at ground level.[40] Temple also has a mass notification system, TU Alert.[41]
Temple University Japan, is a branch campus located in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Temple University Japan is the oldest and largest campus of any foreign university in Japan,[42] with approximately 1,200 students in degree programs, of which about 40% are Japanese, 40% are from United States and 20% are from more than 60 other countries (as of Fall 2011). Non-degree enrollment is about 850 including Academic English and Continuing Education programs.[43]
The campus offers ten majors in B.A.as well as M.S.Ed., Ed.D., MBA and LL.M programs. It also offers semester and year-long study abroad programs for U.S. undergraduates and law students (the latter is the first American Bar Association-accredited study abroad program in Asia). In addition, Temple University Japan has non-degree English-language, continuing adult education, and corporate education programs.[42]
After extended negotiations involving the U.S. and Japanese governments, Temple University Japan became the first recognized foreign university campus in Japan.[42] As a result, its credits and degrees are recognized as being equivalent to those of Japanese universities and can sponsor visas for international students. Students are also given Japanese student identification cards and can obtain student discounts on train passes, mobile phone contracts, and other items.
Temple University Rome offers both semester and summer abroad programs with an option of an internship.
The Temple Rome campus is located in Rome, in the Temple's Villa Caproni, just north of Piazza del Popolo. The Villa Caproni offers living accommodations, shops and restaurants, and facilities for students. Its facilities include a 15,000-volume library – one of the largest English-language libraries in Rome, a computer center, academic classrooms, extensive art and architecture studios, an art gallery and student lounges. While studying in Rome, most students can also reside in the Medaglie D'Oro, which is in the vicinity of the Vatican.
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Temple OwlsTemple University's sports teams are the Owls: a name born from Temple's early days when it was a night school. The sports teams all participate in the NCAA's Division I and are primary members of the Atlantic Ten Conference (A-10), with the notable exception of football, which transitioned into the Mid-American Conference from being a I-A Independent. The Owls are also part of the Philadelphia Big 5, the Philadelphia-area basketball rivalry. Temple University was among the first institutions in the United States to sponsor extracurricular athletic activities for its students when both the football and basketball programs were inaugurated in 1894 under the direction of Coach Charles M. Williams.
The Temple Men's basketball program is ranked 6th in All-Time NCAA wins with 1711, starting the 2009/2010 season. Only Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, Duke, and Syracuse have a higher total.
Temple is recognized as having won the first-ever National Collegiate basketball championship in 1938, under Coach James Usilton. That Owls team, which finished with a 23-2 record, won the inaugural National Invitation Tournament by routing Colorado 60-36 in the championship final. Because the NCAA Tournament was not held until the following year, Temple's NIT championship earned the Owls the first national college basketball title. During the 1950s, the Temple basketball team made two NCAA Final Four appearances (1956, 1958) under legendary Head Coach Harry Litwack. Litwack would be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame after concluding a 21-year coaching career that included 373 wins.
Head Coach John Chaney, who is also a Hall of Fame coach, won a total of 724 career games and took Temple to the NCAA tournament 17 times. His 1987-88 Owls team entered the NCAA tournament ranked #1 in the country, and he has reached the Elite Eight on five different occasions. He was consensus national coach of the year in 1988.
On April 10, 2006, University of Pennsylvania head coach and La Salle University alumnus Fran Dunphy was named the new Temple's Men's Head Basketball coach after Chaney's retirement in conclusion of the 2006 season. Dunphy had coached the Quakers for 17 straight seasons prior to the move. Dunphy and the Owls won the Atlantic-10 tournament in 2008 and won a spot in the NCAA Men's Basketball bracket. In 2009, the Owls won their second consecutive Atlantic-10 tournament, for their conference leading 8th A-10 title.
Temple's football program dates back to 1894 and currently plays Division I FBS football in the Big East Conference.
The Women's Basketball Team was guided by head coach and three time Olympic Gold Medalist, Dawn Staley from 1999 to 2008. Under Staley's leadership, Temple earned 6 NCAA Appearances (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008).
Staley was named the head coach for the University of South Carolina on May 7, 2008. She is succeeded by Tonya Cardoza, a former assistant coach from the University of Connecticut. As an assistant coach at UConn, Cardoza helped lead the team to 5 National Championships (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004). Cardoza was introduced as the head coach for the Temple Owls on July 1, 2008.
Entering the 2011-2012 season, Temple has played in the previous nine NCAA tournaments.
NCAA National Champions: 1951, 1952.
NCAA Baseball college World Series: 1970, 1972, 1978.
Playing in the fall of 2011 under first-year head coach Bakeer Ganes.
NCAA National Champions: Most recently in 1988.
Resident students, totaling approximately 12,000,[34] live mainly in the high-rise residential halls and apartment-style residences on the Main Campus in North Philadelphia. However, students also live on the Ambler campus. A few of Temple's oldest residence halls feature single-sex floors while most newer residence halls are co-ed, with single gender bathrooms. Additionally, wellness floors have been developed to allow students who select to live there an environment for healthy living. In 2005 the Office of University Housing and Residential Life opened its technology supported "Jack Niven honors classroom" within 1300 North and South Residence Hall to assist students.
The Independence Blue Cross Student Recreation Center, known as the IBC by students, provides 59,000 square feet (5,500 m²) of fitness facilities. The Recreation Center is just one component of the Liacouras Center, the home court of the successful Temple basketball and various entertainment venues. In addition, the Student Pavilion, a multi-purpose, 4-court field house provides students with additional recreational space for volleyball, basketball, badminton, floor hockey, indoor soccer, tennis, golf, and much more.
More than 240 clubs and organizations provide outlets for all cultures and allow for socializing. Temple has a competitive political debate (where Temple is a member of the National Parliamentary Debate Association), community service, and more. Student-athletes compete in intercollegiate and intramural athletics.
In the Fall 2005, the University opened the Student Center Annex which included a full scale movie theater, underground multi-purpose room, game room, and computer lounge, as well as an improved meeting and office space for student groups and organizations.
Temple University has more than 200 student organizations.[44] One of the school's largest student organizations is The Temple News, Temple's community newspaper, which features nearly 200 student writers, photographers, editors and business employees, coordinated by a staff of 20. The university yearbook Templar has won the national American Collegiate press award for the past three years beginning in 2006.
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Barack Obama addressing Temple University students
Temple Student Government, known on campus as TSG, is the representative voice of the student body, and holds regular meetings with administrators to voice student concerns. The leadership of TSG is currently Student Body President Colin Saltry and Student Body Vice Presidents Elliot Griffin and Ugochukwo Obilo,[45] who together ran on a ticket entitled TU Nation. TSG has a fully staffed office within the Howard Gittis Student Center and holds weekly General Assembly meetings.
- WRTI is a member-supported radio service of Temple University. It broadcasts on several relay radio stations throughout eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware. The station's schedule is divided between classical music during the day and Real Jazz in the evening and over-night period. The Arbitron Ratings Service reports the station has the second largest audience among Philadelphia's public radio stations.
- The Temple News (TTN) is the editorially independent weekly newspaper of Temple University. It prints 8,000 copies to be distributed primarily on Temple's Main Campus every Tuesday. A staff of 25, supported by more than 150 writers, is responsible for designing, reporting and editing the 20-page paper. In 2009, the paper's staff won eight Keystone Press Awards. In November 2008, the paper's Web site, temple-news.com, was honored with the 2008 National Online Pacemaker Award, and has also won the print counterpart, a National Pacemaker Award, both awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press.
Temple University recognizes 24 Greek Letter Organizations as part of the Temple University Greek Association.[46] As of 2006[update], Temple's Greek Life community made up less than 2% of the student population but has more than doubled in population in the last year and has seen an addition of ten newly recognized organizations in the past year. The Inter Fraternal Council (IFC) at Temple University has noticed the rise in Greek participation and has decided to introduce two new fraternities and sororities to campus for the next five semesters.
On May 3, 2006, Temple University Greek Association sponsored 3 awards at the First Annual Temple University Diamond Awards,[47] These awards, voted upon annually by members of Temple Administration, currently include; Greek Man Of The Year, Greek Woman Of The Year, & Greek Chapter Of The Year.
(***) These organizations are conditionally recognized by Temple University and the MGC in 2010
Freshman and Sophomore students have the opportunity to live in several on-campus housing units: Johnson and Hardwick Residence Halls, Peabody Residence Hall, James S. White Residence Hall, 1940 Residence Hall, 1300 Residence Hall and Temple Towers Residence Hall.
Extensive renovations have been made to the existing Temple University residence halls to keep up with modern expectations. Since 2006, both Johnson and Hardwick Residential Halls received complete renovations of their bathrooms and also received complete room restorations. The Temple Towers Apartment Complex saw the long awaited refurbishment of their student apartments with an addition of individual common areas and balconies to add more space to the student units. The final Johnson and Hardwick restorations were completed in 2010 with the final renovation of a lobby with new entry points, security stations, office space, and lounge space. Pending commonwealth budget funding, the Peabody Residential Hall is to receive upgrades to their common bathrooms in the near future.
As part of the Temple 20/20 plan, the university has plans to build a new 1300 bed three-building student mixed use residential, retail and cafeteria complex on the corner of Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue. This would be the first university run building since the completion of 1300 Residence Hall in 2001. The building will sit on the former site of the University Services Building which was demolished in January 2010. The current University Service offices moved to a building off the Main Campus site.
The Johnson and Hardwick Residence Halls are 11-floor high rise facilities that are used as the traditional residence halls on the Main Campus. The buildings house around 1,000 Temple students every year. The Louis J. Esposito Dining Center is located on the ground level of the Johnson and Hardwick Halls near the north end of Main Campus. The cafeteria is commonly referred to as J&H after the residence halls. The Esposito Dining Center is just one of two major cafeterias on campus.
The Peabody Residence Hall is another traditionally styled dormitory on the Main Campus. In 2006, the building celebrated its 50th anniversary. Peabody Hall was originally designed as a women's residence hall with a campus cafeteria in the basement. The residence hall building structure has since undergone many renovations to better serve modern students including a study/ conference room lounge, game room, fitness center, computer lab, kitchen, and new windows and air conditioning. The Gertrude Peabody Residence Hall is also known to have been built on land that once occupied one of Russell Conwell's, Temple University's founder, original homes.
White Hall is a four-story complex that opened in the fall of 1993 and houses 558 newly admitted first-year students in two-person and four-person suites with private baths. It also includes two open-air courtyards, areas for TV viewing, exercising, and studying. White Hall is also home to four Living Learning Communities: Russell Conwell Center, Healthy Lifestyles, Deciding Student Wing, and Fox School of Business.
Opened in the fall of 1999, 472 first and second year students call 1940 residence hall home. Residents live in two-person and four-person suites with private baths. Residents of “1940” enjoy game-rooms, a TV lounge, a multipurpose room for programming, and many study and social areas. In addition, 1940 hosts three living learning communities (LLCs) Residential Organization for Community Service (ROCS), Leadership and Sustainability.
Opened in the fall of 2001, “1300” North and South accommodates up to 1044 newly admitted, returning, and transfer Main Campus students in suites located on the first three floors and in apartments located on the top two floors of the complex."1300" is also home to the Honor's Living Learning Community. Residents of “1300” enjoy a late night snack facility, TV lounge, a game room, and many study and social areas.
This six-story complex houses approximately 658 second year and transfer students and consists of two towers, East and West. This residence hall features two, three, four, six, and eight person bedroom apartments, all with private bathrooms and fully equipped kitchens. Bedroom furniture, desks and chairs, and living room furniture are provided. Residents at Temple Towers have the option of choosing to be on the meal plan. Temple Towers is also home to the Global Living Learning Communities Program.
Elmira Jeffries is a four-story facility located at the corner of Jefferson and 15th Streets. This facility offers apartment-style accommodations for 140 Main Campus upper-class and transfer students. Each unit is furnished with dining room table and chairs, bedroom furniture, including beds, chests of drawers, desks and desk chairs, as well as living room furniture.
The Triangle Apartment Complex is located on the 1900 block of North Broad Street and the 1400 block of West Norris Street on the Main Campus. It is a unique facility composed of converted brownstones, with some units featuring loft bedrooms and spiral staircases. Each building houses approximately five units. No pets are permitted in this complex.
Podiatry Housing is a seven-story apartment building located at 8th and Cherry Street in Center City Philadelphia. This complex is walking distance from a number of the city's finest shops and historical attractions.
The Temple University graduate and family housing unit is the Triangle Apartment Complex, located on the main campus.[49][50][51] The complex consists of converted brownstones. Each building has five units. Residents are zoned to the School District of Philadelphia.[49] The complex is zoned to Tanner Duckrey School (K-8) and Simon Gratz High School.[52][53] In 2010 the university proposed banning children from living in the Triangle complex. The university later rescinded the plan.[50]
To accommodate the growing demand for on campus housing in recent years, the university has made arrangements for auxiliary housing for students that include Presidential City Apartments, Elmira Jefferies, Sydenham Commons, Oxford Village, The Edge at Avenue North, American Campus Communities' University Village, and Kardon-Atlantic Apartments. These apartment building complexes are strictly leased to Temple students only.
The Temple Main Campus is surrounded by an array of students living within independently run, local realty housing. After freshman and sophomore years, Temple students are not guaranteed housing. Many students who do not live in these buildings live in the immediate Philadelphia area.
In January 2006, the university opened the TECH Center, a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) state-of-the-art technology facility with resources that cater to current learning styles. Designed with a variety of work spaces to enable students to work collaboratively or individually, the Tech Center is the largest of its kind in the nation[citation needed]. Temple also utilizes computer and distance learning equipped classrooms that are available throughout the various campuses. 85% of Temple's campus has wireless access. In 2004, the Princeton Review named Temple the fourth-most "connected campus" in the United States in the annual "Top 25 Most Connected Campuses" survey [8]. Temple has maintained its "Top 25" listing for three years in a row. Many professors at Temple use "Blackboard" -- an online learning and scheduling system that electronically posts important class information such as homework, class cancellations, and announcements. Faculty and students can receive technology assistance at Temple's Instructional Support Center. In 2003, Fox School of Business began TUCAPTURE, an automated recording & web casting system for classroom meetings. In 2006, PC Magazine named Temple as the 15th Most Wired College in America, quoting CEO Tim O' Rourke about TUCAPTURE, attendance, and note taking.[54] In 2008, TUCAPTURE featured 40 classroom and mobile devices internationally and offers more than 900,000 minutes of classroom audio, visuals, video, and handwriting, delivered automatically via email, podcast, webcast, RSS, and Blackboard.[55]
The Office of Sustainability was established on July 1, 2008,[56] as a central resource focusing on four key areas: operations, academics, research, and outreach & engagement.[57]
The Ambler campus’ ‘Ambler College’, which is home to the Community and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Horticulture Departments, has changed their name in 2009 to the School of Environmental Design, due to the campus’ focus on environmental sustainability. The campus is also home to the Center for Sustainable Communities, a Sustainability based research center.
Thus far, the university has: enacted policies that include purchasing from green vendors and conserving water and energy across campus;[58] offered 46 undergraduate courses, 22 graduate courses and 12 General Education courses focusing on the environment and sustainability;[59] set in place programs to administer grants and offer incentives for any research related to the environment or sustainability;[60] and offered programs to help create a green culture, both at Temple and beyond.[61][62][63][64]
Temple 20/20, a new framework to guide development at Temple’s main campus, will make Broad Street the center point of the university and include a new library for students and the community; a large new green space; a new science building and a high rise residence hall. Although the full plan has not been unveiled, highlights were recently reported by Philadelphia media.[65] The plan looks to expand Temple's structure of modernization exponentially, as well as improve the North Philadelphia community.
In accordance with the 20/20 plan, Temple wants to improve its most valuable piece of property, Broad Street. Improvements to Broad Street will likely include a new library, a signature building and more shopping and dining areas. Parking features will be expanded vertically with multi-level parking garages, instead of taking up valuable property space. Another renovation, completed in 2010, was the transformation of the Baptist Temple into a 36,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) performance and event center.[66]
Under the plan, the 105-acre (0.42 km2) campus will remain the same size, with buildings growing vertically or going in place of current buildings. To make the campus more open to the surrounding community, iron fencing will be removed from the boundaries.[65] According to Temple University president, Ann Weaver Hart, the plan is designed to open up the campus; bring students out onto Broad Street and contribute to the development of North Philadelphia and the city itself.[65]
The traditional symbol of the Temple University is the Temple "T". This modern symbol of the university was created through the work of Temple faculty and students. Early in his administration, President Peter J. Liacouras initiated a contest to choose a new symbol to represent the University. The winner was this particular version of a representational "T", which was created by Kristine Herrick at the Temple University Tyler School of Art.[67] The symbol was adopted in 1983.[68]
The owl is the symbol and mascot for Temple University and has been since its founding in 1888. Temple was the first school in the United States to adopt the owl as its symbol. The owl, a nocturnal hunter, was initially adopted as a symbol for Temple University because it began as a night school for ambitious young people of limited means. Russell Conwell encouraged these students with the remark: "The owl of the night makes the eagle of the day."
Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various Temple University events, such as commencement, convocation, and athletic events, is the Temple University Fight Song.
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The Bell Tower Plaza is located in the center of the Main Campus between Paley Library and Beury Hall. The plaza is a popular student hangout and is the site of the Temple Bell Tower. The Bell Tower serves as a central meeting place for students and is often the location for official events such as Spring Fling, protests, promotions, speeches, political campaigning, and charity drives by student organizations. In warm weather, many students crowd onto the surrounding grass area, being the largest "green space" on the urban campus. A live web cam stream of the plaza is available online.
The Alumni Circle is located near the Founder's Garden on Liacouras Walk. The monument's structure is uniquely designed to reflect sound, most notably by reverberating a spoken voice. It was donated by a class and is a common stop for tours of campus and a popular site visited by alumni.
Located off the faculty staff dining 'Diamond Club' this is a green area on campus commonly used for wedding photos and celebrates the history of Russell Conwell and Johnny Ring.
The Founders Garden serves as the burial site for Dr. Russell Conwell. His legacy for the founding and for his 38-year presidency at Temple is celebrated in the garden. Conwell, a former Yale student, Civil War captain, Boston lawyer, and Philadelphia minister, utilized Temple as his vehicle to provide working class Philadelphians the opportunity for higher education. It has been estimated that by the time Conwell died at age 82 he was responsible for over 100,000 men and women pursuing higher education. Conwell used his income from his famous “Acres of Diamonds” speech to provide funding for Temple.[33] The garden is located directly behind the Alumni Circle, off of Liacouras Walk. A bust of Conwell was constructed in the garden marking the site of the burial.
There are 260,000 living Temple alumni in all 50 states and 145 countries.[69]
On April 2, 1965, Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada and recipient of the Nobel peace prize was awarded the Temple University World Peace Prize. During his acceptance speech Pearson criticised American bombing of Vietnam,
"There are many factors which I am not in a position to weigh. But there does appear to be at least a possibility that a suspension of such air strikes against North Vietnam, at the right time, might provide the Hanoi [communists] authorities with an opportunity, if they wish to take it, to inject some flexibility into their policy without appearing to do so as the direct result of military pressure"[70]
The seemingly harmless speech infuriated former President Lyndon B. Johnson who, the next day at Camp David, took Pearson out onto the terrace and began "laying into [Pearson] in no uncertain fashion". Pearson later apologized for the speech.[71]
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