Temple University
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|motto= "Perseverantia Vincit"
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|post-grad=8,411
|faculty=1,355 part time, 1,206 full time
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Temple University is a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Temple University was founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell and became known as Temple College in 1888. In 1907, the college became a fully accredited university. Temple University is the 28th largest university in the United States, is the sixth largest provider of professional education in the country and is known for its programs in law, education, media, business and health sciences.
Temple is a state-related university, meaning it receives public funds and offers reduced tuition for Pennsylvania residents, but is under independent control. This differs from Pennsylvania's public universities and is a status shared only with the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State, and the historically black Lincoln University. Usually, tuition at state-related universities is higher than the tuition at Pennsylvania's public universities due to the independence of the institution.
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The Institution
The School of Dentistry, established in 1863 as the Philadelphia Dental College, is the second-oldest dental school in continuous existence in the United States and, for 140 years, has provided men and women with a strong academic and clinical background for the practice of general dentistry. Temple University School of Medicine has emerged as a school of national reputation. One in every five people who applies to medical school in the United States applies to Temple. In 2005, the MBA program of Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management has been ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for "Value for Money" by Financial Times. The MBA program of Temple University's Fox School of Business and Managementis the only U.S. school ranked in the top ten in all global categories by Financial Times in its 2006 rankings. The Temple University Beasley School of Law was ranked #1 in law specialties for Trial Advocacy by U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate School's of 2005. Well known alumni include Bill Cosby and poet Sonia Sanchez.
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs are offered through the College of Allied Health Professions, the College of Education, the College of Engineering, the College of Liberal Arts, the Boyer College of Music and Department of Dance, the College of Science and Technology, the Tyler School of Art, the Fox School of Business and Management, the School of Communications and Theater, the School of Dentistry, the Graduate School, the Beasley School of Law, the School of Medicine, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Podiatric Medicine, the School of Social Administration & Department of Health Studies, and the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management.
Student life
Student life thrives on all Temple campuses. Students have constant opportunities to attend movies, concerts, guest lectures, and performances of all kinds. More than 100 clubs and organizations provide outlets for socializing, competitive political debate (where Temple is a member of the competitive American Parliamentary Debating Association), community service, and more. Student-athletes compete in intercollegiate and intramural athletics. In 2004, the Princeton Review named Temple the fourth-most "connected campus" in the United States in its annual "Top 25 Most Connected Campuses" survey (* http://www.forbes.com).
Resident students, totaling nearly 9,000, 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 and Tyler campuses. Both coed and single-sex floors are available to accommodate student preferences. Additionally, wellness floors have been developed, allowing students to vow to a healthy lifestyle. In 2005 the Office of Housing and Residential Living opened its technology supported living-learning center within 1300 North and South Residence Hall to assist students.
The Independence Blue Cross Student Recreation Center provides 59,000 square feet (5,500 m²) of fitness facilities. The Rec Center is just one component of the Liacouras Center. Liacouras, the home court of perennially successful Temple basketball, also houses entertainment venues and a recreation center. 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.
In the Fall of 2005 the University opened its Phase II of the Student Center Annex which included a full scale movie theatre, Underground multi-purpose room, Game Room, Computer Lounge, as well as improved meeting and office space for student groups and organizations.
TECH Center
In January of 2006 the university opened the Teaching, Education, Collaboration, Help Center, otherwise known as the TECH Center. The TECH Center is a 75,000-square-foot academic technology center open 24 hours a day. The TECH Center features 500 PC workstations, 100 Macintosh workstations, with over 150 software packages preinstalled on the workstations. The TECH Center also has 13 breakout rooms in which five of them are high-end hardware and specialized software. Also for the students convenience there is a designated quiet room. The TECH Center is known to be the largest of its kind in the nation of all college universities.
Criticisms of the TECH Center
The Software Development lab, which hosts 15 state-of-the-art computers for CIS, IS&T, and MIS students, is still off the Temple network and is without internet access. Outgoing FTP access is disabled in the TECH Center. File Transfer Protocol is a seemingly necessary tool for updating and managing personal websites. Wireless access provided in the TECH Center uses a non-standard authorization method, so many hand held devices do not work on the Temple wireless network. These measures were created in response to Temple Computer Services' ongoing efforts to maintain network security. http://www.mobileenterprisemag.com/APCM/templates/new_template.asp?articleid=1978&zoneid=48
Residential Halls
Temple University residence halls exist to provide an opportunity for students to extend their learning experiences beyond the classroom, library, and laboratory. The Office of Housing and Residential Life attempts to create a group living environment in which each student is offered an opportunity to develop as an individual in an atmosphere which encourages emotional and intellectual growth. Currently first year students and some sophomores have the opportunity to live in the following housing units: Johnson Residence Hall, Hardwick Residence Hall, Gertrude Peabody Residence Hall, James S. White Residence Hall, 1940 Residence Hall, 1300 North Residence Hall, 1300 South Residence Hall, Temple Towers Residence Hall, Elmira Jefferies Residence Hall. Students also live at Beech Residence Hall on the Tyler campus and East Residence Hall on the Ambler campus.
While Triangle Apartments is the oldest structure of the main campus residential halls, Gertrude Peabody Residence Hall is the oldest traditionally designed residential hall. In 2006 the building celebrates its 50th anniversary. The structure was originally designed as a women's residence hall with the campus cafeteria in the basement. The cafeteria is now housed in the Esposito Dining Center in Johnson and Hardwick Halls. The Gertrude Peabody Residence Hall building structure has since undergone many renovations to better serve our students including a Study Lounge, Game Room, Fitness Center, Computer Lab, Kitchen, new windows and air conditioning. Many alumni fondly recall their experiences in Peabody Hall, known affectionately as "Peabody Pride". Gertrude Peabody Residence Hall is also known to have been built on land that once occupied one of Temple University founder, Russell Conwell's original homes.
The University has made arrangements for auxiliary housing within Franklin House, Elmira Jeffries and Kardon/Atlantic Terminal Building to extend opportunities for its growing demand for on campus residential housing.
Graduate students may obtain housing in Triangle Apartments on main campus and in TUSPM Apartments if enrolled in the Podiatry School in Center City.
Students in their third and fourth year may inquire about housing independently with outside rental agencies, particularly with The Edge, Kardon/Atlantic Terminal Building, University Village and Oxford Village. Students may obtain information on legitimate property managers through the Office of Off Campus Living within the Housing and Residential Life Office at The Shops on Liacouras Walk - 1910 Liacouras Walk, Suite 201-301.
Sports
Template:Main Image:Owl1.jpg The school's sports teams are called the Owls: this name comes from Temple's early days, when it was a night school. The Owls are primarily members of the Atlantic Ten Conference (A-10), with the notable exception of football, which is transitioning into the Mid-American Conference. The school's men's basketball team is part of the Philadelphia Big 5 group of teams.
Temple University was among the first institutions in the United States to sponsor extracurricular athletic activities for its students. Both the football and basketball programs were inaugurated back in 1894 under the direction of Coach Charles M. Williams.
Traditions
Alma Mater
"Onward with Temple. Banners all unfurled; Wide flung our standards, To the winds they're hurled. Following our founder to immortal fame; Making true his vision, Of a deathless name. Hail! Alma Mater, Honor, Praise to thee. We pledge our lives, Our hearts in loyalty. Wisdom, Truth, and Virtue Built our Temple great; Perseverance conquers Higher to create."
Fight Song
"'T' for 'Temple U' U-ni-versity! Fight, fight, fight! For the Cherry and the White, For the Cherry and the White, We'll fight, fight, fight!"
"Fight! Temple Fight!" Fight! Temple, fight on! Fight with all your might! Fight for the Cherry and White, Keep our colors high! Roll that ball and hit the line, All the Temple stars will shine, Skill and courage win the game Fight on, Temple, fight!
The 'T'
The traditional symbol of the University is the Temple T. Early in his administration, President Peter J. Liacouras chose this particular version of a representational T which was created by students at the Tyler School of Art.
The Owl
The owl is the symbol and mascot for Temple University and has been since its founding in the 1880's. Temple was the first school in the United States to adopt the owl as its symbol.
Story has it that the owl, a nocturnal hunter, was initially adopted as a symbol because Temple University began as a night school for ambitious young people of limited means. Russell Conwell, Temple's founder, encouraged these students with the remark: "The owl of the night makes the eagle of the day."
Notable Achievements
Temple University Professor of Piano Lambert Orkis and Lecturer in Tuba Jay Krush were both awarded Grammy Awards at the 42nd Grammy Awards ceremony on Wednesday, February 23, 2000.
Campuses
Pennsylvania
- Main Campus: Located in Philadelphia, about three miles north of Center City. The campus is bordered by Susquehanna Avenue to the north, Oxford Street to the south, 16th Street to the west, and 10th Street to the east.
- Health Sciences Campus: Located in North Philadelphia specifically spanning Broad Street from Allegheny to Venago streets. With two hospitals (pediatrics and teaching), a pharmacy college, a nursing college and a dental college it has a strong reputation for integrating all areas of health care into one fluent system. The medical and pharmacy schools are nationally renowned. The pharmacy school in particular is unique in its approach to education of the profession by administering courses that are of more clinical sensibilities to prepare its students for the new roles of the pharmacist as a health care provider in the coming decades.
- Center City: Adjacent to Philadelphia City Hall and Suburban Station, TU-Center City specializes in evening courses for working adults, and offers bachelor's and master's degrees in liberal arts and business.
- Ambler: Originally a junior college, TU-Ambler now has 325 faculty and 4,600 students on a 187 acre (757,000 m²) campus, and offers bachelor's and master's degree programs.
- Harrisburg: Located at Strawberry Square, TU-Harrisburg offers degrees in education, business, and social administration.
- Fort Washington: TU-Fort Washington offers graduate degrees in business, computer engineering, education, and pharmacy.
- Tyler School of Art: Tyler School of Art campus, located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, was donated by Stella Elkins Tyler in the 1930's to dedicate as an art school. A controversial move in recent years has led Temple to plan on closing the campus and moving it to the main campus, despite concerns from students, faculty, and alumni.
Temple University Japan
Temple University also operates Template:Nihongo, a small campus located in an office building in the Azabu district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. TUJ is the oldest and largest campus of any American university in Japan, with 1,700 students, two-thirds of whom are Japanese. The campus offers BA, MEd, EdD, MBA and LLM programs, and also offers semester and year-long study abroad programs for foreign undergraduates and law students (the latter is the only American Bar Association-accredited study abroad program in Japan).
After extended negotiations involving the U.S. and Japanese governments, in February 2005, TUJ was recognized as the first (and, to date, the only) accredited Template:Nihongo in Japan, allowing it to accept international students on similar terms to Japanese universities, and to transfer students and course credits to and from Japanese universities. TUJ students are also given Japanese student identification cards and can obtain student discounts on train passes, mobile phone contracts and other items. Several issues of contention remain between Temple and the Japanese government, such as the campus's tax status (it is currently taxed as a for-profit corporation despite being a state-owned entity).
Other campuses
Temple also operates its own summer programs on small campuses in London and Rome, and administers an LLM program in China (the only one of its kind) through a cooperative venture with Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Famous alumni
- Al Alberts, singer and local Philadelphia personality on WPVI-TV tv program Al Alberts Showcase
- Ben Bova, science fiction author
- Raheem Brock, NFL defensive end
- Richard Brooks, filmmaker
- Rick Brunson, NBA player
- Steve Capus, NBC president, NBC News
- Bill Cosby, comedian (Transferred, Honorary Doctorate)
- Diplo, DJ/producer
- Edwin Duing Eshleman, former Republican congressman
- Norman Fell, actor - Three's Company (attended classes in the Theatre Department)
- Vincent Fumo, Democratic state senator
- Julie Gold, songwriter, Grammy winner
- Daryl Hall, musician
- Marc-André Hamelin, virtuoso pianist
- Lois Hamilton, actress
- Trenton Doyle Hancock, artist
- Joe Hoeffel, former Democratic congressman
- Rhea Hughes, radio host WIP (AM)
- Eddie Jones, NBA player
- Paul E. Kanjorski, Democratic congressman
- Dan Klecko, football player, New England Patriots
- Joe Klecko, football player, New York Jets, father of Dan Klecko
- Fred Mascherino, musician, Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea
- Aaron McKie, NBA player
- Bill Mensch, computer scientist
- Mary Lou Metzger, singer, dancer from The Lawrence Welk Show
- Ronn Owens, radio talk show host
- James Parrish, football player
- Jimmy Pop, lead singer of the band The Bloodhound Gang
- Bob Saget, comedian
- Jim Saxton, former Republican congressman
- Michael Schoeffling, actor who played Jake Ryan in 80s classic film Sixteen Candles
- Ed Sciaky, disc jockey
- Al Singleton, NFL linebacker
- Tom Sizemore, actor
- John F. Street, Philadelphia mayor
- Eric Wareheim and Tim Heidecker, comedians and creators of Tom Goes To The Mayor
- Aaron Weiss, musician, mewithoutYou
- Juan Pepe Sanchez, Professional Basketball Player, Gold Medal Winner at the 2004 Olympics for Argentina
Refrences
External links
- http://www.temple.edu/ Official university site
- http://www.owlsports.com/ Official Temple athletics site
- http://www.temple-news.com/ Official Temple student newspaper, Temple News
- http://www.temple.edu/temple_times Official university newspaper
- http://www.law.temple.edu/ Law School
- http://www.fox.temple.edu/ Fox School of Business
- http://sbm.temple.edu/dept/rihm/actuarial/actuarial-grad.html Actuarial Program
- http://www.temple.edu/cst/ College of Science and Technology
- http://eagle.cis.temple.edu/ Undergraduate Software Lab
- http://www.temple.edu/boyer/ Esther Boyer College of Music and Dance
- http://www.tuj.ac.jp/ Temple University Japan
- http://techcenter.temple.edu/ The TECH Center of Temple University
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