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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, the sixth largest provider of professional education in the country, and 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 and the historically black Lincoln University. The Pennsylvania State University is similarly structured, although that institution is a land-grant university, putting it in a slightly different category. Usually, tuition at state-related universities is higher than the tuition at Pennsylvania's public universities due to the independence of the institution.

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.

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 Temple University 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 ample 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 *.

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 to allow students an environment for healthy living. 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 Phase II of the Student Center Annex which included a full scale movie theatre, underground multi-purpose room, game room, and computer lounge, as well as an 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 and is fully wireless. The TECH Center features 500 PC workstations, 100 Macintosh workstations, 80 loaner laptops (70 PC, 10 Macintosh), 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. Every desktop also has the ability to watch 12 preselected cable channels. Students are also given a quota of 500 pages of free printer per semester. Also, for the students' convenience there is a designated quiet room. There are also video editing as well as audio editing labs, equipped with necessary hardware. The Center aslo has a graphics lab and language lab. The facility averages over 6,000 visits per day. During the Spring 2006 semester, the Center had over 423,000 visits. The TECH Center is known to be the largest of its kind in the nation of all college universities.

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, and 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 students including a study lounge, game room, fitness center, computer lab, kitchen, and 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. Arrangements with Franklin House and Kardon/Atlantic Terminal Building ceased beginning in Fall 2006.

Surrounding the Temple campus are an array of students living within independently run, local realty housing. After freshman and sophomore years, Temple students are urged to find these independantly run housing complexes. These upperclassmen are known to be very friendly and welcoming to new Temple students, providing healthy outlets for students to seek advice ranging from academic concerns to local security interests.

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

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 and men's soccer teams are 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 focus more on 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 , 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 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). TUJ also plans to move to a larger purpose-built facility in the future, although the location has not been confirmed or acquired yet.

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

References

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://www.temple.edu/SCT/ School of Communications and Theater
  • http://sbm.temple.edu/dept/rihm/actuarial/actuarial-grad.html Actuarial Program
  • http://www.temple.edu/cst/ College of Science and Technology
  • 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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