Temple University
Motto	"Perseverantia Vincit" ("Perseverance Conquers")
Established	1884
Type	Public, state-related
Endowment	$196.2 million [1]
President	Dr. Ann Weaver Hart
Faculty	1,411 part time; 1,709 full time
Students	34,218
Undergraduates	24,194
Postgraduates	9,499
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Campus	Urban
Colors	Cherry and White
Mascot	Owls
Website	www.temple.edu

Temple University is a university in Philadelphia. 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 opened its doors to students on September 16, 1901. The first coeducational medical college in Pennsylvania, it began as a night and weekend teaching venture to accommodate working people. Classes were held initially in College Hall, next to Russell H. Conwell's Baptist Temple Church, and clinical instruction was given at the Samaritan Hospital farther north on Broad Street. The original medical school numbered 20 faculty with 35 students enrolled during the first year. Today, Temple University School of Medicine takes pride in the excellence of its teaching, service and research programs. It remains fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. It employs approximately 452 full-time faculty, 73 part-time faculty and 875 staff. Each year it admits approximately 180 medical students and 24 graduate students. Reflecting the excellent quality of a Temple medical education, its MD graduates are highly regarded by competitive residency training programs, and have made significant career contributions to both medical practice and medical research. Many have become department chairpersons, deans and vice presidents of major academic medical centers.

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, the School of Communications and Theater, the School of Dentistry, the Graduate School, the Temple University Beasley School of Law, the Temple University 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

Students have opportunities to attend movies, concerts, guest lectures, and performances of all kinds. Temple University is currently ranked the most diverse^[1] university in the nation by the Princeton Review. Signs of Temple's diversity can be seen all over campus as well as throughout its student organizations.^{[citation needed]} More than 170 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 competitive American Parliamentary Debating Association), community service, and more. Student-athletes compete in intercollegiate and intramural athletics.

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. A few of Temple's oldest residence halls feature single sex floors while most newer residence halls are co-ed, with private bathrooms. Additionally, wellness floors have been developed to allow students 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 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.

Technology

In January of 2006 the university opened the TECH Center. The TECH Center is a 75,000-square-ft., state-of-the-art technology facility with resources that cater to current learning styles. Designed with a variety of workspaces to enable students to work collaboratively or individually, the Center is the largest of its kind in the nation. Also at Temple, computer labs and distance learning equipped classrooms are available throughout the various campuses. 85% of Temple's campus is wireless. 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 [2]. Temple has maintained its "Top 25" listing for three years in a row. Most professors use "Blackboard"-- an online learning system. On Blackboard, they post all assignments, lecture notes, grades, and announcements. Faculty can receive technology assistance at Temple's Instructional Support Center.

Residential halls

Currently first year students and some sophomores have the opportunity to live in the following housing units: Johnson & Hardwick Residence Halls, Gertrude Peabody Residence Hall, James S. White Residence Hall, 1940 Residence Hall, 1300 Residence Hall, Temple Towers Residence Hall, Elmira Jefferies Residence Hall, and The Edge at Avenue North. Students living on Tyler campus reside at Beech Residence Hall while students on the Ambler campus live in the East Residence Hall. Students enrolled in the Podiatry School in Center City may chose to live in TUSPM Apartments.

The Louis J. Esposito Dining Center is located on the ground level of Johnson and Hardwick Halls located near the north end of main campus and is commonly referred to as the caf. Students not wishing to make the trip to this end of campus may visit the Student Center's Valaida S. Walker Dining Court commonly referred to as the sac.

Graduate students may obtain housing in Triangle Apartments on main 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 celebrated its 50th anniversary. The structure was originally designed as a women's residence hall with the campus cafeteria in the basement. 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.

To accommodate the growing demand for housing on campus in recent years, the university has made arrangements for auxiliary housing within Elmira Jefferies, The Edge at Avenue North, Franklin House, and Kardon-Atlantic Terminal Building. Arrangements with Franklin House and Kardon-Atlantic Terminal Building ceased beginning in Fall 2006, however many students still seek individual leases from these buildings.

Surrounding the Temple campus are an array of students living within independently run, local realty housing. After freshman and sophomore years, Temple students are forced to make their own housing arrangements. The apartment complexes on Temple's campus include; The Edge at Avenue North, Kardon/Atlantic Terminal Building, University Village, Sydenham Commons, and Oxford Village.

Many students also chose to live in apartments or row homes. Students may obtain information on legitimate property managers through the Office of Off-Campus Living within the Housing and Residential Life Office which is located at 1910 Liacouras Walk. The Temple University Employs a large police force which patrols the surrounding Temple area and has security booths set up on all edges of its campus.

Sports

Main article: Temple Owls

Temple Owls logo

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 from being a I-A Independent. The school's men's and women's basketball as well as the men's soccer teams are part of the Philadelphia Big 5 group of teams.

The Women's Basketball Team is guided by head coach and three time Olympic Gold Medalist, Dawn Staley and have had 5 NCAA Appearances Under Coach Staley (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007).

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.

Temple University is also home to several intercollegiate club sports. Notable among these are the men's and women's rugby teams. Temple rugby teams compete as members of the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Football Union (EPRU) and the Mid Atlantic Rugby Footbal Union (MARFU). Temple's women's rugby team has made two trips to the USA Rugby Division II National Championships, in 2004 (winner) and 2005 (runner up). Member's of Temple's men's and women's rugby teams have gone on to represent the United States of America, and have received All American Honors.

Greek life

Temple University recognizes 24 Greek Letter Organizations as part of the Temple University Greek Association^[2]. As of 2006, 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.

On May 3, 2006, Temple University Greek Association sponsored 3 awards at the First Annual Temple University Diamond Awards,^[3] 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.

Temple University Greek Association

Traditions

The "T"

Temple's "T" logo

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 1880s. 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."

Neologisms

• Caf / J&H - Short term for Main Campus Esposito Dining Center (Located on the groudfloor of Johnson and Hardwick dormitories)
• 1910- Location on Liacouras Walk of the Housing and Residential Life Office and Diamond Dollars Office
• ROCS - Residential Organization for Community Service
• SAC - The common name for the Gittis Student Center (formerly Student Activities Center)
• TSG - Temple Student Government
• TUGA - Temple University Greek Association
• CASA - Campus Alcohol and Substance Awareness
• TUGSA - Temple University Graduate Student Association
• MCPB - Main Campus Program Board
• UDC - University Disciplinary Council
• J-board - Judicial Board, used within the Residence Halls.
• CSS - Campus Safety Services, commonly known as campus police.
• Shuttle - term known for bus transportation that transports students to various campuses.
• The Owl Loop - campus shuttle which transports students around campus.
• Paley - The library on main campus.
• The Trucks - Food vendors that surround campus.
• Sev - 711 Convenience store
• TECH Center - Largest university 24 hour computer center in the country.
• The Rec Center - University sports complex for recreational activities.
• The Linc - The shortened name of Lincoln Financial Field, The home field of Temple Football.
• IBC - Stands for Independent Blue Cross Center, and holds the university's fitness facilities.
• THEO - Temple Health Empowerment Office, commonly known as the Condom Office.
• KIVA & WALK - Two frequently used large lecture halls/auditoriums located within Ritter Hall Annex.
• SCAT - School of Communications and Theatre.
• CST - College of Science and Technology.
• SFC - Student Faculty Center, located in the Health Sciences Campus, it is a complex of student lounge, meeting rooms, an auditorium, a full service cafeteria, a bookstore and a game room.
• UV - University Village Apartment Complex
• Oxford - Oxford Village Apartment Complex
• Kardon - Kardon-Atlantic Apartment Complex
• Frat Row - The 1800 Block Of 16th Street Where Several Greek Row Homes Are Located.
• Beury Beach - The sloping grass area next to the Bell Tower between the entrance to Beury Hall and the Biological Life Science Building.
• HSC - Health Sciences Center. Name for the campus where the Medical School, Dental School, Pharmacy School, Allied Health, and Environmental Health and Radiation Safety Department are located.
• The Pav - Refers to "The Rec" which is the Student Pavilion. University's multi functional sports facility.
• Beury Diamond - The picnic area located between Beury Hall and the Biology Life Sciences (BLS) building is an ideal location for wiffleball competition due to Beury's 'U' shaped enclave. Pitchers stand with their back to Beury pitching towards the BLS. The batter stands near the stone patio and hit towards Beury. Singles are ground balls that get past the pitcher on the ground. Doubles are hits that go past the pitcher in the air. Triples are any hit that reach the first floor windows and home runs are balls hit that reach the second floor and up.

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. In 2004, Temple Alumnus, Juan "Pepe" Sanchez (BA,2000) won a Gold Medal in the Olympic Games as part of the Argentina's Basketball Team. Sanchez also holds the distinction of being the first Argentine to play in the NBA.

Campuses

Pennsylvania

• Main Campus: Located in Philadelphia, about one and a half 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 Venango 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, Temple University Center City (TUCC) 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, Temple University Ambler now has 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 from the main campus.
• Harrisburg: Located at Strawberry Square, Temple University Harrisburg offers degrees in education, business, and social administration.
• Fort Washington: Temple University 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 1930s 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 Temple University Japan (テンプル大学ジャパン, Tenpuru Daigaku Japan^?), a branch campus located in two buildings in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. TUJ is the oldest and largest campus of any foreign university in Japan, with 2,830 students, about one-half of whom are Japanese and the others being from the U.S. and about 40 other countries. The campus offers B.A. (nine majors), M.S.Ed., Ed.D., MBA and LL.M programs, and 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, TUJ has non-degree English-language, continuing (adult) education, and corporate education programs.

After extended negotiations involving the U.S. and Japanese governments, in February 2005 TUJ became the first recognized foreign university campus (外国大学日本校, gaikoku daigaku nihonkō^?) in Japan. As a result, its credits and degrees are recognized as being equivalent to those of Japanese universities (while still being regular Temple University credits and degrees) and it can sponsor visas for international students. TUJ students are also given Japanese student identification cards and can obtain student discounts on train passes, mobile phone contracts, and other items.

The one remaining issue of contention between TUJ and the Japanese government is that TUJ is taxed as a for-profit company, even though the main campus is a non-profit, state university. This puts a significant financial burden on TUJ and its students.

TUJ plans to move to a large, purpose-built facility -- Temple Educational Center -- in central Tokyo in 2010.

Other campuses

Temple also has a campus in Rome, which has been open for more than 40 years. This campus is located in the Villa Caproni on the Tiber River. While studying in Rome most students reside in the Residence Medaglie D'Oro which is in the vicinity of the Vatican.

Temple also operates its own summer programs in London and Dublin, and administers an LLM program in China (the only one of its kind) through a cooperative venture with Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Historical

On April 2, 1965, Lester B. Pearson, Canadian prime minister 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"^[4]

The seemingly harmless speech infuriated President 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.^[5]

Criticism

The university was sued by graduate student Christian DeJohn, an Army National Guard veteran who charged he was denied a Master's degree by Temple University due to political bias in the History Department, in an academic freedom case. On April 26, 2007, Judge Stewart Dalzell of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia dismissed DeJohn's case after hearing a day-and-a-half of testimony. Temple's lawyers marshaled an impressive array of witnesses (live and by affidavit), including DeJohn's National Guard squad leader (who had no trouble earning his M.A under one of the professors DeJohn sued) and fellow students who had enrolled in the same classes as the defendant. These parties were prepared to testify against DeJohn's claims that Temple's History Department discriminated against veterans and conservatives. Since the plaintiff's lawyers could call on no other witness to contradict this testimony -- other than DeJohn himself -- they attempted to argue a very different case than the one outlined in the papers they filed with the court. Such tactics caused Judge Dalzell to thunder that the plaintiff's lawyers failed to present "one scintilla of evidence" for the case they led him to believe they were prepared to argue.^[6]

Notable alumni

Temple's most famous alumnus is comedian and actor Bill Cosby, who has been widely associated with the school during his entire career. For other alumni, follow this link:

Main article: Notable Temple alumni

External links

• Official University Site
• Official Temple Athletics Site
• The true story of the Temple University 57 cent church
• Copy of the case: DeJohn vs. Temple University.

See also

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Remote campuses	Ambler Campus • Japan Campus
Schools	Beasley School of Law • Fox School of Business • Tyler School of Art • School of Medicine
Athletics	Temple Owls • Owls Football • Liacouras Center • McGonigle Hall
Presidents	Charles Ezra Beury • Russell Conwell • Peter J. Liacouras • Ann Weaver Hart
Other articles	Graduate Students Association • Temple University Press • TECH Center • WRTI

References

1. ^ http://princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?categoryID=2&topicID=20
2. ^ http://www.temple.edu/tuga/ - Temple University Greek Association
3. ^ http://www.temple.edu/diamondawards/ - Temple University Diamond Awards
4. ^ Stursburg, Peter, Lester Pearson and the American Dilemma, Vietnam War: The Speech, Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980, p.217
5. ^ Stursburg, Peter, Lester Pearson and the American Dilemma, Vietnam War: The Speech, Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980, p.218
6. ^ "Temple suit over thesis is dismissed," _Philadelphia Inquirer_, 27 April 2007 (http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/main_line_delaware/20070427_Temple_suit_over_thesis_is_dismissed.html); "Dismisses claim Temple discriminates against conservative students," _Metro_, 27 April 2007 (http://philly.metro.us/metro/local/article/Dismisses_claim_Temple_discriminates_against_conservative_students/8208.html).

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