Bonnie Frumer knows a little bit about online registration.Of course when she started at Temple, it meant something a little different."Everything was done in person. Online registration meant you went to the campus and you waited on line until it was your turn to talk to an advisor and register," said Frumer, Assistant Dean for Curriculum at Temple University Ambler. "At Ambler, the advising office was on the third floor of the Administration Building; we had people waiting in line going down a couple flights of steps! People weren't used to getting everything immediately then...
A brand new park poped up in Doylestown Borough, but it wasn't somewhere off the beaten path. It was right in the heart of town thanks to a collaboration between Temple University Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture faculty and students and community volunteers.
Park(ing) for People, a temporary 120-foot, by 12-foot "pop up" park wasopen to the public on September 18 and September 19, taking up a few parking spots right in front of the County Theater, 20 E. State Street, at the main intersection in Doylestown.
This community outreach effort was...
Associate Professor Baldev Lamba is certainly no stranger to Temple. With 26 years at the University, Lamba was present when the foundations of his department were being created.Newly elected Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture, Lamba will now add to a diverse line of leaders who have guided more than a quarter century of hands-on, ecologically based education."When I first looked out my window on campus in 1989, I thought "This is really good — this is the perfect setting to teach our craft. How fortunate are we that we have this living...
A place of quiet tranquility. A place of healing. A place of research. A place of history.The Ambler Arboretum of Temple University is a living treasure that provides experiences and resources as diverse as the people who study, conduct research, or simply stroll through them.On Saturday, September 10, Temple University Ambler and the Ambler Arboretum of Temple University will celebrate the campus and its gardens at the 11th annual Rhapsody in Bloom. This year's event will also celebrate the founding of the Division of Architecture and Environmental Design in the Tyler School...
Presented by Upper Dublin Parks and Recreation and hosted by Temple University Ambler. All events are free and open to the public.For 13 years, the music played on. In 1968, the Temple University Music Festival and Institute was born at the Ambler Campus.In its heyday, the Music Festival stage was graced by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington. The amphitheater placed the spotlight on rising stars such as Dionne Warwick and Johnny Mathis. Area residents, and many well beyond, fondly remember the "42 Evenings of Musical Excellence" that summers at...
Now is the perfect time to start thinking about providing fun, educational outlets for your children's creativity and energy as school lets out for another year!
Temple University Ambler is offering dozens of new and returning Summer Education Camp programs, which provide kids, 'tweens and teens with a broad range of opportunities, from building and programming robots to music and voice production and much more.
Now in its 27th year, the Summer Education Camp program is offered in June, July, and August as a series of one-week camps.
"The camps are a fun-filled...
Dr. Jeffrey Featherstone recently went to one of the most politically and culturally complex regions of the world.In June, Dr. Featherstone, Director of the Center for Sustainable Communities at Temple University, led an international team of city planners to explore and recommend revitalization efforts in the West Bank of the Jordan River. He also provided technical assistance to a second team in the Gaza Strip. The United Nations-approved project was spearheaded by the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) in cooperation with UN-Habitat and the UN...
Catie Koruba likely has more experience guiding students that most first year teachers."I always knew that I wanted to be a teacher," said Koruba, Vice President of the Society of Emerging Educators at Temple University Ambler and a member of the Kappa Delta Pi Education Honors Society. "Growing up, I was in Girl Scouts; I volunteered with the Special Olympics; I was a camp counselor. I always wanted to work with kids and help others. There was no other professional path for me."Upon graduation, she'll be returning to College Settlement Camp of Philadelphia as a Teacher...
Before ever setting foot outside of a classroom. Jerome Hinds knows he has the practical experience necessary to make a positive impact on communities large and small."With Temple's programs in general, you gain a ton of practical knowledge. You're rarely involved in projects that are strictly design — for most of them, you are working with a real world 'client' to achieve, or at least suggest, outcomes," said Hinds, who will graduate with a degree in Landscape Architecture. "My Temple experience has been challenging in the best way possible. There is so much to know in...
It's easy to call Nerisa Lyn Rasing's relationship with Temple University Ambler symbiotic. She has given the campus as much dedicated support during her years at Temple as she has received from the campus community."If I were to give my best description of the Temple Ambler campus, I would call it my second home. There's never really been a time that I wasn't an active student — I knew coming in that I wanted to be as involved as I could while balancing those activities with class and work," said Rasing, who will graduate with a degree in Accounting. "Temple's Fox School...
Katherine Ament thinks a lot about food.More specifically she thinks about, and takes actions toward, ensuring that everyone, everywhere has access to food and healthy food choices."It was in high school where I first really started becoming more environmentally aware and more focused on social justice issues. When I arrived at Temple, it wasn't long before I joined the Temple Community Garden, which really opened my eyes to urban agriculture and food justice in Philadelphia," said Ament, 22, who will graduate with a degree in Environmental Studies. "I never realized how much I...
Ashley Nuckles took the scenic route to community development as a career."In my freshman year of college, I went into pre-dentistry, then biology. Then I went to Bucks County Community College and got my associate's degree in Business Administration," said Nuckles, who will be among the first students to graduate from Temple's undergraduate Community Development program. "After that, I was going to continue in business, but I had a real 'summer of transition' where I realized that wasn't the right fit for me. I starting doing some research and discovered planning and landscape...
Horticulture major Maya Czulewicz might be a little hard to pin down after graduation.On any given day she might be at the Morris Arboretum or you might find her at the Wyck Rose Garden. While others might find the prospect of two tandem jobs daunting, Czulewicz wanted the multi-faceted opportunities to hone her craft that each position brings."I've never been someone who just wanted to do one thing and these are both very different experiences," said Maya Czulewicz, 36, who will be one of the two student speakers at this year's School of Environmental Design Graduation...
Assunta Forgione received a decidedly dubious honor in her high school yearbook. She was voted the "quietest" in her class.Upon entering college, she was determined to find her voice."I was very shy before I came to Temple, but I always wanted to be the person I've become. No one was going to change me, so I had to do it myself," said Forgione, 22, who attended Montgomery County Community College before transferring to Temple University Ambler. "I decided to jump right in, try to be outgoing and meet more people. I decided to become a leader — something I never thought I...
Autism doesn't simply fade away when someone turns 21.While school system support may end when the student reaches that age, families are often left struggling to find assistance for their loved one and themselves.For Amy Roccograndi, who will soon graduate with a Master's in Social Work through Temple University Harrisburg (Temple University Ambler is also home to a Master of Social Work cohort), it was essential to fill that deep, wide gap in support and there was no time to lose. With two partners, Jackie Tona and Robyn Ruckle, she opened the doors to a new adult training...
For decades, Temple University Ambler has been known as a location for the surrounding community and beyond to gather, whether it was for concerts great and small, environmental action and education or coming together for a common cause.Organizations from the ALS Hope Foundation to the American Lung Association to Kisses for Kyle, the Sunshine Foundation and many others have made the campus a location where the community shows its hearts.One of the largest charitable endeavors held on campus is the March of Dimes March for Babies. For 21 consecutive years, Temple University...
Flooding is the number one disaster in the United States and the world. As local neighborhoods and communities can attest, this region of the country is particularly susceptible to the devastating impact of floods.
At EarthFest, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will have activities for students young and old focused on identifying flood risk and making better decisions on how to reduce it. Students will be able to see firsthand if their home, apartment or neighborhood falls within a flood zone. Using a detailed tabletop model, they will also be able to take a...
Funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Temple University will help plan for health, environmental and economic improvements for Philadelphia's Kensington area residents through the cleanup and reuse of brownfield properties in a 161-acre area which is part of the North of Lehigh neighborhood.
The EPA awarded a $200,000 Brownfields area-wide planning grant to Temple University to develop the project.
"I'm pleased to announce that Temple is the first university to receive an EPA Brownfields area-wide planning grant," said EPA Regional...
As summer is about to begin, this is the perfect time to start thinking about providing fun, educational outlets for your children's creativity and energy when school lets out for another year!
Temple University is planning dozens of new and returning Summer Education Camp programs at the Ambler and Main campuses. These camps provide youths with a broad range of opportunities, from building robots and creating video games to discovering their creative sides and learning new skills that will take them through high school and beyond.
Now in its 30th year at the Ambler...
Months of hard work by Temple University Ambler students, faculty and staff paid off with five special honors for Temple's 2015 Flower Show Exhibit, Star Power: Casts of Light that Stir and Spellbind.Star Power was awarded a Silver Medal by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; the American Horticultural Society Environmental Award, given for the "best demonstration of skillful design that incorporates environmental stewardship in the garden;" and the Alfred M. Campbell Memorial Trophy, awarded to "the educational major exhibit that demonstrates the most successful use of a...