The spring semester is starting off right with new fresh food choices that will be available to students and faculty and staff morning, noon and night at Temple Ambler.This semester, Aramark is introducing a new P.O.D. (Provisions on Demand) Market in the Learning Center Lobby. P.O.D. Market options will be available at convenient times during the day and evening to support the needs of the entire campus community, whether it's students taking morning classes or adult learners pursuing new knowledge in a non-credit course.P.O.D. Markets combine the corner store with cutting-...
A dedicated group of Tyler School of Art and Architecture Master of Landscape Architecture students and faculty, Park Ranger Law Enforcement Academy cadets, Ambler Arboretum horticulture staff, and Recreation, Outdoor Education and Wellness staff recently came together for the culmination of an extraordinary collaboration to bring a student-created landscape design from the classroom to reality on campus.
"I contacted Ambler Arboretum Director Kathy Salisbury with an interest in engaging my Native Woody Plant Identification students in a project in the Arboretum. I...
Science. Technology. Engineering. Math.From some students, they are subjects that may stir an initial sense of trepidation; for others, maybe even a little dread.Engineering senior design students and faculty at Temple Ambler are working hard to allay those fears and get young students excited about STEM."We're involved in STEM outreach because I think it's essential that we support STEM education and help middle and high school students learn about the work engineering students are doing at Temple. We want students to become excited about pursuing careers in science technology...
At Temple University Ambler, there is a location where ideas are transformed into action.
In the past year, Temple Engineering, Landscape Architecture, and Architecture students in addition to Temple Ambler Field Station Research Interns have made the Temple Ambler Research and Collaboration Building (AR+C) a central hub for developing, designing and building projects that practically apply what they are learning in the classroom.
On any given day, in the Innovation Studio — the 8,000-square-foot collaborative space within the AR+C Building — Engineering senior design...
It is with mixed emotions that we share that Meg (Cranney) Sokolowski, Assistant Director for Student and Campus Life, will be departing Temple University Ambler to pursue new professional opportunities as the Associate Director of Protocol and Special Events at Thomas Jefferson University.
"While we are very sorry to see Meg go, we are also very excited for her and this new opportunity to continue supporting students in a different way," said Tara Stasik, Director of Academic and Student Services. "Since she joined the Academic and Student Services team in 2018, Meg has...
Dr. Nicole Nathan has worn many hats at Temple University since arriving in 2011, from master's and doctoral degree student in Anthropology to teaching assistant, adjunct and instructor of Spanish to General Education Area Coordinator for U.S. Society and World Society in Temple's General Education program.
She can now add another hat to her collection. As Assistant Professor and inaugural Faculty Director of the Bachelor of General Studies program, Nathan will be focused on ensuring the success of adult students returning to the classroom.
"Supporting adult students,...
Take a walk through the woodlands. Travel a nature trail. Wander through public gardens or along a riverbank.
The benefits from getting outside and engaging in outdoor activities for the mind, body and spirit are well-documented. They help to create a lasting connection to nature and wildlife that helps promote happiness and good health.
Not everyone, however, has the same access to outdoor recreational opportunities. Temple University Harrisburg is working with Let's Go Outdoors and other community partners to rectify that inequity through the new program Healing...
It was never meant to last.Cottage Hall, built as a series of literal cottages in 1963, was never supposed to last beyond the creation of new dormitories at Temple University Ambler. Of course, as John Lennon said, life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."It may have started as temporary housing for students displaced by fire, but it became an essential building for the Landscape Architecture and Horticulture programs, biology classes, construction of Temple's Philadelphia Flower Show exhibits, engineering projects, summer education camps and, most...
Faculty and instructors at Temple University Ambler have a new-and-improved dedicated space to work, conduct online research, collaborate and connect, or take a moment for themselves.
The new Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT) at Temple Ambler has opened its doors for all faculty and instructors in Ambler Learning Center Room 301.
“Building community is essential; to build community and connections among all of our faculty from across disciplines and all campuses, where they teach,” said Sara Vann, Associate Director of Operations for the Center for the...
It goes without saying that some things in nature are simply frightening. Coming across a snake in the wild will definitely overheat your fight of flight (mostly flight) response in no time!
Just because something seems scary, however, doesn't mean that it is harmful! Celebrate the fall season in a different way by learning about the science behind the things in nature that may scare you but are essential to their environment.
Temple University Ambler EarthFest, the Temple Ambler Field Station and the Ambler Arboretum of Temple University will host The Science of...
Brian Kozera never set out to be a role model.
But that is exactly what the Norristown Police Corporal and long-time instructor with the Temple University Municipal Police Academy at Temple Ambler became.
"If my story can help others, then I'm more than happy to share it," said Kozera in an interview in July 2021 after having beaten Stage 4 lymphocyte-depleted Hodgkin's lymphoma five years prior. "The most important thing to me is to help others not just become cancer survivors but cancer thrivers. That's what I feel I am — I am thriving because I survived cancer."...
Words by Stephen OrbanekPhotography by Ryan S. BrandenbergShorthand Design by Brent BaumView the story with images at: https://news.temple.edu/2022-08-31/weathering-storm Winter ran a little long last year in southeastern Pennsylvania. In late April, Philadelphia even recorded its latest official freeze in 34 years.For Kathy Salisbury and all of the students, faculty and staff members at Temple University's Ambler Campus, winter felt even longer. The community there was still recovering from when a EF2-level tornado, spawned from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, passed through...
What is it that spurs students to pursue careers in landscape architecture today?According to Torey Carter-Conneen, Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), students "continue to be inspired by design.""As travel has opened up, I have had the opportunity to visit a number of landscape architecture programs and I always ask students this very question. Their answers vary, but there are a few that I hear more often," said Carter-Conneen, who recently visited Temple University Ambler and the Landscape Architecture program offered by the Tyler...
Throughout her life, Ambler Arboretum volunteer Monica Hamill has surrounded herself with plants and flowers and the people that love them.
"My father was a wonderful gardener. I grew up truly appreciating nature and flowers and the outdoors," said Hamill, an Upper Dublin resident who has been volunteering with the Ambler Arboretum for three years. "I've always enjoyed and been involved in gardening but I think I've improved a lot since I'm been at the Arboretum. I have several close friends who are master gardeners, who also provide a great deal of inspiration."
Hamill...
It wouldn't be hyperbole to say that Dr. Steve Sassaman, Assistant Director of Recreation Services and Outdoor Experiential Education at Temple University Ambler, is a veritable Swiss Army Knife when it comes to outdoor skills.Camping, backpacking, hiking, canoeing, whitewater rafting, adventure climbing, high and low ropes challenge courses. He has done it all and taught it all. Sassaman is now bringing those skills to Temple University Ambler with the goal of sharing them with others in outdoor experiences that promote leadership skills, teamwork, mental and physical health...
Tyler School of Art and Architecture student Emely Fernandez has always been a do-it-yourselfer.
"My journey to Architecture has been a long one. When I was younger, my parents had just immigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic; we didn't have the money to buy things like Barbie dream houses at the time," said Fernandez. "So, I made my own out of cardboard boxes and I just kept doing that. During my teenage years and once I was in high school, I created my own wire sculptures that were exhibited and auctioned. Now I'm here at Temple and I'm seeing how all of these...
For centuries, lavender and other shades of purple have carried significant meaning in the LGBTQ community. However, early references in film and radio often poked fun at men and women who broke gender norms and carried a "streak of lavender." The "Lavender Menace" feminist collective bravely fought back and reclaimed what was once an insult into a rallying cry for representation. Today, the legacy of lavender in the LGBTQ community continues through events like lavender conventions and lavender graduation. — Taken from "The Lavender Menace" educational display, part of the...
Students participating in the Temple Ambler Field Station Research Internship program aren't just involved in hands-on research, they are leading it.
"You don't have to wait to complete your degree to start making valuable contributions to science," said Dr. Mariana Bonfim, Research Assistant Professor with the Temple Ambler Field Station and the Department of Biology. "My personal goal for our interns is for them to see that they are scientists already."
Often people think of scientists "as that person in some faraway lab that doesn't talk to anyone," said Bonfim....
There is something about the Ambler Arboretum of Temple University that recent graduate Sam Emory loves that other people might not readily think about.
"I love labels on trees — I'm always curious about what I'm looking at — they are a genius invention. The way that the landscape on campus has been shaped to tell ecological stories — the wetland garden, the healing garden, the winter garden, the native plant garden — there is so much care put into creating and maintaining these learning spaces," said Emory, 30, (RA | Student ASLA | LEED AP BD+C), who graduated with a Master...
Temple University recent graduate Gabrielle Widjaja never expected to be involved in the type of research she has undertaken with the Temple Ambler Field Station."Certainly, no one expected a tornado to hit the Ambler Campus. I think what is amazing is that the Field Station has taken this extremely difficult circumstance and opened up entirely new research opportunities," said Widjaja, who graduated from Temple with a degree in Biochemistry, a major offer by Temple's College of Science and Technology. "You have to adapt to what you are given. Even in the lab, most experiments...
