In As You Like It, William Shakespeare wrote that "All the world's a stage."Susan Nicodemus Quinn, Temple University University College's new Director of Summer and Pre-College Programs, has taken that idea to heart, using the performing arts to build connections with students, adults and the community to provide them with the tools necessary to succeed in the classroom and life in general. A professional performer, director, teacher and general manager for a variety of professional theaters in New York, London and Philadelphia, Quinn arrives at Temple with more than 30 years...
When students begin classes for the spring 2025 semester at Temple University Ambler, they will be met with a special week-long celebration!
Temple University Ambler has planned several activities for students to help them start the semester off right by meeting new friends, having fun and acclimating to their new environment.
"Welcome Week activities allow new students to familiarize themselves with the campus and everything offered here. Returning students can reconnect and learn more about our programs for the upcoming semester!" said Krista DeLone, Assistant Director...
We are continuing our series of videos introducing you to the Temple Ambler Field Station Research Interns as they share insights into their research and their experiences on campus."When I was in my senior year of high school, I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I took an AP Environmental Science course and I really enjoyed it," said Shaylen Schnepp, a senior Environmental Science major in the College of Science and Technology. "I decided to take a chance and pursue it as a major in college."A transfer student, Schnepp said, he had not previous research experience or...
We are continuing our series of videos introducing you to the Temple Ambler Field Station Research Interns as they share insights into their research and their experiences on campus.For Nathan Frenze, a senior in Ecology, Biodiversity and Evolution the College of Science and Technology, it was childhood experiences with nature that informed his decision to pursue his major."I like understanding the world around us. I definitely want to do more research in the future so I thought working with the Field Station would be a great first step to gain experience," he said. "Right now...
We are continuing our series of videos introducing you to the Temple Ambler Field Station Research Interns as they share insights into their research and their experiences on campus.
For Morgan Day, a senior in Natural Sciences with a concentration in Biology in the College of Science and Technology, deciding on her major was a relatively simple choice.
"I always wanted to be outside and see the beauty in nature," she said. "I think the thing that drew me into my major was that I saw there were a lot of things that were wrong with the environment, and I wanted to be able...
We are continuing our series of videos introducing you to the Temple Ambler Field Station Research Interns as they share insights into their research and their experiences on campus.
Maddie Anglin, a senior Environmental Science major in the College of Science and Technology, began at Temple as a Chemistry major. It was a meeting with a fellow student — an Environmental Science student — that ended up steering her in a different direction and, in turn, toward the Fiel Station.
Anglin said she decided to apply to become a research intern with the Field Station after taking...
When Gabriela Cano first discovered Temple, she wasn't initially sure how the hands-on study of ecology could be incorporated into the University's urban Main Campus setting.What she discovered after a visit to Temple University Ambler and the Temple Ambler Field Station was that she could encompass all aspects of ecological study into a comprehensive whole that incorporated lab work, field research and mentoring other student researchers."What brought me to Temple was the project that I'm currently doing for my PhD, which is studying an endangered species of butterfly as part...
We are continuing our series of videos introducing you to the Temple Ambler Field Station Research Interns as they share insights into their research and their experiences on campus.
Claire Becker, a senior Neuroscience major with a minor in Environmental Studies offered by the College of Liberal Arts, was introduced to studying the environment by her roommate.
"My roommate was an Ecology major and she showed me all the classes and the cool research opportunities she had — that's what led me to my Environmental Studies minor," she said. "I always liked field work and...
We are continuing our series of videos introducing you to the Temple Ambler Field Station Research Interns as they share insights into their research and their experiences on campus.
Alexander Friedrich, a senior Environmental Science major in the College of Science and Technology, said his interest in the world around him came at a very young age.
"Growing up as a kid, I was always surrounded by nature, whether it was going out and hiking and camping or just spending time in nature centers and learning about nature, I've always been interested in the environment," he...
Richard Albrecht has dedicated his professional career to serving the needs of individuals and communities.
A member of the Temple University University College staff since 2015, he will now be guiding a new multi-campus unit designed to best serve the needs of students, professionals, organizations and lifelong learners throughout the state and well beyond.
Albrecht has been appointed Executive Director of Continuing Education and Program Development for University College and Director of Temple University Harrisburg.
"University College has long had numerous...
The diligence and dedication of the educators, staff and students of Temple's Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) program has been honored by Graduate Philadelphia.
Graduate Philadelphia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting non-traditional adult learners in achieving post-secondary degrees, advancing their careers, and securing living-wage employment, named Temple University the organization's 2024 Higher Education Partner for its ongoing work with the BGS program.
"This recognition is a direct result of an incredible collaboration across so many areas of our...
There are career shifts and then there are seismic quakes.
When she came to Temple and entered the Tyler School of Art and Architecture's Master of Landscape Architecture (MLArch) program, Ginger Hansen most certainly chose the latter.
From art history to law to landscape architecture, the connections might not seem readily apparent until you start exploring a little deeper.
"An art history class was a requirement for whatever I was majoring in at the time, which was not anything close to what I ended up getting my degree in," said Hansen, who graduated with an...
When she was a student at Temple, Kylie Dryden, a 2024 graduate of the Bachelor of General Studies program offered by Temple University University College, had a unique goal. She wanted to take at least one course at multiple Temple campuses."I knew Temple had so much to offer outside of Main Campus. It was exciting being in the city, but I wanted to see what other experiences I could have at Temple," she said. "I had credits that I needed to complete, so that brought me to Temple Ambler and the Adventure Challenge/Programming course."Offered by Temple's Recreational Therapy...
Celia Winters, a student in Temple's Master of Landscape Architecture (MLArch) program offered by the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, will be the first to tell you she has her very own, personal Fairy Godmother. It just happens to be her aunt, Meridee Winters — a guiding light and force of nature in her own right, according to Winters."She is the one that sent me to a certification program for ecopsychology, which I always had an interest in —ecopsychology studies the effects that ecosystems and the natural world have on humans mentally as well as physically....
Often seemingly small moments in someone's life can have major impacts down the road.For James LeGette, a 2024 graduate of the Bachelor of General Studies program offered by Temple University University College, it was taking a class for which he initially had no interest."When I was a senior in high school, there was a child development class that a lot of my friends we planning to take, but I wasn't particularly interested in it at the time. They did, however, convince me to take the class with them," he said. "I was paired with a boy with selective mutism. We created a bond...
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and...
Holly Lynn never wanted to leave camp.
"When I was a young day camp camper, I think I was 8 or 9, they did a little event where they had everyone fill out what they wanted to be when they grew up," said Lynn, who recently joined the Temple University Ambler team as the new Manager of Experiential Learning. "That was my first summer at a camp and I absolutely loved it, so much in fact that I wrote on that white board that I wanted to be a camp counselor. I was definitely an explore the woods, play in the cornfield, make friends with bugs and squirrels kind of kid."
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At its heart, the Ambler Arboretum of Temple University is about connections. From connecting visitors to the natural world to connecting students to new information that will help them in their careers to connecting researchers with resources to make fascinating new discoveries or advancements, the Arboretum is a focal point for helping people build a deeper connection with and understanding of the world around them.The tremendous resources the Ambler Arboretum provides to Temple University, the region and well beyond were recently recognized with a special global...
