How important are volunteers to the tireless efforts to maintain the Ambler Arboretum as the living laboratory for our students, the showplace for environmental responsibility for our researchers and destination for connecting with nature for our visitors?
After the thousands of hours dedicated volunteers give to the Arboretum each year, it's a simple question for Ambler Arboretum Director Kathy Salisbury to answer.
"We have a small but powerful staff here that accomplish a lot, but with 187 acres of gardens to maintain, we need whatever help we can get. That help comes...
Students, it's time to take a moment for yourself and de-stress!
More than 120 Temple students from the Main and Ambler campuses are anticipated to be taking part in the 3rd Annual Wellness Day at Temple Ambler taking a deep breath and de-stressing. View the event gallery from the 2nd Annual Wellness Day on the Ambler Campus Facebook page!
Whether it's painting, coloring or taking part in yoga in the Formal Gardens, taking a tour with Ambler Arboretum Director Kathy Salisbury, or taking a nutrition and cooking class, there will be a something...
When Stacey Eleby arrived at Temple University Center City, the campus had just nine years in the heart of Philadelphia under its belt and she was just starting her college career at Temple.
"I came through the doors as a first-year freshman when Temple Center City (TUCC) was still located on Walnut Street. I didn't even know there was a Center City Campus until I went for my interview as a student worker," said Eleby, who is now Manager of Meeting and Training Space at TUCC. "When I was initially interviewed, they weren't sure I'd work out for the position, but they decided...
Listen to the individual voices of a string quartet. The instruments are talking to one another, says J Freivogel, violinist with the Jasper String Quartet."When you see a string quartet play live, you really see a conversation that's happening between the instruments. I think it's quite a bit more thrilling to see a quartet and hear a quartet live than to hear it on a recording," he said. "As you study music, as you listen to music, you become not just a musician, but a music lover. I think it touches an almost spiritual part of who we are as people."Freivogel with Rachel...
The Temple Ambler Campout, which will be held at Temple Ambler from 2 p.m. Saturday, September 21 through 10 a.m. Sunday, September 22, is not only a night of camping, stargazing, orienteering, "scary" science and stories around the campfire. It's an opportunity to connect people and groups with one another and the natural world around them.
Registration is still open for the Campout and the Science of Scary! This family-friendly event is for all ages! During the Campout, spend the evening outdoors without having to travel hours from home. Experience...
At the Temple Ambler Campout, students from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture Ceramics Program will be going old school — think ancient — as they present a pit firing demonstration that all campers can experience firsthand."Pit firing is a very old — one of the oldest — ways of firing ceramic work. When I say ceramic, I mean transforming clay, which is what we dig from the earth, and making that a hard, permanent material which is what we call ceramic — kind of transforming it back to stone," said Lauren Sandler, Associate Professor and...
Some things in nature are simply frightening. Coming across a snake in the wild is going to get your heart racing every time!Just because something seems scary, however, doesn't mean that it is harmful. Celebrate the arrival of fall in a different way by learning about the science behind the things in nature that may scare you but are essential to their environments.The Ambler Arboretum of Temple University and Temple Ambler EarthFest will host The Science of Scary on Saturday, September 21, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., in Bright Hall in the center of campus. Register for this...
The fall 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.If you're looking for fresh sandwiches, wraps, salads, drinks or coffee, the Ambler Café, located on the first floor of the Ambler Learning Center, has you covered!The Ambler Café consists of "Smart Coolers," that provide self-service and self-checkout at times most convenient for students, faculty and staff.Food options include a variety of premium, pre-packaged foods including sandwiches, wraps, yogurt and...
When students begin classes for the fall 2024 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 year 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 new programs for the upcoming year!" said Krista DeLone, Assistant Director of Student...
At Temple Ambler, Temple University students have the opportunity to become Experiential Education Facilitators.Facilitators are responsible for delivering programming utilizing the community building activities, team initiatives and the low ropes challenge course as well as debriefing strategies.With these experiential programs, Lynn said, "debrief is essential to get the most out of it — you have to ask the questions that lead participants to reflect on 'what happened, so what and now what.'""It's great if your team won the race, balanced the ball, crossed the rings. It...
Moving a ball from one peg built to keep it about a foot off the ground to its twin sitting across a field or classroom.Sounds pretty simple, right?Then add in a metal ring to balance the ball on, several pieces of string to lift it up and about eight or 10 students, faculty members or staff all with their own strategies and plans to get from Point A to Point B. Then you have a challenge, one of several teambuilding, communication and problem-solving exercises offered by Recreation, Outdoor Education...
The state-of-the-art Temple Ambler challenge course facility features a total of 15 permanent elements. Student organizations, classroom teams, research interns and more are able to explore the teambuilding opportunities offered through the challenge course. Programs for the course are conducted in 2 to 4- or 5 to 8-hour experiences and highlight problem-solving, conflict resolution and foster trust within a group or team.Those interested in booking a program or retreat may reach out to Holly Lynn, Manager of Experiential Learning, at holly.lynn@temple.edu or 267-468-8107.Since...
Regional high school and middle school STEM educators had an opportunity to study environmental sustainability firsthand at Temple University Ambler on June 20 and 21.
"We had the honor of hosting an incredible group of middle school STEM teachers from Philadelphia-area school districts for a workshop focused on environmental monitoring using sensors," according to Dr. Sujith Ravi, Associate Professor and Director of the Environmental Science Program in the College of Science and Technology's Department of Earth and Environmental Science.
"The workshop explored how...
Recent Temple Biology graduate Mia Engle has an accomplishment she is most proud of during her time with the Temple Ambler Field Station that speaks directly to the heart of the hands-on research that all of the Field Station Research Interns are involved with each day."I started the entomology collection at the Field Station. I pinned and identified the insects that I collected from my research, which has focused on how insects are responding to the immense disturbance caused in the Temple Forest Observatory by the 2021 tornado that struck Temple Ambler," said Engle, who...
We are continuing our series spotlighting Temple University Ambler students as they share insights into their research and their experiences on campus.Jasleen Kalsi, is an Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity in the College of Science and Technology and Spanish in the College of Liberal Arts."Coming into college, it was in between either studying neuroscience or entering the Ecology major. I tried to do neuroscience first but then I realized that it wasn't something I wanted to do as I career," she said. "I decided to pursue Ecology and I've been liking it a lot ever since."...
The best way to learn about a university is to experience it firsthand. That's what New Student Orientation is all about at Temple — giving student the opportunity to get a good feel for the university and its campuses to start their college career off right.Now add in overnight camping, teambuilding on the Temple Ambler Low Ropes Challenge Course and night orienteering and you've got an OwlVenture!OwlVenture is a new collaboration between New Student and Family Programs and Recreation, Outdoor Education...
Grace Hodges has a bug on the brain.
The invasive insect in question is the spotted lanternfly, which she has been studying in depth with the Temple Ambler Field Station supported by a Temple University Creative Arts, Research And Scholarship (CARAS) Program grant.
"I've particularly enjoyed the invasive species research I've been involved with the Field Station. I'm working with Dr. (Brent) Sewall on the Field Station's ongoing spotted lanternfly project along with my own research," said Hodges, who recently graduated with a degree in Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity...
It was the Return of the Living Corpse Flower in 3D!That's right, it happened again! Ben Snyder, Manager of the Tyler School of Art and Architecture Greenhouse Education and Research Complex, completed a horticultural hat trick! Two corpse flower blooms in 2021 (Big Stinker and Little Stinker — named by one of our guests who won the naming contest); one big Diva in 2023, named because she took her sweet time getting and now a new bloom in 2024!The new bloom, however, was a returning favorite. Big Stinker came back, grew from 28.25 inches tall to 53.5 inches tall and fully...
Dr. Mariana Bonfim, one of the faces of the Temple Ambler Field Station from the very beginning, has been appointed Acting Director of the Field Station through the end of the fiscal year.
Bonfim will be taking on this role following the departure of former Field Station Director Dr. Amy Freestone, who will be leading new research at the Smithsonian Institution.
Bonfim arrived at Temple and Dr. Freestone's Freestone Lab in 2015 having already amassed years of diverse research and teaching experience in Brazil. Growing up on Sao Luis Island in...
