Please note: Due to Temple University's move to online classes for the rest of the spring semester VITA is no longer doing tax returns in person. We able to conduct them virtually. Please call 215-326-9519 or email vita@temple.edu for details.Visit fox.temple.edu/vita for additional information.Visit fox.temple.edu/vita for additional information.Temple Owls know a little something about supporting their communities.Since its inception, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offered at Temple University Ambler has claimed well over $3 million in federal and state...
Dear Temple Ambler students, alumni, family and friends,We are living in an unprecedented time in our country's history. The past few weeks have shined a glaring light on the systemic racism and social injustice that people of color, particularly African Americans, face every day. George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor are among the most recent tragedies in a system of racial injustice and inequity that has existed for centuries.As President Englert stated in his message to the Temple community, "We are appalled by what we have seen, and remain committed to work for...
Contrary to the name, 100-year floods do not unleash their wrath once each century. As Ambler Borough residents and their neighbors can attest, numerous 100-year flood events in recent years — including Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 — have resulted in extensive damage and flooded homes through the region.With support from $177,000 in grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Center for Sustainable Communities at Temple University Ambler is completing a stormwater management plan for three...
Sgt. Rebeca Cruz-Esteves' MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) involves running toward dangers from which others would rightfully flee.As a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist with the United States Army National Guard, Cruz-Esteves will be among the first to respond should a terrorist attack or biological threat such as an Ebola outbreak occur in the state. Certified in radiation safety and a hazmat first responder for the Presidential Inauguration and at G20 summit in 2013, her unit's mission is focused on protecting lives."We are one of the best...
In addition to Tuesday, November 11, Veterans Day ceremonies, Temple has planned several events throughout Military Appreciation Month to honor our veteran and active duty students.
Veterans Reception
Immediately following the Main Campus ceremony on November 11, a reception will be held from 12 to 2 p.m. in Morgan Hall Room 301D for all veterans who attended the ceremony. The reception is sponsored by Veteran Affairs, the Division of Student Affairs and the Penn Towne Chapter of The Links, Inc.
College of Health Professions "Military Appreciation Treat"
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Students will no longer have to search through dozens of different websites to find a personal enrichment or licensure program they are interested in at Temple.Temple has begun the first phase of a three-year project to provide a centralized "one-stop-shopping" registration and payment system — DestinyOne — for all of Temple's continuing education and noncredit programs.Each year, thousands of participants sign up for hundreds of noncredit and continuing education opportunities offered by Temple through more than 100 different programs. Continuing education students...
By Galen NewsumMarketing and Public Relations InternTemple Ambler History major Assunta Forgione has a very personal relationship with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).The doctors at CHOP saved her life."I was air-lifted there in a diabetic coma at age 13. They told my parents I probably wasn't going to wake up again," she said. "But CHOP refused to give up on me and I surprised everyone by waking up the very next day."When Temple University created Hootathon, a dance marathon benefiting CHOP, last year, it was a foregone conclusion that Forgione would be putting...
By Galen NewsumMarketing and Public Relations InternHarry Shrank, Adjunct Professor at Temple University, can't go anywhere at Temple Ambler unnoticed. Students currently taking his marketing classes, students who have taken them previously and even students who have yet to set foot in his classroom all call out a warm "Hi Shrank!" when he enters a building. This recognition is for good reason — Shrank has been bringing his expertise to the classrooms at Temple University Ambler for more than a decade. In his dozen years at Temple University, Shrank is 12 for 12. He has...
Anyone who has ever traveled along the U.S. Route 422 corridor with any frequency knows it's no easy stretch of road. Traffic congestion is a daily hurdle for commuters from King of Prussia to Pottstown to Reading.
Temple University's Center for Sustainable Communities is using a $200,000 grant to develop recommendations for effectively implementing "Transportation Demand Management" policies along the Route 422 corridor in Montgomery, Berks and Chester counties. The grant funding was made available through the Federal Highway Administration and was awarded to the Center by...
Peter Jordan is not someone anyone would confuse for the typical 9-to-5'er. An almost lifelong search for answers to the unexplained really doesn't allow for it.For more 40 years, Jordan, a writer and parapsychologist, has pursued plausible explanations to paranormal phenomena ranging from poltergeists and hauntings to phantom voices and demons. In that time he has accumulated hundreds of photographs and videos — among some of the rarest in the world — that provide frightening glimpses of the universe's "alternate realities" and offer important clues to their dark,...
In the 14 years since its inception, the Center for Sustainable Communities at Temple University Ambler has become a leader in researching and planning how to make communities safer, greener and healthier, partnering with state, federal and local organizations to implement plans to leave the region a better place than the Center found it.
In 2014 alone, the Center has received grants totaling more than $2.65 million to research and help implement a variety of beneficial projects, from overseeing dozens of restoration projects in the suburban portions of five watersheds in...
Allen K. Folks (AS, '76) doesn't think small.As Vice President of Planning, Design and Economics for the Southeast Asia region of AECOM, Folks is presently helping to develop a community that will house a quarter of a million people in Singapore, where he and his family currently reside."After completing my degree in Landscape Design at Temple, I studied architecture at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. I then looked for something that blended both interests and that really was urban design — I completed my Masters in Landscape Architecture and Certificate in...
Working from a positive approach. It may sound simple but for decades individuals who worked with families in crisis in the United States approached problems by trying to determine what was "wrong" in an effort to "fix it."After many years working with families at some of the toughest moments in their lives, Rob Gaskill was looking for a better way to help families achieve their goals and get back on track."Having always worked from a deficit model with clients, it was important to me to take a better look at coming from a more strengths-based approach," said Gaskill, 61, who...
Fight! Fight! Fight for the Cherry and the White! Celebrate Homecoming at Temple University Ambler with a variety of events throughout the week of October 9.From the "Homecoming Festival" to the crowning of Ambler's own Homecoming King and Queen, there are plenty of opportunities to show your Temple pride leading up to the Homecoming Game on October 14 when the Owls take on UConn at Lincoln Financial Field! GO OWLS!For more information, contact the Office of Student Life at 267-468-8425 or osl@temple.edu.Homecoming at AmblerAmbler Campus Royalty Applications DueWednesday,...
In the time it takes for a lunch break, you could be saving three lives. That is how many people are helped with the donation of just one pint of blood. Here is your chance to make a difference.On Tuesday, November 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Temple University Ambler Student Government Association and the Office of Student Life will host an American Red Cross blood drive in the Campus Lounge (Bright Hall). To make an appointment to donate, go to redcrossblood.org (donor code templeambler). Walk-ins are welcome and sign-up sheets are additionally available in the Office of...
Business majors at Temple will be interacting with area accounting professionals in a decidedly different fashion on September 28.They'll be networking on the run.The Ambler Campus Accounting Professional Society will host the first "CPA Dash" on Sunday, September 28, beginning at 11 a.m. Teams will meet in Bright Hall Lounge and then head out to the Loop Road on campus. The CPA Dash is "a networking team-based relay event with a dress code," said Accounting Professional Society President Jere Ritchie. "A lot of organizations do 5K runs. We started thinking about how we could...
John Paul Endicott saw the world as it could — and should — be; people helping one another where possible, communities gathering together for a common goal of health and well being. He knew that no one should be allowed to go hungry. The countless hours he put into area charitable endeavors, including helping to raise interest and awareness about community gardens right at Temple University Ambler, were certainly reflective of his desire to see community agriculture thrive throughout the region.
John Paul joined the Temple University Ambler community as a horticulture...
When Meredith Thomas completes her degree in journalism at Temple University this fall, she has planned a decidedly different path to take toward a career centered on helping make the Earth a better place than when she found it.
"On a whim, I recently purchased a one-way ticket to Reykjavik, Iceland, for after I graduate. I am not entirely sure what I will do there or how long my stay will be, but the concept of a country run nearly entirely on renewable energy is amazing to me," said Thomas, who currently spends her free time working in the archives at both Temple's...
Before students even begin classes for the fall 2019 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 — and the first weeks of the semester in general — are a time for the campus to welcome all of the new and returning students," said Megan Cranney, Assistant Director of Student and Campus Life. "It gives them a period of spirit and...
The Center for Sustainable Communities will soon begin a project to develop Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) plans for three locations in the Delaware Direct and Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watersheds, but they won't be doing it alone.With the help of a $60,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Center will use a "public participatory planning and design process," to implement the projects with support from three community partners, according to principal investigator Dr. Mahbubur Meenar, Assistant Director of GIS Operations and Research for the...
