Posted on 12 May 2008 by Christopher Wink
I am graduating. After four years on North Broad Street – two more than you – I have plenty I want to share with you. Space is limited, so forgive my suddenness.
Throw your students into the surrounding communities.
For 45 years, this university has tried to figure out how to trick middle-class students into studying amid [...]
Posted on 22 April 2008 by Christopher Wink
College graduates are being recruited by the largest employer in the country: the U.S. government.
Marc Wall, a representative of the U.S. State Department talked to Temple students in Anderson Hall last Thursday about various employment and internship opportunities.
“The U.S. Department of State hires you for a career,” he said. “Not a job.”
Wall, who has spent [...]
Posted on 15 April 2008 by Christopher Wink
A British boxer and her fiancé-manager have said pressure to sell Joe Frazier’s Gym comes from a mishandling of funds.
Posted on 15 April 2008 by Christopher Wink
Ronald. T. Brown has been named interim dean of Temple’s dentistry school, as a search for outgoing Dean Martin F. Tansy’s replacement continues.
Posted on 11 April 2008 by Christopher Wink
JoAnne A. Epps has been chosen to replace Robert J. Reinstein as dean of Temple’s Beasley School of Law effective July 1.
Posted on 05 April 2008 by Christopher Wink
Regional leaders have announced a voluntary text message-alert system to warn residents of emergencies, similar to one already established by Temple.
Posted on 04 April 2008 by Christopher Wink
Diane Nelson Bryen will leave her post as executive director of Temple’s Institute on Disabilities in June after more than 15 years in the role, the university announced earlier this week.
She will be replaced by David T. Mitchell, formerly the first permanent director of the Ph.D. in Disability Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago, the [...]
Posted on 03 April 2008 by Christopher Wink
Joe Frazier’s Gym, a North Philadelphia landmark at 2917 N. Broad St. above Glenwood Avenue for more than 40 years, has been closed for renovations.
The closure will last at least three months, said Leslie Wolff, Joe Frazier’s business manager.
“The building is at least a century old,” Wolff said. “It’s easier to close down, clean out [...]
Posted on 02 April 2008 by Christopher Wink
After nearly 40 years, Joe Frazier’s Gym, at Broad Street and Glenwood Avenue north of Main Campus, has closed.
Posted on 31 March 2008 by Christopher Wink
The announcement of the 1,500-foot American Commerce Center is just part of a construction boom that has moved despite fears of recession.