Days before Corbett’s budget address, students hold rally for higher education funding

As they did last year, state-related students from across the commonwealth rallied in Harrisburg for higher education funding. Students and Temple Student Government officers gathered in the state Capitol building yesterday, Jan. 31, to address state legislators on behalf of the four state-related universities. Temple, Penn State, Lincoln University and the University of Pittsburgh assembled [...]

TSG survey to assess gen-ed

A survey will be available this semester to evaluate the general education program. Utilizing its role as a liaison between students and university administrators, Temple Student Government is set to debut a survey dissecting student perception of the general education program. The five-minute online questionnaire survey is the brainchild of TSG Director of Academic Affairs [...]

Government relations officer addresses TSG meeting before Harrisburg rally

TSG will bring students to Harrisburg tomorrow, to rally for higher education funding. Ken Lawrence, Jr, addressed students at the Temple Student Government General Assembly meeting today, Jan. 30, to ask them to support state funding for Temple. Lawrence, the senior vice president for government, community and public affairs, asked students not attending the Pennsylvania [...]

Saltry lays out advocacy plans, events for semester

TSG’s first General Assembly meeting was held yesterday, Jan. 23. Temple Student Government will host a pep rally in the Student Center atrium today, Jan. 24, from noon to 2 p.m., in an effort to excite students for the Pennsylvania Association of State-related Students rally in Harrisburg. The rally on Jan. 31 will advocate for [...]

Student government leaders discuss student participation in presidential search

A petition has surfaced to include a graduate student in the committee that will select Temple’s next president. The Presidential Search Committee met on Tuesday, Nov. 29 in Sullivan Hall, and Colin Saltry will draft a formal student opinion for hiring Ann Weaver Hart’s replacement. Saltry, Temple Student Government student body president, is the sole [...]

Reduced capital funding, inclement weather topics at General Assembly meeting

A new weather protocol and capital funding were discussed at yesterday’s TSG meeting. Temple recently experienced a $20 million reduction in capital funding from the commonwealth, an announcement at yesterday’s, Nov. 14, Temple Student Government General Assembly meeting affirmed. Historically, the university’s capital funding, which primarily goes to building construction and facilities maintenance, was about [...]

General Assembly announces forum for students to offer input on presidential search

TSG members discussed financial services, nontraditional students and Temple’s next president, yesterday. In response to student concerns about financial aid service, Temple Student Government will be arranging meetings with Kathleen Richards, associate director of Student Financial Services, members said at yesterday’s General Assembly meeting. A Google-enabled forum, which students can electronically submit questions and comments [...]

Search for Hart’s successor discussed at General Assembly meeting

The Presidential Search Committee and budget worries were topics at today’s TSG meeting. At today’s Temple Student Government General Assembly meeting, Student Body President Colin Saltry announced that the Presidential Search Committee, the members of which were revealed today, will have its first meeting in two weeks. “They’re going to be coming to campus and [...]

In return for going green, free SEPTA tokens to be offered Wednesday

TSG hopes an incentive will promote Temple’s Sustainability Week. Temple Student Government will be giving away 50 free SEPTA tokens on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., in an effort to promote the use of public transportation, as well as recycling and water refill stations on campus, in honor of Sustainability Week. [...]

President Hart discusses financial aid, neighborhoods

Hart addresses student concerns at yesterday’s TSG meeting. President Ann Weaver Hart addressed the Temple Student Government General Assembly yesterday, Oct. 10, to directly answer students’ questions. Hart mentioned financial aid and the decrease in work study opportunities, building up Temple’s academic reputation and student housing issues in her near 45-minute speech. TSG Student Body [...]

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