September, 2010 - The Temple News

From Temple to Munster

14 September 2010

The idea of a student-athlete going from playing fun in club sports to playing professionally sounds like a pipe dream, but for former men’s rugby player Gareth Jones, it’s a reality. Last week, Jones signed

Philadelphia continues to offer opportunity

14 September 2010 Matt Finn

Businesses based around Philadelphia continue to recruit. With the decline in the global economy, college seniors are faced with a series of obstacles, one being the mounting pressure of landing a job after graduation. Many

Certificate better prepares teachers

13 September 2010 Cary Carr

The Teaching and Learning Center and College of Education now offer a teaching certificate program. The Teaching and Learning Center, alongside the College of Education, now offers a Teaching in Higher Education (THE) certificate program

New test measures learning

13 September 2010 Connor Showalter

The Measurement and Research Center will administer assessment tests. A new assessment test will be administered to freshmen and seniors every four years to measure how much students are learning and to what degree they may

In memory, friends mourn passings: Eliezer Ehrenpreis

13 September 2010 Connor Showalter

Beloved math professor Eliezer Ehrenpreis passed away in mid-August. Eliezer “Leon” Ehrenpreis, a mathematics professor at Temple for 26 years, was known as “the kindly superman” among mathematicians for his remarkably diverse accomplishments, according to

In memory, friends mourn passings: Kevin Coffey

13 September 2010 Jake Adams

Friends remember Kevin Coffey, who was killed in an accident this weekend. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Saturday in Salina, N.Y., just outside of Syracuse, N.Y., Temple lost one of its own. Nineteen-year-old Kevin Coffey,

Street Smarts

13 September 2010

The Criminal Justice Department is working with Philadelphia police in the Smart Policing Initiative. Earning a doctorate degree requires years of studying, working hard and attending classes, but for second-year graduate students Cory Haberman and Evan Sorg,

Month: September 2010