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Members of Singchronize perform at a concert held earlier in December. The female singers traveled to the White House to meet President Obama and the First Lady on Dec. 18. Kara Milstein | TTN

Singchronize meets the president

13 January 2015 Jessica Smith

Members of Singchronize performed for the President and the FLOTUS on Dec. 18.

Miss Pennsylvania finds biological family

26 July 2014 Jessica Smith

After 26 years, Temple graduate and Miss Pennsylvania winner Khari Siegfried reconnected with birth family.

A colorful partnership

29 June 2014 Jessica Smith

Tyler mentorship program paired distinguished artist Polly Apfelbaum with recent graduate Dan Cole. Their installation “For the Love of Gene Davis” is running through July 11.

Brittany Redfern holds her son John Brice Jr., who was born during her junior year of college at Temple. | Andrew Thayer TTN

Full-time student, mom

29 April 2014 Jessica Smith

Brittany Redfern will graduate this May with the sociology degree that she pursued while raising her son.

Chima Onukwuru created Africans Can Gossip. | Jessica Smith TTN

Onukwuru sparks internet connection for Africans

15 April 2014 Jessica Smith

One student created a successful networking website, “Africans Can Gossip,” which was recognized at a recent gala hosted by the Society for Emerging African Leaders.