People You Should Know

Movers & Shakers: John Helferty

26 April 2010 Nadia Elkaddi

There’s a lot a buzzing in the halls of the College of Engineering. Usually it’s about yesterday’s homework, today’s lab report or this week’s test, but occasionally, the word “cool” will be used in conjunction with research that professors are undergoing. Usually, that research has something to do with Dr. John Helferty, a professor in the College of Engineering’s electrical engineering department .

Movers & Shakers: Magid Abou-Gharbia

26 April 2010 Nadia Elkaddi

At the Center for Drug Discovery at the Temple Health and Science Campus, Dr. Magid Abou-Gharbia is the person to know.

Movers & Shakers: Scott Gratson

26 April 2010

Communications Program Director Scott Gratson and senior film and media arts major Ryan Heller were star struck at the 2009 Emery Awards in New York City.

Movers & Shakers: Dennis Lynch

26 April 2010 Matt Finn

Temple students saved a little money this year thanks to Dennis Lynch, the man who successfully worked to prevent a hike in this year’s tuition.

Movers & Shakers: Jeffrey Montague

26 April 2010

Draped above the desk of Jeffrey Montague, assistant dean of the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, is a banner that reads: “I don’t make friends; I make alumni.”

Movers & Shakers: Gary Foster

26 April 2010 Manuel Agurto

Most people could care less about the habits of obese people, but Dr. Gary Foster, director of Temple’s Center for Obesity Research and Education, is doing something about it.

Movers & Shakers: Lori Tharps

26 April 2010 Maria Santilli

Whether they’re rewiring students’ minds to engineer this generation’s own Wall-E or slapping wrists with tough love in Speakman Hall, some Temple faculty and administrators are going out of their way to make a splash on Main Campus, with waves that reverberate beyond. The Temple News gives teachers’ apples and gold stars to a few of them in our first ever Movers & Shakers issue.

20 April 2010 Tracy Galloway

You don’t know Tom Meyer? Well, you should. The aspiring comedian is a senior communications major who, at 22, has already appeared on one of America’s most delicious reality television shows. The Temple News: What

From Hollywood to N. Broad

20 April 2010 Matt Flocco

Former American Idol contestant Tyler Grady is a sophomore psychology major on Main Campus.

Temple Tweets

12 April 2010 Samantha Krotzer

There is a fine line between love and obsession. I just have a big heart because when I love something, I really love it. I hold nothing back. When I can’t have what I love, I have no problem calling repetitively and using my Web-searching skills to find out what the hell is going on.