Alexa Bricker - The Temple News

Senior Christopher Sohnly strolls through the Ambler Arboretum on May 1. Sohnly helped to build trails for the Gheel House, a therapeutic living community located near Frech Creek State Park. | Harrison Brink

The healing trail

05 May 2015 Alexa Bricker

Graduating senior Christopher Sohnly created a trail system along French Creek for residents of a therapeutic community.

Provost Hai-Lung Dai (right), senior vice president for academic affairs, has conducted music across the world while balancing his career. | COURTESY Hai-Lung Dai

A passion for music, a love for science

21 April 2015 Alexa Bricker

Provost Hai-Lung Dai has found a way to combine and pursue two of his passions.

A history lesson

14 April 2015 Alexa Bricker

One professor’s story helped decide a course of study for a student.

Brandon Bahr (left), Andrew Nekkache and Mike Paszkiewicz – all Habitat developers – stand near the Bell Tower during a day-long student start-up exhibition on April 2. | Alexa Bricker TTN

A collective effort to pioneer a student marketplace

07 April 2015 Alexa Bricker

Habitat is a student-launched app that allows students to buy and sell goods.

Joe Glennon, the faculty director of Diamond Edge Communications, motions to his favorite poster of Bruce Springsteen lyrics. Glennon’s work has always focused on copywriting. | Grace Wilson TTN

Advertising course gives students real-world experience with clients

31 March 2015 Alexa Bricker

A course in the advertising department gives students experience with real-world clients.

Sophomore Holleigh Christie (left) and freshman Kristin Stidham rehearse Billy Joel’s “I’ve Loved These Days” in Presser Hall on March 17. | Harrison Brink TTN

Jewkebox takes third in national competition

24 March 2015 Alexa Bricker

A Jewish a cappella group prides itself on inclusivity.

Professor Rev. Dr. Nadine Rosechild Sullivan holds her book, “I Trusted You”, which discusses violence against women. | Jenny Kerrigan TTN

With hypnotherapy, helping and healing

10 March 2015 Alexa Bricker

Rev. Dr. Nadine Rosechild Sullivan, an alumna and assistant professor, uses hypnotherapy to “heal” and counsel clients in the hope that they will lead more satisfied lives.

Gloria DiDonna, who was diagnosed with aphasia, writes out a word she struggles to verbally communicate and shares it with nurse and volunteer Madeleine DiLeonardo. | Kara Milstein TTN

Turning the page, finding a voice

24 February 2015 Alexa Bricker

Former nurses with aphasia are guiding others with the disease.

Linda Swain models an upcycled sweater mantle for Wild Mantle’s Janey line. | COURTESY Avi Loren Fox

Alumna finds new craft

27 January 2015 Alexa Bricker

Temple graduate Avi Loren Fox has created a sustainable line of hooded scarves made entirely in the United States.

Members of Patti Coyne Powell’s family attend her daughter Jess Fosburg’s high school graduation. | COURTESY Jess Fosburg

‘A shot worth taking’ to help a mom with cancer

20 January 2015 Alexa Bricker

Winnings from a video contest could be life changing for a mother of four.