residence halls - The Temple News

Residence halls near maximum capacity following enrollment increase

13 November 2024 Haddijatou Jammeh and Nurbanu Sahin

Ninety five percent of dorms on Temple’s campus are occupied, and the university made changes to its regular housing processes following a spike in enrollment.

Temple Board of Trustees approves room and board cost increase

16 March 2022 Fallon Roth

Trustees approved an approximate 2.85 percent increase in room rates.

Temple students return to residence halls with optimism

23 January 2022 Rosie Leonard, Eden MacDougall and Samantha Sullivan

Students were required to get tested for COVID-19 within 24 hours of their arrival.

Temple delays spring semester residence hall move-in

31 December 2021 Fallon Roth and Lawrence Ukenye

Undergraduate students moving into residence halls must receive a COVID-19 test within 24 hours of their arrival. The university is also encouraging those who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot.

Temple freshmen move into residence halls for in-person fall semester

22 August 2021 Kristine Chin

New students moved into on-campus housing from Aug. 16 through Aug. 20 for the start of the Fall 2021 semester, which will take place primarily in person.

Freshman year: Pack light, ‘just in case’

01 December 2020 Allison Nikles

A student describes her experience moving into a residence hall during the COVID-19 pandemic to move off campus later that semester.

‘Bittersweet’: Temple students move out of residence halls before fall break

21 November 2020 Emma Padner

Residence halls at Temple University closed today at 12 p.m. until the beginning of the Spring 2021 semester.

Temple students consider moving on campus in spring

19 November 2020 Lawrence Ukenye

Students are weighing safety concerns against their want for a better college experience as they consider whether to return to campus.

‘One blow after another’: Temple students to relocate residence halls

29 September 2020 Valerie Dowret and Lawrence Ukenye

University Housing and Residence Life will move students living in White Hall, 1940 Residence Hall and Temple Towers into residence halls on the south side of Main Campus.

Quiet halls: Temple students stay living in campus housing

22 September 2020 Lawrence Ukenye

More than one third of students who moved into on-campus housing remain in the residence halls.