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Temple University Receives Its Largest Gift Ever, Opening Door to Endow Athletic Director Position
Temple University recently received the largest gift its athletic department has ever seen in its 140-year history, writes Terry Lefton for Sports Business Journal. The gift will afford the department to endow its athletic director position. Husband-and-wife duo Stanley and Debbie Lefkowitz were the donors of the gift. While the specific amount of the contribution…
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Temple University To Make Tuition Free For Eligible Philly Students From Families With Low-Income
Through its Temple Promise program, Temple University is helping make tuition free for eligible first-year, full-time Philadelphia students from low-income families, writes Cory Sharber for WHYY. According to a press release, the Temple Promise program will cover remaining in-state Pennsylvania tuition and eligible university fees starting this upcoming fall. The funds are applied to a…
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See Where Temple University Ranks Among Pennsylvania’s Largest Campuses
Pennsylvania is home to some of the largest and most beautiful colleges and universities in the country, writes Katie Downey for Newsbreak. Temple University in North Philadelphia ranks in a tie as the fourth largest university in the Commonwealth, taking up 406 acres. “Temple University is THE Philadelphia University and is widely recognized as one…
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Celebrity Barber Spearheads Program at Philly’s Dobbins High School, Inspires Younger Generation
Raheem Alexander is a celebrity barber who is inspiring students at Murrell Dobbins Career and Technical School in North Philadelphia one haircut at a time, reports Wakisha Bailey for CBS News Philadelphia. Alexander spearheads Mustang Barbershop, a CTE program at the high school that teaches about hair and skin care, and prepares students to become…
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Philadelphia Rapper Strives to Serve His Community, Opens Daycare
When Anthony “Dappa” Samuels resigned from his accounting job in 2017, it coincided with a new career endeavor, writes Abigail Adams for People. A rapper and musician, leaving his former job set the table for him to become the co-founder of Young With Options Academic Center, a daycare center with facilities in West Philadelphia…
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Temple University is Planning to Construct a New Media and Performing Arts Building
Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communication and Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts will soon be housed in a single new structure, writes Jake Blumgart for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The new facility will be located at 1830 North Broad Street, on the west side, which currently holds primarily athletic and recreational…
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Temple University Aims to Name Its Next President This Coming Spring
Temple University aims to have its next president in place for the start of the 2024-25 academic year, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The North Philadelphia institution outlined a process in the search for the president on Thursday which includes the naming of a Temple-affiliated search advisory committee and the hiring of…
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Two Philadelphia Sites Are Among America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently unveiled its 2023 list of America’s Eleven Most Endangered Historic Places, and two Philadelphia sites have found their spot among them, writes Ron Bernthal for Global Traveler. A North Philadelphia rowhouse on West Diamond Street in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, built in 1871, was home to Henry Ossawa Tanner,…
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