Nearly 40,000 runners, including many Temple staff, students and alumni, will pass Temple's Main Campus and Health Sciences Center on Sunday during the 34th Annual Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run. In addition to running the race, members of the Temple community will cheer runners on from Broad Street at Polett Walk, and podiatry students will provide foot care at the finish line in South Philadelphia.

For Great Teacher Award winner Mitrabarun "MB" Sarkar, teaching is more than a career — it's a calling, a moral imperative that drives him to continually understand what will make a true impact on his students both professionally and personally. The Fox School of Business professor of strategy and innovation offers his students an uncommon level of passion and a distinct point of view informed by his study of transformation in emerging markets.

What can an entrepreneurship major learn from participating in Temple Student Government? A lot, it turns out. In the latest installment of the student profile series, meet Ofo Ezeugwu, a senior in Temple's Fox School of Business from Maryland who says that although his responsibilities with TSG don't leave him much time to attend to his own needs, it "doesn't feel like work" when you love what you're doing.

Ofo Ezeugwu, a senior Temple Student Government officer and entrepreneurship major in the Fox School of Business, has developed a project intended to show local school children the opportunities higher education makes possible. Through the Kids-to-College program, Ezeugwu and a rotating group of students discuss the benefits of college with children at high schools and community centers across North Philadelphia.

As part of Temple’s renewed efforts to help students reduce and manage debt, four financial literacy courses have been designed to help students understand the complexities of college financing and to promote responsible budgeting. The courses explore topics such as taxes, savings, estate planning, major purchases, credit cards, interest rates and investments. Emphasis is also placed on managing student debt and understanding the impact of defaulting on loans.