Global Temple
The Kornberg School of Dentistry recently unveiled a seven-foot, 800-pound bronze “Tree of Peace” sculpture created by UNESCO Artist for Peace Hedva Ser in recognition of the school's efforts to secure peace by improving oral health around the world.
May 14, 2012
Latoya Stroman, B.A., Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media. In her first semester, Stroman got her start anchoring and reporting with TUTV, Temple’s television station. As a junior, she was accepted to study abroad at the School of Communications and Theater's Study Away program in London. While there, she interned at Shorts International, a film company, which has offered her employment upon graduation.
May 7, 2012
Marissa A. Polachek, B.A., Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media. Polachek had always dreamed about studying abroad in Japan. In Spring 2011, her dream came true and she traveled to Temple University, Japan Campus, in Tokyo. She couldn't have known that she was about to live through one of the worst natural disasters in history.
May 4, 2012
On April 26, Singapore’s Minister of State for Education and Defense, the Honorable Lawrence Wong, and a delegation from the Ministry of Education called on Temple to discuss best practices for delivering education to non-traditional adults. "Singapore is a leader in higher education, and Temple is happy to exchange our knowledge base with the Singapore Ministry of Education,” said Temple Provost Richard Englert.
Temple has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Brazilian Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education committing to host more Brazilian study abroad students at Temple through Brazil’s Science Without Borders Program. The document was signed at a conference hosted by the Government of Brazil at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to explore U.S.-Brazil cooperation in business and education.
Dancers, musicians and artists took the stage to highlight the unique cultural attributes of their respective countries during last week's Celebration of Globalization. At the event, Temple President Ann Weaver Hart and Nancy Gilboy, president and CEO of the Philadelphia International Visitors Council, were presented with the Global Temple and Global Philadelphia Awards, respectively, for their outstanding work in expanding the international relevancy of Temple and the city at large.
Temple’s Office of Education Abroad has expanded its exchange programs to offer students the opportunity to study more curricular options in more locations. The programs enable Temple students to have a full academic and cultural immersion experience, sitting in classrooms with students from the host country, engaged in a different educational system and taking full advantage of student life.
Temple CIBER, based at the Fox School, offers short-term study abroad to attract students who are typically underserved in study abroad: males, minority students, athletes and certain majors that have lockstep curriculum that makes it difficult to spend a summer or semester abroad.
In addition, many participants have never left the country before their short-term study abroad experience but then enroll in a second study abroad program, according to Kim Cahill, director of Temple CIBER and the Institute of Global Management Studies.
A new global living and learning community that brings together American and international students to live in Temple Towers residence hall is among the university's efforts to make campus friendlier for international students. Temple's Office of International Affairs hopes to double the number of international students coming to Temple, and the number has topped 2,000 for the first time — a 6 percent increase over last year.
To address the city of Pisco, Peru's lack of social resources for children as it rebuilds after a devastating earthquake, Boyer student Elizabeth Moulthrop began the Pisco Music Program, an after-school music enrichment class that offers lessons on the recorder and handmade percussion.
Nearly 40 faculty and administrators are participating in Temple's International Educator’s Academy, a university-wide professional development program that promotes international education, research, cultural competence and entrepreneurial efforts.
At a Career Center program Tuesday, representatives from the United Nations offered Temple students advice on how to best prepare to compete for jobs and internships, such as one second-year Temple Law student John Iannacone served with the UN’s World Food Program last summer in Rome.
In her new book, China’s Regulatory State: A New Strategy for Globalization, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies Roselyn Hsueh examines China's distinctive integration into the international economy and finds that its free market growth has been carefully managed by its Communist leaders.
