As the "Temple Made" billboard on Broad Street proudly asserts: Temple students are "Real World Raised." They've cut their teeth on coursework that emphasizes experiential learning. They've completed academic programs with live-fire professional capstone experiences. They've had internships on campus working with faculty or staff on projects directly related to their career interests. They've studied abroad or participated in professional immersion experiences. And by making themselves what Temple President Neil Theobald calls "real-world ready," they've earned a competitive advantage in a tough job market.

Engineering graduates Vadim Linevich and Andrew Powell have been accepted into the prestigious NASA Robotics Academy and will spend 10 weeks this summer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The opportunity is a direct outgrowth of their involvement in the College of Engineering's Student Space Exploration and Environmental Systems Laboratory, which has offered them experience on a range of space-related projects.

At 73, Marie Meyer will complete a 25-year journey when she graduates from Temple cum laude with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She decided to enroll at Temple in 1988 after the passing of her eldest son Herbert Meyer, who had been a Temple student. "He never had the chance to graduate, so I decided to do it for him," she said.

Born and raised in South Korea, Jae Hyeon Lee came to America in 2007 as, essentially, a high-school dropout. After graduating from Plymouth Whitemarsh High School in suburban Philadelphia, Lee thrived at the College of Science and Technology where he participated in the Diamond Research Scholars Program and CST’s Undergraduate Research Program, earned a Creative Arts, Research and Scholarship grant and was a speaker at TEDxTempleU. This fall, Lee will head to Harvard University to begin his doctoral studies in physics.