For the past 35 years, students have benefited from Temple's partnership with the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust, a private foundation that has awarded the university more than $14.9 million to support medical research and undergraduate scholarships. Grants ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 per student are awarded to undergraduates from the Delaware Valley area in good academic standing whose financial need cannot be met by other aid programs.

Incoming Temple students who have served or are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces joined President Neil D. Theobald at the first annual Veterans’ Welcome Program, held July 25 in the Howard Gittis Student Center. Part of Temple's proactive outreach to veterans, the program was designed to help them navigate their way through the university, apply for their benefits and ask questions of Temple staff.