TUgrad12

Despite struggling economy, optimism, opportunity prevail
Type: News Story
Soon-to-be Temple grads are approaching the nation's stagnant job market with an optimistic outlook and a willingness to go beyond the traditional career search to find new opportunities.
May 8, 2012
Commencement ceremony chairs are set to a T
Type: News Story
Preparations for the university's 125th Commencement began in earnest yesterday, as crews set cherry and white chairs in a Temple "T" pattern in advance of the 10 a.m. Thursday event in the Liacouras Center.
May 8, 2012
Film grad hopes her work will change perception of OCD
Type: News Story
Alyssa Lomuscio, B.A., Film and Media Arts. Fencing Athlete Alyssa Lomuscio has spent senior year working on the film, "A Jaded Life" which she wrote and directed for her senior thesis project. The film chronicles a young man’s struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
May 7, 2012
Student speaker draws from personal experience to offer message of hope
Type: News Story
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.
May 7, 2012
Mortensen connects dots between social work and planning
Type: News Story
Christina Mortensen, M.S., Community and Regional Planning. Mortensen was among the few hundred selected this year for the Presidential Management Fellows program, a prestigious two-year paid government fellowship that provides her with the opportunity to work with a variety of United States government agencies.
May 4, 2012
Bio major helps improve the community, one student at a time
Type: News Story
Gary Cheung, B.S., Biology. Cheung spent his years at Temple volunteering for Squash Smarts, a unique after-school program that mixes athleticism with education. The experience helped him realize that he has a passion for teaching and that he wants to continue to work in a field that helps serve urban youth.
May 4, 2012
TSG leader shows passion for pageants and politics
Type: News Story
Elliot Griffin, B.A., Journalism. Griffin has spent her senior year as a leader within Temple Student Government, representing Temple students and leading campus-wide advocacy campaigns.
May 4, 2012
After 12-year juggling act, journalism grad moves on to the Times
Type: News Story
Kia Gregory, B.A., Journalism. After balancing classes with a job at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Gregory was offered a job with The New York Times as the Harlem beat reporter, where she will cover the politics, the schools, the people, the tone and the tenor of the neighborhood.
May 4, 2012
Anthropology grad’s work reveals city’s hidden Vietnamese culture
Type: News Story
Michael Austin Argentieri, B.A. Anthropology. During his time at Temple, Austin Argentieri became part of a unique collaborative research project to produce a visual ethnography of the Vietnamese community in Philadelphia.
May 4, 2012
Landscape architecture standout leads by example
Type: News Story
Diana Fernandez, B.S. Landscape Architecture. Fernandez was able to combine her leadership skills with a love of design and drawing, which led her to discover architecture as a potential career.
May 4, 2012
Grad gives the gift of college and gets even more in return
Type: News Story
Pamela Keats, B.A., Psychology. Keats volunteered to be a mentor through Temple's Institute on Disabilities's Academy for Adult Learning.
May 3, 2012
In work, in life, Ambler grad walks the talk of sustainability
Type: News Story
Julia McCabe, M.S. Community and Regional Planning. At Temple Ambler, McCabe, 36 from Upper Dublin, Pa., is president of the Temple Planning Student Organization, co-chair of the Ambler Campus Sustainability Council and a research assistant with the Center for Sustainable Communities.
May 3, 2012
Faculty connection puts T-shirt entrepreneur on path to success
Type: News Story
Vincent Sannuti, B.A.A. Legal Studies. In May 2010, Sannuti and his brother launched Aphillyated Apparel, a clothing and merchandise company with a Philadelphia flair.
May 3, 2012
Professed ‘loudmouth’ makes a statement in cosmetics industry
Type: News Story
Rachel Furman, B.B.A. Marketing. Furman launched her own cosmetics line, NAKIID, during her senior year.
May 3, 2012
Passion for promotion drives SCT grad to new heights
Type: News Story
Nicole Ianni, B.A. Strategic Communications. Ianni is heading to Washington DC with a job in the Humane Society.
May 3, 2012
Law grad plans to pursue her passion in public interest law
Type: News Story
Kara Forsythe Morse, J.D., Law. After graduation, Morse hopes to pursue public interest law in her hometown of Seattle, Washington.
May 3, 2012
Chemistry major reflects on days of wine and lasers
Type: News Story
Laine Radell, B.S. Chemistry. Radell has worked Chemistry Chair Robert Levis in investigating the interaction of the ultra intense laser beams with biological systems.
May 3, 2012
Med student helped underserved from Philly to New Mexico
Type: News Story
Akhila Vasthare, M.D., Medicine. In between studying for medical classes, Vasthare focuses on improving the health of the surrounding community.
May 3, 2012
Bio major discovers a future at sea
Type: News Story
Cheryl Doughty, B.S. Biology. Doughty spent seven days in 2010 collecting and preserving deep water coral specimens in the Gulf of Mexico.
May 3, 2012
Tyler grad is driven by passion for ideas
Type: News Story
Elisa Mosley, B.A., Art. One of Mosley's best known undertakings includes the creation of AKA, "the box" structure her erected with two classmates at the entrance to Tyler.
May 3, 2012
Pioneering a cappella group’s seniors reach their coda
Type: News Story
Rebecca “Bexx” Rosenbloom, Mus Ed and Voice, Boyer College of Music and Dance; Rachel Pogolowitz, Judaic Studies, College of Liberal Arts; Marguerite Zacharovich, Psychology and Economics, College of Liberal Arts. The seniors of the co-ed singing group Owlcappella prepare for graduation.
May 3, 2012
"I didn't want to run away": Study abroad student recalls Japan's 3/11 tragedy
Type: News Story
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
Entertainment industry veteran to receive Temple honorary degree
Type: News Story
Temple University alumnus and entertainment business legend Larry Magid will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Temple during the 125th Commencement Ceremony on May 10 in the Liacouras Center.
April 17, 2012