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Is it possible to earn a Ph.D. as a dance scholar while continuing to practice as a dancer and choreographer at the highest level? At Temple, the answer is yes. In the latest installment of the Temple Made student profile series, meet Colleen Hooper (and then watch her perform in 'Somos' on Oct. 12).

In the semester's first entry in the "Temple Made" student video profile series, meet Temple football's double-duty special teams star and aspiring orthopedic surgeon Brandon McManus, one of the few players in the nation who serves as a placekicker and a punter — and who's earned the status of being among the best in the nation at both.

Travis Mahoney is the last Temple student-athlete to compete in 2011-12. The track and field star and exercise and sports science major is the only Owl who qualified for the NCAA Championships this week. In this month's entry in the Faces of Temple student profile series, learn what makes Mahoney's best event, the steeplechase, so unusual — and so painful.

In this installment of the student profile series, Fox senior Robert Lawton, Jr. talks about his accomplishments as general manager of Temple's student-run radio station, WHIP. Under his leadership, the station has dramatically increased its listeners by joining ClearChannel's iHeartRadio network, which has brought global exposure via the internet and mobile streaming.

In the latest installment of the student profile series, fourth-year medical student Akhila Vasthare discusses her motivation to touch lives outside the hospital by teaching a Yoga class that promotes physical wellness among middle-school students in a Philadelphia immigrant community.

Why is Temple a great place to be a musical theater student? In this week's installment of the student profile series, Eileen Aurelia McHugh says part of the answer is location, location, location. Watch the video to hear McHugh sing "What I Did For Love" from Temple Theaters' upcoming production of "A Chorus Line."

In this week's installment of the student video series, budding entrepreneur Nish Patel explains how participating in business plan competitions — including Temple's annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl — helped him launch a succesful apparel company called Verde Styles.

In this week's installment of the student video series, biology major Haley Gillis shares how her work in the Conservation Department at the Philadelphia Zoo led to her lead a project to prevent birds from colliding with Temple buildings.

In this week's installment of the continuing student video series, Social Work major Andrew Edgar discusses the opportunities he got as an intern in the Pennsylvania Capital Semester program and his desire to commit his life to improving society by developing public policy that touches lives.

As part of a continuing series profiling students and the opportunities available to them at Temple, David Lopez shares the story of how he chose Temple and why he is proud to be an Owl Ambassador.