Community Engagement

February 2017

Two volunteers shoveling dirt into buckets.

Feb. 23, 2017

- Community Engagement

Harvesting change during Global Days of Service—and yearlong

There’s something special on 11th Street near Main Campus. Walk north. You’ll see Edberg-Olson […]

Four students and teachers working together in a classroom.

Feb. 6, 2017

- Community Engagement

To combat identity erasure, students teach the teachers

A Temple program is helping high school teachers better understand student identities by flipping […]

January 2017

Two medical students showing middle school students a procedure in the hospital.

Jan. 27, 2017

- Community Engagement

From middle school to medical school

A group of doctors-in-training from Temple’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine are paving the way for […]

A student and an administrator getting their picture taken with a cell phone.

Jan. 23, 2017

- Community Engagement

‘Changed my life’: Program graduates step closer to dreams

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a quiet day at Temple University’s Main Campus, with one exception. […]

A student painting a wall as part of a service project.

Jan. 20, 2017

- Community Engagement

Temple’s presence hundreds strong in MLK service efforts

Gregory Bonaparte stood in front of a group of Temple students and laid out the ground rules for a […]

The Martin Luther King Jr. monument in Philadelphia, PA.

Jan. 16, 2017

- Community Engagement

Living the legacy, 365 days a year

Each year, countless Americans take Martin Luther King Jr. Day as an opportunity to take a step […]

November 2016

a man and a woman smiling and holding a frozen turkey.

Nov. 23, 2016

- Community Engagement

Giving thanks and giving back

By Jazmyn Burton

While many prepared to feast for Thanksgiving, a group of Temple students and staff spent the first […]

two firefighters teaching a female student how to perform CPR.

Nov. 23, 2016

- Community Engagement

Local students get a head start on selecting high schools

By Jazmyn Burton

A few weeks before the fall and winter holidays, anxious seventh graders start the process of […]

a man looking over forms with attorneys as his young son sits on his lap.

Nov. 16, 2016

- Community Engagement

Temple Law honors veterans with ‘Wills for Heroes’

By Morgan Zalot

This Veterans Day held a special meaning for Jason Noren, an Iraq War veteran and Fox School of […]

Ta-Nehisi Coates talking with a black curtain behind him.

Nov. 3, 2016

- Community Engagement

A semester on plunder

The word plunder may bring to mind images of battle ax-wielding Vikings or the plot of an action […]

Students volunteering at a local elementary school.

Nov. 2, 2016

- Community Engagement

Strong community ties

The eighth grade class president at Warren G. Harding Middle School in Northeast Philadelphia was […]

October 2016

A girl accepting candy.

Oct. 31, 2016

- Community Engagement

Avenue of Treats celebrates 10th anniversary

Over Halloween weekend, Cecil B. Moore Avenue transformed into a Halloween extravaganza. More than […]