Student Success

August 2021

Image of Temple alumna Chelsey Lowe

Aug. 26, 2021

Temple alumna Chelsey Lowe influences Black lives in Philadelphia and beyond

Chelsey Lowe, CLA 14, has always been passionate about improving Black lives and supporting Black […]

Brian Mengini standing on Liacouras Walk

Aug. 18, 2021

The salt-and-pepper undergrad

It s never too late to chase your dream. Just ask Brian Mengini, who, at 49 years old, will begin […]

two medical students holding up their gift

Aug. 18, 2021

Katz School’s Class of 2025 receives a special gift

At the Lewis Katz School of Medicine s White Coat ceremony, held Aug. 6 at the Temple Performing […]

July 2021

Andreas Copes in front of a blue background, wearing a Planned Parenthood shirt.

Jul. 23, 2021

Student earns prestigious LGBTQIA+ scholarship

What began as a Temple TV show about queer people, for queer people, became a movement under the […]

Kirtney Metz standing in front of Charles Library

Jul. 14, 2021

Shhh … the Owls are researching!

Temple University often serves as a stepping stone for students to grow as scholars. Even as […]

Temple alumnus Ray Didinger

Jul. 2, 2021

Memoir of a sportswriter

50 YEARS AS A SPORTSWRITER. Ray Didinger, KLN 68, began his career as a sportswriter for the […]

Dockery wearing pink sunglasses and striking makeup as Ruth Canal.

Jul. 1, 2021

Dental student graduates in drag in viral video

Empowered by his eagerness to embrace any experience and his willingness to break some unwritten […]

June 2021

A Black woman in white tutu practicing ballet at a barre in a dance studio.
Brent Baum -  

Jun. 29, 2021

Exposing more African Americans to ballet

By Brent Baum

Chanel Holland, BYR 12, has been instinctively defying gravity with the graceful body movements of […]

Temple dentistry student Natasha Rockwell and her parents.

Jun. 23, 2021

Dental student shares heartfelt white coat ceremony with her parents

For years, Natasha Rockwell, CST 19, pictured what it would be like the day she donned her first […]

Temple alumna Nicole Jordan

Jun. 22, 2021

In a class of her own

Nicole Jordan, BYR 10, speaks three languages and is picking up two more. She knows the range of […]

Temple alumna Adjoa B. Asamoah

Jun. 11, 2021

Championing racial equity at Temple and beyond

When Adjoa B. Asamoah, CLA 98, EDU 01, was 9 years old, her father Kwame, CLA 99, took her on a […]

Image of Cecil B. Moore Scholars Program recipient Anyae Scott.
Brent Baum -  

Jun. 4, 2021

Meet Anyae Scott, one of Temple’s first Cecil B. Moore Scholars

By Brent Baum

Anyae Scott, Class of 2025, a Simon Gratz High School student-athlete who enjoys playing rugby, was […]