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May 10, 2012 » News, Students

CLA Celebrates 2012 Baccalaureate Award Winners

Congratulations to this year’s Baccalaureate Award winners! Each year on the eve of commencement the College of Liberal Arts community gathers to honor its best and brightest students. This year several hundred family members, faculty mentors, staff and alumni turned out to celebrate 95 awardees. Among them, the group took home some $74,600 in gifts [...]

May 4, 2012 » Faculty, News

Jayne Drake selected as the recipient of the Virginia N. Gordon Award

Jayne Drake, Associate Professor & Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, has been selected as the recipient of the Virginia N. Gordon Award for Excellence in the Field of Advising from the National Academic Advising Association as part of the 2012 Annual Awards Program for Academic [...]

April 24, 2012 » Alumni

Art Wolk’s second book given “highly recommended” review by “Library Journal”

Art Wolk (class of 1970) had his second book, “Bulb Forcing for Beginners and the Seriously Smitten,” published on 1/1/2012. It has received universal acclaim from reviewers and renowned garden writers and was given a “highly recommended” review from “Library Journal. Aside from the text, Wolk also took the 350 full-color photos. His first book, [...]

April 20, 2012 » News

7 Students from CLA have been awarded participation in the Diamond Research Scholars programs.

The 2012 Diamond Research Scholars program participants have been awarded. 27 Temple undergraduates have been selected and 7 of those students are from the College of Liberal Arts. Diamond Scholars receive a stipend to support summer research under the supervision of a faculty mentor and academic credit during the fall semester to bring the project [...]

April 11, 2012 » Awards

2011-2012 CLA Baccalaureate Departmental Award Recipients

The departments within the College of Liberal Arts acknowledges outstanding juniors and seniors each spring at our annual Baccalaureate Awards Ceremony. The following students have been chosen to receive an award for a particular department. African American Studies Shirley Graham Dubois Award for Academic Excellence – This award is given by the African American Studies [...]

April 11, 2012 » Awards

2011-2012 CLA Baccalaureate Award and Scholarship Recipients

The College of Liberal Arts acknowledges outstanding juniors and seniors each spring at our annual Baccalaureate Awards Ceremony. The following students have been nominated by their professors and have been chosen to receive an award or scholarship. Awards Neysa And Arlin Adams Prize For Excellence In Pre-Law Studies Established by Arlin, SBM ’41, CLA ’51, [...]

March 27, 2012 » News

Syrian Documentary Film Festival Hosted by CLA

For two evenings last week, a Tuttleman lecture hall became part of an international film event. The event, hosted by the Middle East and North Africa Study Group at Temple and affiliated CHAT faculty members, was part of the larger Syrian film festival, Dox Box Documentary Film Festival. Given the current conditions in Syria, organizers [...]

March 27, 2012 » News

CJ Students Network During Mock Interviews

Representatives from all levels of the public sector gathered in Gladfelter Hall last week to conduct mock interviews with several dozen criminal justice students. Students in attendance chose from an array of interviewers including officials from the District Attorney’s Office and the Office of the Inspector General, state police officers and federal agents working with [...]

March 21, 2012 » Alumni

Alumni Gather for Private Tour of Yards Brewery

The College of Liberal Arts Alumni Association hosted a private tour and reception at Yards Brewery, Pennsylvania’s first 100 percent wind-powered brewery. In addition to tasting favorites like Love Stout and Philadelphia Pale Ale, guests were treated to a presentation by the Department of Geography and Urban Studies’s own Dr. Carolyn Adams. Dr. Adams was [...]

March 1, 2012 » Alumni

Join CLA alumni for a tour and reception at Yards Brewery!

Join us for a private CLA alumni tour of one of the region’s most popular breweries! Taste Yards favorites like Love Stout and Philadelphia Pale Ale and enjoy hors d’oeuvres as you tour Pennsylvania’s first 100 percent wind-powered brewery. Redevelopment Brewing on the Waterfront The Department of Geography and Urban Studies’s own Dr. Carolyn Adams [...]

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