Temple University Ambler Transfer Student Orientation

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STUDENT SERVICES

Temple University Ambler is a full-service campus with a vast array of offices and programs to assist students in achieving educational success.

Academic and Career Development
West Hall 109
215-283-1237

A dedicated, friendly staff of professional and faculty advisors help students develop a program of study that's best suited to their educational goals. Enjoy advisors who are knowledgeable in your field of study that can assist you with a career choice and help guide you through the course selection process. Temple University Ambler also offers full registration services to students, including the convenience of telephone registration. You can meet with an advisor, sign up for courses, and pay your bill entirely at Ambler.

Academic Advisors attempt to avoid errors when advising students about their program requirements, but schools and colleges cannot assume liability for errors in advising. Therefore, students must assume primary responsibility for knowing the requirements for their degree and for acquiring current information about their academic status.

Each school, college, and campus of the University offers a full component of academic advising for students. For many academic actions, the approval of an academic advisor or of the student’s dean’s office is required.

Please stop in to see us in West Hall 109 or call 215-283-1237 for an appointment. We look forward to helping you with your academic career at Temple University Ambler.

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Career Development
Patti Vorndran

West Hall 109
215-283-1237

Temple University Ambler’s Career Development Coordinator will discuss job search strategies and help you develop a résumé, meet potential employers, and improve your interviewing skills. The office features career fairs, programs highlighting various majors, a career library, on-campus job placement assistance and general career advising. The office maintains current directories of the business, education, and government sectors to help students find names, addresses, and positions of potential employers.

Extern Programs
West Hall 109
215-283-1237

This program offers students an opportunity to explore options in a “real-world” professional setting. Students accepted into the program shadow an employer-sponsor and attend a class during the Winter Break period -- usually the first, full two weeks in January. Students accepted as Externs also attend workshops on résumé writing and interviewing techniques. Upon completion of the entire program, i.e. both the work experience, classroom assignments, and workshops, students earn 2-3 credits.

Center for Student Professional Development
West Hall 115
215-283-1394

The Fox School of Business and Management advising offices and the Center for Student Professional Development (CSPD) provide a career development curriculum, freshman seminar, and leadership development opportunities with local chapters of national business organizations. CSPD is a "must" for business students who want to be on the cutting edge!

Disability Resources and Services (DSR)

Susan McCaffrey
West Hall 109
215-283-1237 or 215-283-1246 (TTY)

Our goal is to provide an environment where students with disabilities can reach their educational goals through appropriate academic adjustments and accommodations as mandated under the American with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Frequently requested accommodations include extended time for tests, test proctoring, notetaking, and adaptive computer accommodations and training. Ambler’s DSR coordinator is in close contact with the DSR at the Main Campus. These offices work closely together providing qualified students appropriate
accommodations no matter their campus location – whether it is an Ambler student taking classes at the Main Campus or a Main Campus student taking classes at the Ambler Campus.

Student Financial Services

West Hall 103
215-283-1403

The staff members at Ambler's Student Financial Services office are available to help traditional and adult students learn about loans, grants, work-study and other opportunities. The staff has all of the forms and paperwork needed as well as a complete list of application deadlines.

"Our staff is available to assist you with any questions you may have regarding your financial aid award."

Barbara Leopold,
Assistant Director,
Financial Services at Ambler

Diana Hermann, Secretary

Diamond Dollars
Cash Operations/Bursar

West Hall 101

Your University ID serves as a means of access to your Diamond Dollars account. Simply deposit funds into your account, then use your University ID all over campus to make purchases!

You can use your Diamond Dollars at any of the following locations:

University Book Store

All Temple Dining Services

Selected Vending machines

All Laundry Locations

Selected Outdoor Food Vendors

Parking Services

Selected Liacouras Walk Vendors

IBC Recreation Center

Student Health Services

Off-Campus Housing
Bright Hall 101
215-283-1425

Students in search of a place to live off-campus have a resource they can turn to for help. Each semester the Office of Student Life publishes a housing guide, which lists apartments and houses to rent or share. Please call Office of Student Life at 215-283-1425 for the most up-to-date list.

Tutoring and the Writing Center
Bright Hall 204
215-283-1440

Temple University Ambler's tutors provide free departmental tutoring in math and science. Hours depend on tutor availability. The Ambler Writing Center also helps students with questions regarding grammar, usage, style, and other questions. The Center also provides tutoring in writing skills. Online help is available at http://www.temple.edu/writingctr/

Duplicating Services

(At Ambler — The Copy Center)

Bright Hall 103

215-283-1427

Copying services are available to students on Main Campus in Conwell Hall*, Ritter Hall* and Beasley Hall*, and in Bright Hall on the Ambler Campus. These centers are outlets for the course packets that are prepared by your instructors. Check out their list of course packets at the beginning of each semester. The Copy Center can provide plain paper copies, copy cards to permit you to make your own copies at the copy centers and they carry a selection of paper and envelopes suitable for resumes. We can make copies of your class projects and dissertations, flyers for an activity, and transparencies or copies on color paper. At the Conwell Hall Copy Center at the Main Campus, we sell publications for using the many computing resources at the university.

Copy Center Job Opportunities:

Throughout the copy centers we employ a number of student workers as operator and office assistants. Students fill in for full-time operators during the lunch hour, staff the centers in the evening and deliver finished work to departments. Many students work with us during their entire undergraduate years. Contact Steve Gallagher at 215-204-1544 for more information.

ROTC

Major James Markert

Department of ROTC/Military Science

The ROTC may be able to augment your tuition assistance - Click here to check it out!

Student Health Services
Darwin Module
215-283-1430

Temple University Ambler's Health Services has excellent professional staff members to attend to all of your health needs. Providing clinical care five days a week, the Health Center allows Ambler students to drop in as needed to discuss their health concerns with nurses and physicians. Doctor visits can be scheduled and 24-hour emergency transportation is provided.

Confidential appointments can be made by calling 215-283-1430. No fee and no referral necessary.

Emergency Services

Call Campus Police at 215-283-1336.

Tuttleman Counseling Services

Tuttleman Counseling Services staff welcomes you.

Tuttleman Counseling Services offers you support for your important emotional, educational or vocational concerns. Assistance is confidential and free of charge. We provide an atmosphere that is informal and professional, where you can feel safe and comfortable seeking help. A wide range of assistance is available including counseling, support groups, literature, and educational programs and outreach events. Service is offered through five specialized units:

Psychological Services
Psychiatric Services
Campus Alcohol and Substance Awareness (CASA)
Sexual Assault and Counseling Education (SACE)
Conflict Education Resource Team (CERT)

On the Ambler campus, offices are located in Student Health Services, Darwin Module. Call 215-283-1430.

OWLnet

OWLnet is Temple's interactive web-based student system that gives you real-time access to most of your records. You can use OWLnet to register for classes, add and drop courses, substitute one course for another, view your roster, find an available
course, change your PIN, update your address information and make payments with a credit card.

You can also view and print certain student records including undergraduate DARS reports, academic history in a composite format (similar to an unofficial transcript) or single-semester grade reports, financial aid application status and awards, account
balances and billing history/detail. Your Student ID and Temple PIN or you Accessnet username and password are required to access information.

OWLnet information is "real-time" and available from
1 p.m. Sunday through 10 p.m. Saturday (except from 4 a.m. to
6 a.m., Monday through Saturday).

STUDENT ELECTRONIC INFORMATION POLICY

Purpose of Policy: Temple University seeks to employ state-of-the-art technology to facilitate communication between students, faculty, staff and administration. Due to the rapidly expanding use of e-mail, students can now take classes in an entirely online environment and can contact advisors and administrative offices without every visiting an office. This policy is driven by the convenience, accuracy, speed and cost-effectiveness of utilizing e-mail rather than printed communication. As a result, e-mail can now be used as an official means of communication within Temple University.

University Use of E-mail: E-mail can now be used as an official means of communication within the Temple University community. Therefore, Temple University has the right to send official communications to students via e-mail and the right to expect that those communications will be received and read in a timely fashion.

Assignment of Student E-mail Addresses: All students are required to obtain an @temple.edu e-mail address upon their entrance into the University. New students are issued an Accessnet username to be used as the first part of their @temple.edu e-mail address. All official University e-mail correspondence will be sent to this address. This address will be listed as the official address for each student in the student's records.

E-mail Forwarding: A student may have e-mail electronically forwarded from the @temple.edu account to another e-mail account at his or her own risk. Temple wil not be responsible for the handling of e-mail by outside vendors, e.g. hotmail.com, aol.com. Having e-mail redirected does not absolve the student from the responsibilities associated with communication sent to his or her e-mail address.

Expectations regarding Students Use of E-mail: Students are expected to check their e-mail accounts on a frequent and consistent basis in order to stay current with Temple University communications. Some communications may be time critical so it is imperative that students check their accounts regularly, just as they would be expected to check their U.S. mail regularly.

University Bus Service: Intercampus Shuttle
Student Life

Bright Hall 101
215-283-1424/1425

During the fall and spring semesters, free bus service is available to Temple students commuting between various University campuses. Stops are made at Ambler, Tyler, Health Sciences and the Main Campus. Free shuttle bus service between Temple University Ambler and the SEPTA railroad station in Ambler Borough is also available. Taxicab service between the train station and the campus is also available.

Schedules are posted in the Office of Student Life in Bright Hall.

Parking Regulations
Academic Services/Cash Operations
West Hall 101
215-283-1248

All Temple University students, faculty, and staff parking motor vehicles, including motorcycles, on the Ambler Campus MUST purchase a parking decal/hangtag at the cost of $57.00 per year. Decal/hangtags are sold at the Cash Operations, Room 101, West Hall. You will receive a $59.45 parking citation if you do not have a parking permit.

Please note: Parking Lot 2 is closed due to construction of the Ambler Learning Center.

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