Main Campus

• The Apollo of Temple: Phase I: The Convocation Center, including the Boyer Theater, opens

• "The Commonwealth Challenge, Plus" Campaign goes over the top with $46 million, surpassing the original goal of $30 million and the revised goal of $40 million, and a grand total of $47.5 million is reached

• New Student Residence Hall on Main Campus: 500 beds

• Shusterman Hall for conferences and seminars opens

• Student Recreation Fieldhouse on the Main Campus: Phase III

Student Recreation (All Campuses)

• Renovation of existing Student Recreation facilities completed on all campuses: Phase I

• Enhancements to Student Recreation facilities on all campuses: Phase II

Academic Priorities

• University Advanced Academic Technology Plan, including the new Library System: investments for 1996-97 and 1997-98 are $20.5 million

• Revision of Core Curriculum requirements for transfer students

• New program in Hospitality Management begins

• New 7 year joint B.S./M.D. and B.S./D.M.D. programs; new 6 year joint B.A./J.D. program

• Exchange programs with Hanyang University in Korea

• Establishment of Institute for Global Management Studies

• Provost's Committee on Academic Priorities: implementation of other key recommendations

• Administrative Reorganization of Schools and Colleges, proposed by the Provost in Spring 1997

• Establishment of a College of Continuing Education (or College of General Studies) aggressively to channel resources to pursue non-traditional student markets and sites

Student Services

• The University strengthens the Undergraduate Experience, as described in The Plan to Renew Temple's Mission
  
  

• Academic Resource Center (ARC) opens in March 1997 for academic advising of "undeclared" students on the Main Campus. Functional and physical consolidation of those services in convenient and refurbished areas.

• Two student services that traditionally were separated into two offices and frustrated students are merged into one (formerly "Student Financial Aid," and "Student Financial Services")

• Registrar's functions are simplified, with most functions decentralized within schools and colleges

• Restructuring and enhancing the Office of Undergraduate Admissions

• New Undergraduate Student Orientation Program begins

Undergraduate Admissions

• New Undergraduate students in Fall 1997 (Freshmen and Transfers) decrease by 5% (250 students). Rejections are up 32% over last year. Academic credentials of matriculating freshmen increase by more than 5%.

The Health Sciences Center

• The Temple University Children's Hospital and the companion Shriners Hospital for Children

• Health Sciences Library

Regional-Suburban

• Fort Washington site opens

• The Center for Corporate Education opens

• Degree-completion programs begin at 9 corporate sites of a major corporation

• Year 2 of 5-year "Plan for Advanced Academic Technology"

• WRTI-FM (Jazz-FM): strategies are implemented to widen the appeal of Jazz-FM to the entire potential listening audience and as a symbol of the University.
  
  
• Distance Learning (including on-line courses of study) offered in 10 fields, leading to undergraduate degrees

1998

Regional-Suburban

• Degree completion courses begin on site at area Community Colleges

• Temple University Ambler (TUA) becomes full-functioning campus with a wide range of programs and full service
  
  
• TUA becomes the hub for regional outreaches in Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Burlington, Gloucester, Salem and Camden Counties
  
  
• Expansion of Temple University Harrisburg and Temple University Center City, respectively, as hubs for programmatic outreaches
  
  
• Early developments of a "Temple University Higher Education System"
  
  
• Year 3 of 5-Year "Plan for Advanced Academic Technology"

Student Services - Academic Priorities

• The University's Co-op program becomes a University priority following review and revitalization efforts in Fall 1997 and Spring 1998

• The Apollo of Temple: Phase III: The Entertainment, Community, Parking Center opens

• The Apollo of Temple: Phase IV: Development of commercial, entertainment and retail parts (30,000 square feet) within Phases II and III - - in conjunction with private development of adjacent areas

• Interest of private developers stimulated in the blocks adjacent to The Apollo of Temple for hotel and conference center, restaurants, entertainment, and housing rehabilitation: Phase V

Undergraduate Admissions

• New Undergraduate students (Freshmen and Transfers) increase by 500 (10%) over Fall 1996 levels, with corresponding increase in academic credentials of Freshmen

University-wide

• "The Campaign for Temple" is officially launched

• Responsibility-Centered Management: Board of Trustees considers a new proposal on RCM, following university-wide discussions

• Temple -Affiliated Corporation for Auxiliary Activities: Board of Trustees revisits this issue

1999

Main Campus

• The Learning Center opens

• New Student Residence Hall opens

• Student Recreation Fieldhouse opens

• Renovated College Hall opens as Law School Annex

2000

Regional Suburban

• "Temple University System of Higher Education" serves the entire region
  
  
• Distance Learning, the Internet. and Continuing Education constitute a substantial part of "The Temple System"
  
  
• The Learning Center at Temple University Ambler opens

Main Campus

• Construction of 500 additional student beds is completed on the Main Campus

• "Temple Town" develops a personality of its own with 5,000 student and staff living within short walking distance of the Main Campus. [An additional 1,000 are needed to solidify "Temple Town" by 2002.]

Undergraduate Admissions

• New Undergraduate Freshmen increase by 200 over Fall 1999 levels, with continued increase in academic credentials