Ambler
joins statewide recycling contest
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Deputy
Secretary Eric Thumma, at the podium, praised Ambler’s
participation in the statewide recycling initiative. |
Each
Pennsylvanian generates five pounds of trash every day, according
to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Much of that
trash, however, can be recycled, saving natural resources, reducing
pollution and avoiding the unnecessary use of landfills.
In
an effort to increase the amount of recyclable material collected
in Pennsylvania, Temple University Ambler has joined the DEP’s
first “Rush to Recycle Challenge.”
DEP
Deputy Secretary Eric Thumma and the DEP’s “Pennsylvania
Recycling Team” visited Ambler earlier this month to kick off
the challenge, which will run through November 30.
“Rush
to Recycle is a challenge to Pennsylvania universities to practice
what they preach,” said Jeffrey Featherstone, director of the
Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC) at Temple Ambler and program
director of the community and regional planning department...more
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OLL
program offers workshop for TAs
While
teaching technologies have become almost ubiquitous, teaching
about the use of those technologies is less pervasive.
Temple has provided such training for professors for years.
Now, the OnLine Learning (OLL) program is offering sessions
to teaching assistants as well...more
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Music
majors on the rise in local scene
Temple students Chrissie Loftus and Nina Prendergast are just
like many college underclassmen. They go to class, study hard,
practice a lot (they’re music majors) and daydream about
being professional musicians someday...more
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Daylong
forum probes Iraq issues
The
Temple Issues Forum Debate and Discussion Club (TIF D&D)
will present an all-day discussion series, titled “Invading
Iraq: Preventing or Creating a Catastrophe,” today from
10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Shusterman Hall...more
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Fencing
coach inducted to hall of fame
Nikki
Franke, Temple’s fencing director and a health studies
professor, was inducted into the International Women’s
Sports Hall of Fame on Monday at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
in New York City...more
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CD-ROM
aims to ease patients' concerns about prostate cancer
When
a man is first diagnosed with prostate cancer, the initial visit
to the doctor becomes a blur. The patient now faces complex
decisions about treatment, but formulating adequate questions
is often difficult...more
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