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President Hart Hello and greetings from windy Broad Street, the vibrant heart of Temple
University. There is a growing energy on Broad Street,
a vitality that has been reflected all around our campus this fall. I want to take a few
minutes to bring you up-to-date on the rapid progress of the implementation of Temple 20/20,
the physical transformation of Main Campus. Just behind me, construction work continues
at a brisk pace on the nearly $50 million renovation and expansion of Pearson and McGonigle
Halls. The steel is now going up for an additional floor, which will house our Division One basketball
practice facilities, classrooms and more. When completed next fall, a grand entrance
will greet our community of students, faculty and staff - as well as visitors from around
the region - as they take advantage of new retail and recreational facilities.
Temple 20/20 is also transforming the campus off of Broad Street.
For example, we broke ground in September for the new architecture building, adjacent
to Presser Hall. The architecture building will complete a Main Campus mini arts quad
that also includes the Tyler School of Art, the Boyer College of Music and Dance, and
the School of Communications and Theater. Planning is also underway for a very exciting
new facility that will dramatically enhance our teaching capacity in the sciences. The
new Science, Education and Research Center will be built on Twelfth Street, in the open
space between Gladfelter Hall and the Stay tuned for more information about this project
in the spring. Soon, staying tuned in to all of the activity
on campus will be as easy as turning on your television. TUTV launches this month, thanks
to a $1.2 million gift from the Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation. The digital facility inside
Annenberg Hall can broadcast in Standard or High Definition, and will give students interested
in a broadcasting career hands-on experience in the same environment they will work in
after they graduate. You did not have to turn to your television
to take part in MSNBC's political program, Hardball, which came to campus as part of
its college tour. Host Chris Matthews and his crew arrived on October 21st to host an
hour-long live broadcast from Liacouras and Polett Walks. Pennsylvania politicians and
political signs were plentiful, and so was the Temple spirit as hundreds of students,
the spirit band, cheerleaders and *** put on a display of energy and excitement for
the national television audience. That same day in Mitten Hall we honored national
news anchor Robin Roberts of Good Morning America along with several distinguished alumni
at the 10th Anniversary of the Lew Klein Alumni in the Media Awards.
Temple also shared the national spotlight with A&E television network, Comcast Corporation
and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as we hosted the first in a series of national
TEACH town hall meetings at the Temple Performing Arts Center in the historic Baptist Temple.
This fall has also been an exceptional season for our student athletes. Temple has been
represented in intercollegiate competition in field hockey, soccer, crew, cross country,
volleyball, golf, gymnastics and tennis - and all of our teams have performed with
distinction. The football program continues to build under
Coach Al Golden's leadership as the team hopes to surpass last year's success in the post-season.
And our championship basketball teams open their season November 12th in a double-header.
During game day, a steel construction beam for the new Pearson McGonigle complex will
be available for you to sign your names and be forever a part of this wonderful new facility.
I encourage you to come to the first game on November 12th and have a chance to make
your mark on campus. It seems hard to believe, but the closing
weeks of the fall semester will soon be here. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving
break, a successful conclusion to the semester, and a restful and rejuvenating winter break.