Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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(m Temple ' s academic standards are growini every year. The average GPA of incoming freshman rose from a 3.20 m 2002 to a 3.29 currently, and the average class rank rose 5 percent from 2000. Smarte students require smarterfacilities.Theopeningofthe700- computer TECH Center in the spring of 2006 expanded the available computer lab space on campus by 75,000 square feet - the largest student computer lab in the nation. Curtis Hall was removed to make space for the new location of the Fox School of Business, Alter Hall. These new advancements have placed Temple on the Princeton Review ' s Most Connected Campuses list - proof that at Temple, GROWING in technology defmitely pmmotes GREATNESS. Academics 21

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i cadamic A professor lectures underclassmen in his nuicniecnniimics class in the Tuttleman Learning Center 20 Academics

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Professor Arie lectures her Joiinuili cielv class on hicis ii Pholo bv: Ei belh Parks (■ Emmell •1 tiiul So- lie media 22 Classes € Xp a h4i 4y C CiMKM C hyCM lA It ' s 9:20 in ihc niunnng, you slept through your nhn-ni, your first class started at 8:40, and you have a quiz today. The only reason you ' re awake is because your friend text messaged you to see what time you wanted to eat lunch. You throw on some clothes and sprint to class, hoping by some miracle your professor hasn ' given the quiz yet. Such is the life of college students. With the waning of semesters, it ' s hard to recall the enthusiasm that you began the year with, w hen your classes still sounded exciting and fresh. Temple students are much like the typical ew.