Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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TEMPLE 20 20 2020 seems far away, but students are experiencing the changes now as Temple's campus starts undergoing renovations for the Temple 20 20 plan. The plan separates Temple's campus into four regions and each region has at least five renovations oi additions. The significant changes that students can notice around campus now include the Signature Building being built where the Student Pavilion stands now, as well as new residential living space on the corner of Broad and Cecil B. Moore. The renovations taking place at Pearson and McGonigle are also noticeable, but few students know what to expect from these changes. The executive summary of the 20 20 Framework Plan calls for 15 developmental goals. Some of these include increasing greer space, improving overall pedestrian experience, decreasing surface lot parking while maintaining or minimally increasing current parking quota and providing 2,000 more residential beds. The purpose of this Framework Plan is to provide a clear and executable vision for the development of Main Campus over the nexl 10 to 12 years, states the executive summary written in May of 2009. Temple is looking to become a destination campus, identified by a unique landscape. In an effort to achieve this goal while reducing Temple's environmental footprint , the 20 20 plan tries to use existing structures and landscapes to build upon. For instance, the Student Pavilion facilities that are being replaced by the Signature Building are relocating to the top of Pearson and McGonigle. Perhaps the most interesting changes students may notice include a new open grass area where Barton Hall currently sits. This new space is described as redefining Temple’s identity through significant gathering and play space. Another new residential living space named Northern Gateway Tower” is projected to take the place of Peabody Hall, Temple’s first on-campus dormitory. - Lara Taylor Strayer 024 Student Life

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Freshmen Juston Dougherty, computer science major, and Caitlin Pontoski, undecided liberal arts major, spend time doing homework in one of the many study lounges in White Hall. Few moments can compare to the moment your freshman self places a key into the doorknob...and slowly turns. Hidden behind the wooden door, your home for the next nine months awaits you. You realize that your life has changed, and that you are now a college student living in a residence hall. The bed, desk, closets, and bathroom all receive your personal touch, and your experience with residence life begins. Residence halls Johnson Hardwick, White Hall, 1940, Peabody, 1300, Temple Towers, The Edge and Elmira Jeffries become new homes for those beginning their college experiences. Your Resident Assistant, or RA, lives alongside you and other students. They are trained and willingto help duringthe transition period and throughout the coming semesters. Opportunities for social and cultural growth are everywhere. Icebreakers, floor meetings and organized trip days are posted on the walls. You are adjusting to your new environment. Fast forward a couple years and you are touring apartments off campus or in the city. Most Temple students are only guaranteed housing up to their sophomore year, so now livingoff campus begins. Everyone is ready to sign the lease, buy furniture and begin their newest adventure with friends made along the way. The location around Temple University may be different, but parts of the resident life experience remain the same throughout the college years. New friends are made, challenges arise, bills are paid and independence is tested. At the end of undergraduate life, memories of class, projects and long nights studying surely linger and have helped you grow. But, it is the time that you have spent living on your own that has helped shaped you into the person you are today. - Samantha Anderson I Student Life 023

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Students are witnessing Temple’s changes for the future first hand and renovations from the Temple 20 20 Framework Plan start taking place. PHOTOGRAPHED BY Sarah Anderton. Digital Rendering courtesy of the Framework Plan committee and OLIN. Student Life 025