Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Founded In 1966 sions; these 23

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Allied Health Professions Year The College of Allied Hea Professions became the 1 school within Temple Uni sity on July 1, 1966. The esl lishment of the college based upon the recognit ■ that the health care deliv I system was undergoing d I matic change creating a ni - for more and better educai health professionals. In calls for the establishment of i College, it was stated J only is the need for more 8 better qualified personij teachers and supervisors i I mediately pressing, but i I committee feels that Temi University has an obligatioii the Philadelphia Commun 1 and the Commonwealth I Pennsylvania to offer its $ dent population adequate e( cational opportunities in th J- fields. The Board of trust I: concurred with this obligati and voted to form a college educational programs lead to the baccalaureate degree nursing, medical technolq physical therapy, occupatio: therapy, medical records brary science and such ot] . specialities as may emerge medical and biologic kno edge advances and changes; Immediately upon estal lishment of the College the p - isting program in Medii Technology was moved ad- ministratively from the School of Medicine to the College of Allied Health Professions. In September 1967 the first class- es in occupational therapy and programs in nursing •: medical records accepting - ' their first classes in 1969. Thus, by 1969 each of the dis- a th sal for the Formation illege of Allied Health Prq isions was fully operatic owth and transformai jrked the development , ' e College from that poiri •ward. 3 n 1973 the Medical Reci )rary Science Departn anged its name to He cords Administration ' pre accurately reflect th lie nature of the profesf id for consistency with: ftional professional asso in designation. In 1984 jpartment of Medical T- flogy became the Def pnt of Clinical Labor lences, again to reflects binges occuring within ofession nationwide. Grci the College was seen in tablishment of a Masi igree program in Physical berapy in 1980 which joi ' ' ie existing Master ' s pro Medical Technology.! 81 the Post-Professi| raduate program in OccI bnal Therapy was operat ; with further growth oc in 1984 with the add! [ a second track for pre- Ssional graduate student Throughout its 20 year +ory the College has been mate in having leadershl the departmental chair anu Dean ' s level which has mc ' the programs forward. Al Andrews the first Dean ol College was and is a recogr| leader in Allied Health Ed — s is a r ! Amei ciety of Allied Health ssions which was established with the leadership of 1 aris of allied health as the isociation of Schools of Al- d Health Professions. Dr. ancis Pyne followed Aaroi| ndrews as the Dean on an in- rim basis before Dr. Frank usted was appointed to that jsition. During Dr. Husted ' s [ministration the College oved from its temporary fa- lities at 3525 Germantown ivenue to its current location i 3307 N. Broad Street. Ms. lice Sivak ably assumed th iministrative responsibilities r the College following Dr. usted ' s departure and served »r five years as the acting san. Dr. Mary Lee Seibert ined the College in 1981 and mtinues today as the Dean. The different facilities hich the College has occu- ed over its 20 year history fleets the growth and in- creasing range of the College. A row house at 3424 Carlisle ■:reet held the first adminis- ative offices while the De- irtment of Medical Technol- ry functioned in shared space ■ the Old Medical School uilding. The first facility to ouse administrative offices, iculty offices, labs, class- loms and the library was at )25 Germantown Avenue; a ' furbished meat packing icility. Over 20 years many out- anding faculty, staff and stu snts have been involved iw (veloping the College of All ed Health Professions. M roud history can be remem- ered because of each of them id a hopeful future is ahead ecause of the direction whicH , they have provided. 22

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College Of Arts And Sciences ' » - l II null ibil is soci- rresponse to the inexo- rable accumulation of com- plex information. The .urnan mind is capable of processing information into knowledge, and universities were created to help develop that capacity. Colleges of Arts and Sciences are the units dedicated specifically , to the liberation of the mind ' »at occurs when unordered Ination becomes coher- .nTunderstanding. The fac- ulty of the Arts and Sciences g ltt empt to help students Tnize the enormous ca- v,x»,y of every human to contemplate the past, un- derstand the present, and influence the future. Col- leges of Arts and Sciences of the major universities fulfill their missions through course work covering the ' d span from introduc- freshman courses to ad- ed work at the doctoral )1, and the array of courses associated with the Humanities, Natural Sci- ences and Social Sciences. ' leaders in government, professions, and the 1 commercial world frequent- ly are graduates of the Arts and, Sciences because the ly to think critically iiiu communicate clearly are fundamental for leadership. As our reliance on technol- ogy accelerates, the adapt- ability that marks the Arts and Science graduate be- comes increasingly important. - :% Temple University, a ma- ' niversity situated in one re world ' s largest metro- Ian areas, is ideally lo- d to fulfill the traditions of the Arts and Sciences ■ II PI H ■ m 1 1 24