Community Engagement

What do you do when your internships have been canceled because of the global pandemic? Brothers Kaleb and Kolby Rush decided to create their own real-world experiences. Risk management major Kaleb, Class of 2023, and his brother Kolby, who recently graduated from Penn State, combined their complementary skills and interests to start Saint Rocco’s Treats. […]

Kourtney Thompson is on the path from student leader to business leader.  This week, Thompson, a Harrisburg native, will graduate from the Fox School of Business with a Master of Science in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (IME). Since coming to Temple in 2015 as an undergraduate at the Klein College of Media and Communication, Thompson […]

Experience in B4USoar program leads Cameron Johnson to take on mentorship role; Program has grown to include more than 45 high school students in two years  PHILADELPHIA, May 3, 2021 — When Cameron Johnson first heard the course title, “Creativity & Organizational Innovation,” she was skeptical. “It just did not seem like it would really […]

“So you have great experience—why did you leave your past job? Since that time, what projects have you completed?”  Many job seekers worry about being asked to explain employment gaps, and this anxiety is completely understandable. Whether this time is a result of being laid off or a decision to exit a toxic work setting, […]

Over the past year, businesses all over the world have been forced to go digital for their operations. For the performing arts industry, this has led to platforms such as YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Twitch and others being used to maintain connections with their audiences. Given this trend, how can performing arts businesses use digital […]

Through the Institute for Business and Information Technology, students create digital services and e-commerce for Merchants Fund clients affected by COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2021 — Eileen Teti was thinking 2020 was going to be her year. She was in the process of renovating Hair Way to Beauty, a Northeast Philadelphia salon she had purchased […]

New essay from Temple University faculty member Munir Mandviwalla and five industry executives offers an outlook for how various industries should react following COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA, April 2, 2021 — Business and industry as we once knew it has changed. What was their “normal” is likely not coming back either. As we move past the COVID-19 […]

Jayanthi Krishnan, accounting professor and Merves Senior Research Fellow, is ten months into her role as the senior editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (AJPT). AJPT is a highly ranked international journal and a publication of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association. As senior editor, Krishnan leads a national team […]

When Megan Kristel, BBA ’02,  founded her blog The Well Dressed Life in 2015, she did not expect it to become the primary avenue for achieving her goals of connecting with people and fostering a community in the world of retail fashion.       “I had used it [the blog] for traditional marketing. I thought, ‘I wonder […]

Like many good ideas, the first Temple University American Marketing Association (TU-AMA) Talent Show was born from a joke among colleagues and friends.  “There are so many people in our organization with cool talents. For years, we joked about doing a talent show,” says Kevin Cassidy, Class of 2022 and co-director of the Social Impact […]

Temple alumnus to pitch company during Friday, March 5, episode of hit television series PHILADELPHIA, March 1, 2021 — Since its founding in November 2017, Simply Good Jars has enjoyed quite the rise. The company’s Simply Smart Fridges were blanketed all over the city, present in gyms, hotels, coworking spaces and even the convention center. […]

In 2017, David Larsen, BBA ‘17, was in his final year as a finance student when he met up with Jason Jiang, assistant professor in the Department of Finance, and asked to pick his professor’s brain. This conversation led to a partnership with Professor Jiang and a published paper in a good academic journal — […]

With the release of his single, “Un1ty: An Anthem for Humanity,” Rushil Vishwanathan, Class of 2023, draws from the music that has surrounded him since he was a child. He comes from a musical family, but early on, he only saw music as a hobby. It was not until he started to sing, become more […]

As a business school, we want to continuously provide our community with the best options for small business shopping, whether you’re looking for books, makeup, sweet treats, art or cleaning services. Here are some of our favorite Black-owned businesses, comprised of Temple alumni, students, North Philly neighbors and more. Amalgam Comics & Coffee  Pound Cake […]

Your college transcript is more than a piece of paper. It’s a credential that shows an employer you’ve earned valuable skills, technical knowledge, and project experience in a team setting. The length of time you have devoted to learning is a testament to your perseverance. But what about niche skills you didn’t acquire in the […]