Community Engagement

Temple faculty members Thilo Kunkel and Subodha Kumar available to discuss how celebrities, athletes and organizations can engage audiences during COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA, April 6, 2020 — The NBA is postponed indefinitely. Concerts have been canceled. And who knows when we’ll see another Hollywood blockbuster in theaters.  So how are celebrities and athletes supposed to engage […]

Temple University Hospital is calling for donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients continues to grow in North Philadelphia and the surrounding region in the coming days and weeks. To help keep vital front-line emergency personnel healthy and able during the crisis, Temple University’s  Fox School of Business is […]

“We have the Internet of Everything but not the inclusion of everyone,” says Ajaypal Singh Banga, CEO of MasterCard. Members of the Temple University community echo that sentiment, and many shape their careers on working to change it. We spoke with students and alumni who are working to create a more inclusive, accessible society through […]

PHILADELPHIA, March 24, 2020 — Steve Balsam is not a baseball player, but he has the instincts of one.  “Sometimes you just react. It’s like when you see a fastball coming at you and you duck. You just know to do it. To me, this was like that. I said, ‘They’re closing down our physical […]

When Temple University made the decision to go completely to online learning due to COVID-19, little changed for students in the Fox School’s Online MBA program. That’s because these students had already been attending classes online.  What did change, however, was the client and live consulting project students would be working on in their capstone […]

What would happen if Temple University disappeared into thin air? OVER 29,000 STUDENTS RECEIVING HIGHER EDUCATION  43,000 JOBS STATEWIDE  $205 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE FOR PENNSYLVANIA  $82 MILLION IN CHARITY, PROVIDED BY TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM’S HOSPITALS  POOF. GONE.  Temple, like other research institutions across the U.S., acts as a significant economic engine for Philadelphia. […]

This winter, the Department of Theater will embark on its second round of an innovative playwriting initiative—commissioning and producing a world premiere play—thanks to Fox alumnus David Steele, BBA ’91. In 2016, Steele, the founder and CEO of One Wealth Advisors in San Francisco, established the Playwright Residency Program at Temple University’s Department of Theater. […]

One by one, members of a community caught in the center of the gun violence crisis came to the table, adjusted the microphone and told their stories. Leaning in and listening intently were several members of Pennsylvania’s Special Council on Gun Violence, all seated in a large, second-floor room at the Lewis Katz School of […]

The issue of food insecurity at college is one that often goes unnoticed. For most, the burden of paying tuition is undeniably overwhelming—but many do not realize that there are students who have to choose between lunch or textbooks. Luckily, groups at Temple University are working to bring more awareness and assistance to those in […]

At the Social Entrepreneurship Summit, profits and people go hand in hand. The third annual summit, hosted by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI) at the Fox School of Business, is focused on supporting entrepreneurship initiatives that make a positive impact on both Temple University and the Philadelphia region. The summit gives students a space […]

“You don’t get the same effect when you are exclusively in a classroom,” says current Fellow Colin O’Shea. Learning by doing is the way Temple University’s Fox Board Fellows get things done.  Since 2011, more than 95 nonprofit organizations in the Philadelphia area have benefitted from the work done by more than 180 graduate students […]

For more than a year, representatives of the Fox community have been working to pave the path for the school’s future. Since announcing the Fox Strategic Plan 2025 in October, Dean Ronald Anderson and the school’s leadership team have been planning ways to support the four pillars that outline our future. As the Fox School […]

Temple University’s Fox School of Business is expanding its partnership with the Freire Charter School System to offer Philadelphia high school students the opportunity to learn that they can thrive in higher education. Two young men are playing “Connect Four” at the back of a room on the first floor of 1810 Liacouras Walk. They […]

Fox School students understand the importance of business and philanthropy working hand-in-hand. Amanda Carey, director of outreach for College Council, oversees all student professional organizations and serves as a liaison between organizations and the university. To celebrate National Philanthropy Day, she discusses student professional organizations (SPOs) at the Fox School and their commitment to building […]

The Fox School of Business prides itself on creating a community that helps students thrive long after graduation. The reformation of the Young Accounting Alumni Group (YAAG) shows that even after students graduate, they do not have to face the real world alone.  Co-presidents of YAAG, Melissa Cameron, MAcc ’18, and Eric Hamilton, BBA ’16, […]