Mentorship

The 9th annual Douglas Maine Wall Street Day was held in late 2021 via Zoom. The event connects past and present generations of Temple Owls through a panel discussion and Q&A style forum, aimed at offering wisdom and advice to current Fox students from experienced professionals. Alumni that have gone on to work at top […]

In early 2021, the Young Accounting Alumni Group (YAAG) fulfilled a long-time goal in establishing the Accounting Mentor Program, spearheaded by Anne Engler, BBA ’10 and Joshua Kramer, BBA ’12 and MAcc ’13 and supported by Professor Steve Balsam. Twenty-five alumni connected with 29 students over the course of three months, creating regular opportunities for professional […]

When Valerie Spinosi Kimbrough, BBA ’12, was getting her undergraduate degree at Temple University’s Main Campus, life was busy. “I was a commuter student who also worked while going to Temple,” she says. “I didn’t have too much additional time for building outside networks.”  Since then, Kimbrough has used her planning and strategy skills to […]

Cameron O’Donnell, BBA ’19, transferred to Temple University as a sophomore looking for a major that interested him and provided unique job opportunities. After some searching, he found that accounting fit the bill. As O’Donnell says, accounting is “a dynamic, forward-thinking profession that provides the motivated and curious with opportunity.” Just one year into his […]