Undergraduate

After a long school year, summer at Temple is finally here! While many students head home, the campus keeps its arms open for Owls and provides many amenities for those living and/or working in the city. Whether you are a student taking summer classes looking for a quiet place to work, or hanging out with […]

Conducting research may not be at the forefront of many undergraduate business students’ minds, but that is not the case for one junior at the Fox School.  On Tuesday, April 5, Temple University hosted its Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity. The symposium gave undergraduates from any Temple school or college the opportunity to present […]

Practical experience. Personalized professional development. Excellent post-graduation placements. Leading researchers. The Fox School’s actuarial science program offers all that and more.  Those are just some of the reasons why the Society of Actuaries recently redesignated the Fox School as a Center for Actuarial Excellence (CAE). Now, the Fox School program is one of only 19 […]

This summer, a new program offered by the Fox School’s Department of Accounting is hoping to give high school students a taste of the industry. The Accounting Institute is a two-week summer program where high school students will have the opportunity to be exposed to the world of accounting and campus life.

The Fox School of Business places a strong emphasis on professional development and business communication. Recently, two teams of actuarial science majors have proven that building these skills paid off by winning two different business competitions.  On March 4, a team of six actuarial science students competed and won first place in the 14th Annual […]

Traveling around the world and living in foreign countries are just some of the perks of working as a U.S. diplomat. For Alicia Arendt, BBA ’08, her passion for travel and business management led her to the U.S Embassy in Bucharest, Romania.  Since 2008, Arendt has served at the U.S. Department of State. She began […]

Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs are an integral part of Philadelphia’s history. While Pew Research’s 2019 “State of the City” report found that they accounted for only 2.5% of businesses in the region, other sources estimate that 25% of businesses in Philadelphia are Black-owned when including sole-proprietors. With Black Philadelphians making up 40% of Philadelphia’s population, […]

If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it is that sometimes the smallest joys create the greatest impact. One silver lining of spending extra time at home was the ability to discover new passions or hobbies, some resulting in individuals founding their own businesses. There has been an upward trend in new businesses starting early in […]

Writing is critical across all business functions—from accounting to marketing to human resource management and beyond. In addition to working with numbers, careers in business often include conducting research, documenting findings and creating reports and presentations—and of course, writing emails. This is where refining your written and verbal communication skills is key. We sat down […]

Imagine taking your organization to a new immersive virtual world, instead of spending an immense amount of time on a one-dimensional platform like Zoom.  For Ethan Berg, BBA ’20, online learning spaces gave him the opportunity to break into the education space with his virtual platform, Agora. He developed Agora during his time at Temple […]

The 2021 holiday gift-giving season is right around the corner and there is no better way than to celebrate with some “Temple Made” gifts. Finding the perfect gift for the special people in your life is not always an easy task—but brands that Fox School students and alumni have created solve this issue. This holiday […]

Deja McClary, Class of 2022 and a management information systems (MIS) major, is setting a new course for the future of her family. A Statista survey from 2020 found that 21% of Gen Z students are first-generation college attendees. In fall 2021, Temple University welcomed the Class of 2025, which is the most ethnically and […]

The Fox School staff advisor for the Association of Latino Professionals discusses the importance of diversity and guiding future business leaders.

Many college students take their first year to acclimate to their surroundings and adjust to new levels of curricula. Instead, Rhea Kumar, Fox Honors student and a double major in Supply Chain Management and Management Information Systems, found one of the highest academic peaks she could summit. As a mountain climber in her spare time, […]

Learning authentically. What does that mean? In practice, it means being an advocate for your education and producing work that is honest, engaging and original. There are many paths you can choose as you produce your schoolwork, but the Fox School hopes our students use media literacy to understand what it means to produce your […]