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Center for Student Professional Development

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM (EST)

Top Ten Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Temple…
(Advice from our Peer Advisors)

1. Utilize the many resources available to you- utilize the Teaching Assistant’s (TA’s) and the Tutoring Center/ Writing Center.  The TECH Center is an awesome resource too. If you need viruses taken off your computer, they do it for FREE.
2. Take control of your education and plan ahead- Temple is a HUGE university. Visit offices like Student Financial Services and Advising during off-peak hours (hint: peak hours are typically during priority registration and the first two weeks of each semester. Check out the Academic Calendar for dates: http://www.temple.edu/registrar/documents/calendars/). Also, make friends with upperclassmen to help you navigate the university.
3. Get involved in activities and clubs as soon as possible- take advantage of every opportunity (hint: consider joining an SPO: http://www.fox.temple.edu/org/).
4. Take advantage of your student status- there are so many discounts that you can receive in the Philadelphia area just by having your Temple ID. SWEET!
5. Check out other venues for books- use eBay, Amazon, book.ly  or local bookstores in the Philadelphia area. College bookstores can be a rip off so renting textbooks or buying books from upperclassmen tend to be a heck of a lot cheaper.
6.  RATEMYPROFESSORS.com – love this!
7. Center City is not hard or expensive to get to- if you’re losing your mind take a stroll down to Rittenhouse to relax.  Also, become familiar with public transportation and if you have a car on campus, pay to have it in a secure lot.
8. Dress for success- a suit is definitely a MUST, especially for Fox students.
9. Know where to eat- food trucks are amazing and cheap (especially the crepe truck by Tyler).  Sodexo and the Fresh Grocer are expensive for what they offer. The SAC is a little better than J&H Cafeteria because it offers smaller portions to help cut down on the “freshman 15”.
10. Things will not be perfect your first semester- your schedule may not be how you want it to be and you may not have the ideal roommate. You may not love every class you have to take or enjoy every professor, but you’re in college and if you want to accomplish your goals, you have to learn how to cope. You can do it- we all did!!

Contact our Peer Advisors at foxpeer@temple.edu, or visit their website: http://www.fox.temple.edu/cms_academics/dept/advising/staff/peer-advising/

FINALIST PRESENTATIONS & AWARD CEREMONY   

Thursday April 26, 2012

Alter Hall Auditorium & Undergraduate Commons

1801 Liacouras Walk, Philadelphia PA 19122

2:00 – 5:30PM

 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW

  

Temple’s annual business plan competition, the Be Your Own Boss Bowl, is one of the most lucrative and comprehensive in the nation.   Now in its 14th year, the BYOBB features three competitive tracks: Graduate Students/Alumni/Faculty/Staff; Undergraduate; and Social Impact Ventures.  The competition features aspiring entrepreneurs with concepts in information technology, consumer products and services, life science, clean tech, nanotech and more.  Over 300 senior executives support the program.

Please save the date and join us for this inspiring entrepreneurial event which also includes a networking reception.  There is no cost to attend, and you do not need to be associated with the BYOBB or Temple University to attend.
Investors especially welcomed!

 Presenting Sponsor

  ALAN AND DEBORAH COHEN

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    With additional support from Microsoft and  GoldmanSacs Gives,

Click here to RSVP today!

Click here to RSVP today!

 

July 22–25, 2012 Deloitte University Westlake, TX Give your future the energy boost it needs You’re hungry for real-world business experience, the kind that can lead to an exciting career post-graduation. Satisfy your craving at the NextGen Leaders National Conference, where you’ll learn about life in professional services, meet Deloitte professionals from different backgrounds and get a first-hand look at how diversity plays a critical role in our success. But that’s just the beginning… NextGen Leaders Program is designed to get you ready to lead. With extensive multi-year training, internships, scholarships and mentor guidance, we might even help you land the job of your dreams. Two-step Application Process: Deadline is February 29th ·         You must apply through Owlnet ·         Apply via our website via the instructions below by that date. Complete an online profile.  Instructions below: a.    Please visit http://careers.deloitte.com , b.    Under Students, click “Enter” c.    On the left hand side of the screen, select “Job Search” d.   In the keyword field, type “S12PHLND13JUL-NG” and submit job specific profile Apply Now

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Alter Hall 404

10:30am to 12:00pm

*Light refreshments will be available*

Do Ties Really Bind?

The Effect of Technological & Relational Networks on Consensus Formation in Multi-partner Alliances

 

Ram Ranganathan

Management Department

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

 

Abstract

Multi-firm alliances that develop technology standards are fast emerging as a preferred way of coordinating industry-wide technological change. However, little is known about the tensions underlying coordination within these expansive organizational arrangements as they attempt to forge common ground between firms with heterogeneous and potentially divergent capabilities. In this paper, I take a first step toward explicating such tensions by exploring firm-level factors that affect progress towards a shared standard. My arguments build upon strategic networks theory and I highlight how the multiplex nature of inter-organizational relationships has a bearing on firms’ conduct within standards committees. I study the influence of two important relationships – technological knowledge linkages and strategic alliance ties – on the voting behavior of 132 firms over a 14-year period in an information technology standards committee. I find that more centrally positioned firms in the technological network exhibit lower opposition to the standard as their knowledge is more foundational for developing the standard and resolving conflicts. In contrast, I find that firms in more central positions in the strategic alliance network are more likely to contest the standard – such positions already endow the firms with advantageous complementary capabilities that they can continue to exploit without agreeing to the technological change imminent with a shared standard. Thus, the influence of strategic network resources on coordination in a multi-firm setting differs depending upon the type of inter-organizational tie considered. Furthermore, when these relationships are considered jointly, centrality in the technological network moderates the opposing effect of centrality in the alliance network – firms that possess superior resources in both networks stand to benefit more from a shared standard, and thus exhibit a higher support for its coordination.

 

 

 

CELEBRATING TEMPLE’S MANY INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS; SHOWCASING TEMPLE STUDENT, FACULTY, AND STAFF RESEARCH, PROGRAMS AND CREATIVE

ACTIVITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Registration and more details at the following link: http://www.temple.edu/studyabroad/globaltemple/conference.html 

We are very excited about the depth and breadth of the offerings. Please share with interested faculty, staff, and students! The conference schedule is attached.

 

Global Temple Conference Schedule

Wednesday, November 16^th

Howard Gittis Student Center

All sessions will take place on the 2^nd floor of the Howard Gittis Student Center

 

9:30-10:00           Registration

 

10-10:50               Concurrent Sessions

 

1. 1.       Japan: Post-Tohoku Disaster Perspectives I
2. 2.       The Maya: Change and Continuity
3. 3.       Continuation of Breath: Reveal, Unpeel, Evolve
4. 4.       Internationalizing Higher Education
5. 5.       Study Away South Africa: The Challenges and Successes of Making Study Away Effective

• From the Ground Up: Reconceiving Japan After 3.11
• “The Japanese Spirit”: Nature and Culture in the Face of Disaster

• Mexico, the Maya, and the Fight for Indigenous Rights
• Mayan Language Preservation: Bilingual and Bicultural Efforts toward Aiding Indigenous Movements
• NAFTA and the Indigenous Maya: An Institutional Effect

• Systematically Leveraging Relationships to Facilitate Temple Internationalization
• Internationalizing in Difficult Times

• Collaboration and Contribution: Making Study Away Effective at Home and Abroad
• Biko’s Comrades: The Revolutionary and the Doctor
• Music and Expressions of Afrikaner Identity in the Rainbow Nation
• Documentaries and Storytelling in South Africa

 

10:50-11:00         Coffee Break

 

11:00-11:50         Concurrent Sessions

 

1. 6.       Japan: Post-Tohoku Disaster Perspectives II
2. 7.       Indigenous Peoples of Amazonia: Modernization, Globalization and Exploitation
3. 8.       Exploring Societal Change at a Time of Rapid Development
4. 9.       Internationalizing Non-International Classes
5. 10.   Preventing Domestic Violence in Costa Rica by Working to Change Men’s Images of their Masculinity
6. 11.   Music Culture and Change

• Japan’s Economy, Post Disaster
• Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Post-Tohoku Disaster

• The Politics of Shamanism
• War in the Amazon: How Petroleum Companies are Destroying Indigenous Communities and how the Natives are Fighting Back
• Indigenous Land Rights in the Brazilian Amazon: A Globalized Struggle

• The Agency of a Rural Community in Nepal’s Developing Mountain Tourism and Industry
• The Diet Dichotomies: Urbanization and Nutrition in a Rapidly Changing China

• Popular Music and Islam: Claiming Cultural Space
• Pisco Music Program: Using Music as a Vehicle for Social Change in Peru and Around the World

 

12:00-1:00           Posters and Exhibits

 

Exhibit 1:   From Ethnography to Picturing History

Exhibit 2:   The Politics of Disability in South India

Poster 1:    Health Insurance Status as a Predictor of Pediatric Weights-for-Age in Ghana

Poster 2:    Gender Inequality and Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia Post 9/11

Poster 3:   An American Epidemic Strikes Africa: Hypertension and Obesity in the Men and Women of Ghana

Poster 4:   A Model of Long-Term Treatment of Malnutrition

Poster 5:   Civic Scribbles

Poster 6:   Volunteering in El-Salvador: A Translator’s Perspective

Poster 7:   Effects of Firm Performance on Internationalization in the Restaurant Industry

Poster 8:   A Meso-Scale Geni WiMax Project

Poster 9:   Anthropologist to Revolutionize US Food System and Eating Culture with Mediterranean Influence

 

1:00-1:50              Concurrent Sessions

 

1. 12.   Research and Action in Latin America
2. 13.   Germany as Destination and Economic Model
3. 14.   Uses of Social Media and Marketing Study Abroad Programs
4. 15.   Primary Care in Cameroon, Africa: A Nursing Faculty-Student Exchange Initiative
5. 16.   Working for Change in Two Latin American Countries
6. 17.   Making the Intangible Tangible: Creating a Published Book from a Study Abroad Course

• The History of Maize: An Agricultural and Social Study Among Meso-American Cultures
• Corporal and Skeletal Modifications in Pre-Colombian Maya Culture

• The German Labor Market Reaction to the Great Recession: A Miracle Explained
• Living and Learning in Germany – Testaments to Success

• Social Service Initiatives in Costa Rica
• Social Entrepreneurship: College Students Turn one Trip to Nicaragua into Sustained Action

 

2:00-2:50              Concurrent Sessions

 

1. 18.   Indigenous Rights in Latin America
2. 19.   Improving Group Organization Among St. Thomas, Jamaica’s Production Marketing Organizations
3. 20.   Language and Global Change I
4. 21.   Building Programs Overseas: Preparing US-based Faculty and Engaging Student Populations
5. 22.   Higher Education, Internationalization and Change

• Indigenous Political Activism in Bolivia
• Latin American Contraception
• Linguistic Imperialism through Modernization, Globalization and Nation-Building

• Multilingualism and Educational Policies in Peru: The Case of Andean Spanish
• How Do You Say “When Will the World End” in Your Language? Notes on Forms of Time among Yucatec Maya Speakers
• One Grammar – Two Languages: Spanish/Quechua Contact in Santiago del Estero, Argentina

• The Effects of Privatization on Higher Education
• The Importance of Hybrid International Internships: A Pilot Program

 

2:50-3:00              Coffee Break

 

3:00-3:50              Concurrent Sessions

 

1. 23.   Women’s Health and Gender Roles in Rural Costa Rica
2. 24.   Language and Global Change II
3. 25.   Animal Compassion in India
4. 26.   Research and Social Action in Jamaica

• Language and Education in Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Indigenous Girls and Women in Guatemala
• Language Contact, Maintenance and Revitalization in the Guatemalan Highlands: Community and Family, and Kaqchikel Influence on Spanish

• Developing a Magazine as an Act of Development
• “Spare the Rod and Teach the Child”: Exploring Alternative Approaches to Punishment in a Third Grade Jamaican Classroom
• Resiliency and Teenage Mothers in Jamaica

 

4:00-5:00              Reception for Conference Participants and Attendees