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\nTemple Board of Trustees approves “Forward With Purpose” Strategic Plan Jan. 28. | FILE \/ THE TEMPLE NEWS<\/p>\n
\nTemple Board of Trustees approves “Forward With Purpose” Strategic Plan Jan. 28. | FILE \/ THE TEMPLE NEWS<\/p>\n
\t<\/p>\n \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> <\/a> \t\t\t \t<\/a><\/p>\n Temple\u2019s Board of Trustees approved the university\u2019s latest strategic plan, Forward with Purpose: Temple Strategic Plan, in its Jan. 28 meeting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The project intends to elevate the university\u2019s national standing as an urban public research university by Temple\u2019s 150th anniversary in 2034. The plan includes a new campus development initiative, a rebranding strategy and educational advancement. The university will also expand its honors program to an honors college through philanthropic contributions.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe introduction of the strategic plan is really a watershed moment for us as an institution,\u201d said President John Fry during the Board of Trustees meeting. \u201cIt has been no secret that I am very confident when it comes to the university and its potential to set the standard as one of the most consequential urban research universities in the nation. And now we have the blueprint to help guide us towards that goal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Building Connections, the campus development plan, includes construction of a new residence hall at Broad and Norris streets \u2013 the former home of Peabody Hall \u2013 and renovations to Johnson and Hardwick Halls. The plan also outlines the creation of a new STEM research facility as a reimagination of the Biology Life Sciences Building. University administration will decide whether to build or remodel an existing building in the coming months.\u00a0<\/p>\n It also outlines plans to develop Main Campus\u2019 greenspaces by adding greenery near the site of the Caroline Kimmel Pavillion for Arts and Communication and a quad adjacent to the Bell Tower, where Beury Hall stands.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Beury\u2019s demolition will begin this summer. Plans for a quad at the site were first introduced in the university\u2019s 2014 Visualize Temple plan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n They also outlined plans to create a multi-use building that will include student housing, retail, recreation spaces and learning facilities.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n At Temple\u2019s Health Science Campus, the plan creates a new ambulatory care center and expands the existing medical research building as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n The university plans to use these developments alongside the recently acquired properties in Center City and on Girard Avenue to facilitate a \u201cmulti-dimensional innovation corridor\u201d along Broad.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAs part of this plan we have worked to reimagine our role as a catalyst and a partner, especially a partner, along Broad Street, which represents the spine of Philadelphia,\u201d Fry said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Temple also plans to continue its rebranding initiative under the \u201cTemple Made\u201d slogan. The initiative was launched in October as a relaunch of the initial Temple Made campaign in 2012 and included new advertisements across Philadelphia as well as spotlights on notable alumni.\u00a0<\/p>\n Temple will develop more specific metrics and timelines for the Strategic Plan now that it has been approved by the BOT.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> <\/a> \t\t\t \t<\/a><\/p>\n
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