Campus Recreation 

Temple University’s Campus Recreation is the coordinating office for recreational sports programs on Main Campus. More than 4,000 students, staff and alumni participate daily in one or more of the various activities offered by our office. These activities include: intramurals, sport clubs, special events and programs, group fitness, adapted recreation, aquatics, student staff development, and informal recreation. 

Informal recreation includes activities that occur at the Independence Blue Cross Student Recreation Center, the Aramark STAR (Student Training and Recreation) Complex: weight room and climbing wall, Pearson and McGonigle Halls: pools and 3rd floor rec courts, the Temple Sports Complex, and the Geasey Field Complex.

Office of the Dean of Students

- CARE Team 

- Cherry Pantry 

The mission of the Dean of Students Office is to ENGAGE, DEVELOP, and RETAIN Temple University students. We provide holistic support, advocacy, and education, equipping students to succeed and thrive at Temple University. The Dean’s office provides assistance to students and their parents/families in an effort to ensure co-curricular learning and overall collegiate success. The office also responds to student emergency and crisis situations and serves as a resource to faculty and staff who have concerns about a student.

The Cherry Pantry is Temple University's food pantry, located in 224A in the Howard Gittis Student Center. The Cherry Pantry’s mission is to combat hunger in the Temple community by supplying nutritious emergency food while providing equal treatment to all who visit the pantry. The Cherry Pantry's vision is a Temple community where student success is not undermined by hunger.

The CARE Team (Crisis, Assessment, Response, Education) is comprised of diverse representatives from key student support offices across the University (ex. Tuttleman Counseling Services, Disability Resources and Services, TUPD, etc.). The members of the CARE Team meet weekly. Referrals to the CARE Team are coordinated through the Case Management Staff in the Dean of Students Office. The CARE Team will collect available information pertaining to the student and the situation from multiple sources in order to determine the most appropriate course of action. The CARE Team’s role is to determine effective strategies for addressing the concern and identifying the responsible parties for enacting those strategies.

*The CARE Team is not for emergencies. If there is an immediate threat to a student (either through self-harm or interpersonal violence) or the community, please call the Temple University Police Department at (215) 204-1234.

Disability Resources and Services

Disability Resources and Services serves Temple Owls with disabilities by empowering them to fully experience everything Temple University has to offer. We work with students who have learning disabilities, ADHD, mental health challenges, autism spectrum disorder, brain injuries, physical/mobility barriers, medical conditions, vision and hearing loss, and speech/language disabilities.

New Student and Family Programs

New Student and Family Programs oversees a variety of initiatives and events. These programs consist of:

New Student Programs

• Temple Preview
• First-year Orientation
• Transfer Orientation
• Transfer student programs

Parent and Family Programs

• Parent and Family Orientation
• Homecoming and Family Weekend
• The Temple Parent and Family Experience Portal and Newsletter
• Temple Family Council

Leadership Development

• The Owl Team (orientation leaders)
• NODA Internship Program
• Student Worker Opportunities

Student Activities

- Fraternity and Sorority Life

Student Activities is committed to providing programs, experiences, and leadership development opportunities that engage students in meaningful campus involvement. This co-curricular experience that enhances student life, celebrates diversity, promotes self-exploration, and broadens understanding of social responsibility.

We offer a wide array of experiences within the following areas Campus Programming, Fraternity + Sorority Life, Student Immersion Program (SIP), and Student Organizations. Within those areas, we provide the following opportunities: 

• Celebrating campus-wide traditions including Welcome Week, Homecoming, and Finals Breaks
• Developing an inclusive programming calendar
• Providing Student Organization support
• Advising the Programming Board and Student Government 
• Facilitating week-long service trips in communities across the globe
• Supporting leadership development by promoting principles of scholarship, leadership, service, diversity, and honor
• Offering resources for campus events and highlighting opportunities for involvement

Howard Gittis Student Center - Main Campus

Student Faculty Center - HSC Campus

As one of many areas within the Division of Student Affairs, the Student Centers play a vital role in support and development of students as part of the campus community. We cater programs and services to a large audience including campus departments, schools & colleges as well as the local and regional communities. The Howard Gittis Student Center (HGSC) on our Main Campus and the Student Faculty Center (SFC) on our Health Science Center Campus, serve as “living rooms” and as community hubs for formal and informal interactions. Lounges and food service spaces, and a host of other fun spots including Game Room, Recreation, and Cinema programs add engaging opportunities for students and more. We hope you take time to visit the Student Centers and partake in all we have to offer. We are much more than brick and mortar buildings. We are a living laboratory for co-curricular experiences and an excellent choice for meetings and conferences.

Student Conduct and Community Standards

The goal of Student Conduct and Community Standards is to administer the Student Conduct Code by reviewing student conduct referrals, charging cases based on the Student Conduct Code, meeting with students and explaining the conduct process, scheduling student conduct hearings, ensuring the completion of sanctions assigned during conduct hearings, overseeing the appeal process; create learning opportunities through educational sanctioning and outreach programming; utilize on-campus resources (ie: Campus Recreation, Tuttleman Counseling Services, Wellness Resource Center, and Campus Safety Services) when assigning sanctions; serve as a resource on ethical development; maintain conduct records and preserve the confidentiality of these records; provide data regarding student behavior in a way that will support intervention and educational sanctioning; serve as a resource to students, parents, faculty and staff regarding the Student Conduct Code and conduct procedures; provide professional development for students, faculty, and staff who serve as Student Conduct Board Members; participate in the maintenance of a safe campus environment; manage crisis situations.

University Housing and Residential Life

The mission of University Housing and Residential Life is to build transformative communities where students live learning, learn living, and inspire each other.