Bilingual and Multicultural Speech-Language Club

President: Lisa Khmil - lisa.khmil@temple.edu

Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Hartmann

Language and Linguistics Club

This club meets twice monthly to discuss a variety of topics related to linguistics and future opportunities for students of linguistics. Guest speakers from Temple and the greater Philadelphia area are regularly invited to present their research or to discuss their experiences. Activities include:

• Movie screenings
• Talks presented by invited speakers
• Trips to area conferences
• Panels on topics related to career opportunities and graduate school

Student Leaders:

• Lauren Nolan - tui14608@temple.edu
• Alyssa Townsend - alyssa.townsend@temple.edu

Faculty Advisor: Jodi Reich

NSSLHA (National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association)

NSSLHA is the ​student branch of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and has both a national chapter and local chapters. Members of Temple’s chapter are graduate and undergraduate students looking to pursue a career in speech-language pathology, linguistics or audiology. Activities include:

• Information sessions on applying to graduate school, job opportunities, ASHA, etc.
• Social activities including guest speakers and group dinners
• Community service such as 5k runs and walks, sending letters to veterans, preparing meals for the homebound and more

Student Leader: Hailey Child - hailey.child@temple.edu

Faculty Advisor: Beth Levine

Sisters in Speech Therapy (SISTAs)

Student Leader: Yasmeen Twahir - yasmeen.twahir@temple.edu

Faculty Advisors:  Felicidad Garcia and Gayle DeDe

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Student Association (EBSA)
In EBSA, graduate students help guide the direction of the department, gain academic and professional supports, and build community in the department. 

Faculty Advisor: Marina Oktapodas Feiler

Public Health Beyond Borders
Public Health Beyond Borders (PHBB) provides a forum for Temple students interested in global health. Our aim is to partner with global communities to increase awareness about healthy behaviors and to identify disease trends through data analysis. Teams of undergraduate and graduate students participate in hands-on experiences and learn to conduct global work ethically and responsibly through faculty-mentored international travel. In addition, PHBB students engage in local projects around Philadelphia.

Faculty Advisor: Graciela Jascheck

Exercise and Sport Science and Kinesiology Association

President: Savannah Lee Kelly - tul17661@temple.edu
Vice President: Ahmad Nakib - tun23258@temple.edu

Faculty advisors: Ksenia Power and Daniel Rosney

Health Information Management Student Organization (HIMSA)

Student Leader: Grace Irvine - tug90421@temple.edu

Faculty Advisor: Karen McBride - kmcbride@temple.edu

Student Nurses' Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP)

The Temple chapter of  SNAP is the official professional organization for nursing students. All students are encouraged to join and have the opportunity to engage in community service activities throughout the year, as well as to participate in local, state and national meetings to gain information about career opportunities and professional growth.

Student Leader: Aaron Wasser - tug90346@temple.edu

Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA)

Student Representative: Juliana Looney - juliana.looney@temple.edu

Faculty Advisor: Susan Connor

Pi Theta Epsilon (OT Honor Society)

Student Representative: Kylie Crovetti - kylie.crovetti@temple.edu

Faculty Advisor: Amy Lynch

Website: https://www.aotf.org/Pi-Theta-Epsilon

APTA PT Moves Me

PT Moves Me is an outreach operation created under the American Physical Therapy Association's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative. The goals are to raise awareness of the field of physical therapy among local youth, recruit future generations of physical therapists by providing necessary resources, and promote diversity within the profession. 

Ambassadors:

• Tyler Daymon (third-year SPT) - tyler.daymon@temple.edu
• Alyse Turner (second-year SPT) - alyse.turner@temple.edu

Advisor: Jasmine Edwards

Doctor of Physical Therapy Student Association (DPTSA)

DPTSA is a student group consisting of all three years of the graduate students in Doctor of Physical Therapy program. The organization consists of student leadership along with various committees that engage in local and national initiatives to support the mission of the department and the profession.

Presidents:

• DPT 2024: Rachel Hark - rachel.hark@temple.edu
• DPT 2023: Sam Leonetti - sam.leonetti@temple.edu

Advisors: Andrea Branas and Patricia Crane

North Broad Physical Therapy Center (NBPTC)

DPT 2024:

• Clinic Coordinator: Alnisa Alston - alnisa.alston@temple.edu
• Clinic Mentor Relations Coordinator: Devon Headley - devon.headley@temple.edu
• Client Advocate: Alyse Turner - alyse.turner@temple.edu
• Outcomes Coordinator: Erica Molovich - erica.molovich@temple.edu
• Marketing and Communications Coordinator: Morgan Naiberg - morgan.naiberg@temple.edu
• Funds Officer: Jeremy Dupree - jeremy.dupree@temple.edu
• Operations Coordinator: Meghan Kane - meghan.kane@temple.edu
• Student Relations Coordinator: Hannah Maicher - hannah.maicher@temple.edu
• Community Outreach Coordinator: Elizabeth Sabatino - elizabeth.sabatino@temple.edu
• Regional Consortium Coordinator: Mollie Burda - mollie.burda@temple.edu

DPT 2023:

• Clinic Coordinator: Tamanna Khan - tamanna.khan@temple.edu
• Clinic Mentor Relations Coordinator: Benjamin Auerbach - benjamin.auerbach@temple.edu
• Client Advocate: Karolina Kening - karolina.kening@temple.edu
• Outcomes Coordinator: Jonathon Grube - jonathan.grube@temple.edu
• Marketing and Communications Coordinator: Emily Troy - emily.troy@temple.edu
• Funds Officer: Adam Hennessy - adam.hennessy@temple.edu
• Operations Coordinator: Nicole Koscielniak - nicole.koscielniak@temple.edu
• Student Relations Coordinator: Nicole Pitera - nicole.pitera@temple.edu
• Community Outreach Coordinator: Claudia Cuevas - claudia.cuevas@temple.edu
• Regional Consortium Coordinator: Rachel Abill - rachel.abill@temple.edu

Faculty advisor: Jasmine Edwards

Visit the NBPTC website.

Pre-Physical Therapy Club

President: Amanda Irwin - amanda.irwin@temple.edu

Advisor: Wendy Cheesman

Eta Sigma Gamma

The mission of Eta Sigma Gamma is promotion of public health by elevating the standards, ideals, competence and ethics of professionally prepared men and women in health education. The Temple University chapter does this by working as a team to provide our members with better opportunities. Our goals are to support public health initiatives, engage in research, promote professional ethics and networking, and provide health education about health risk.

Student Leaders: 

• Quinn McHugh - tug86545@temple.edu
• Adelina Ferko - tug01502@temple.edu
• Mckenzie Morrissey - tui43613@temple.edu

Faculty Advisor: Michelle Scarpulla

Graduate Student Council for Public Health-related Programs

This organization represents and advocates for the interests of graduate students at Temple University who are enrolled in public health-related programs, provides a forum for open discussion of matters affecting this community and provides financial and organizational support for social and service learning events within the community.

Student Leaders:

• Cynthia Roman-Cabrera - cynthia.roman-cabrera@temple.edu
• Elizabeth Chagnon - elizabeth.chagnon@temple.edu

Public Health Without Borders

Public Health Without Borders (PHWB), Temple University Chapter, is a student-led organization that creates health interventions on a global scale by partnering with communities and other organizations to improve health. Our mission is to educate the residents of our partner communities on basic health behaviors. We will be educating women, men, and children about topics to improve health and reduce preventable illnesses and injuries. In addition, PHWB prides themselves on giving students a hands-on-experience, enhancing students' professional development, and connecting aspiring public health professionals together. 

President: Nicole Holland - nicole.holland@temple.edu

Connect with PHWB on Instagram and Twitter at @temple_phw. Email PHWB at temple.phwb@gmail.com.

Alpha Delta Mu (ADM), Beta Rho Chapter: Social Work Honor Society

The purpose of ADM is to advance excellence in social work practice and to encourage, stimulate and maintain scholarship of its individual members. BSW and MSW students enrolled in Temple University's School of Social Work (online and on campus, full time and part time) are eligible for nomination. Please reach out to one of the leaders or the advisor for GPA requirements.

Leaders:

• Grace Ratkey – tuk94395@temple.edu
• Maddie Homer – tuk91845@temple.edu

Advisor: Sarah Matt

Social Work Student Collective

Including undergraduate and graduate social work students enrolled in all social work programs (online and on campus, full time and part time), the Student Collective represents a unified student voice that incorporates the diversity of the student body. The Collective sponsors social, educational and professional activities. Student representatives, selected by the Collective, sit on various school committees as voting members.

Leader: Lizzie Birmingham – tug39427@temple.edu

Advisor: Pam Mason