Week of March 24, 2025

4 key skills employers are looking for in 2025

What are employers looking for in today’s college graduates? According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, class of 2025 graduates should ensure their resumes include the following four attributes and skills.

Do you have these skills?

Cheer on Fox students at the undergraduate research symposium

The Temple University 2025 Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity will take place on April 10. The symposium provides ambitious, intellectually motivated undergraduate students the opportunity to present and defend their original research or creative work among peers, faculty, family, and friends. 

These seven Fox School students will be presenting their research:

• Janice Augustine, Charting the Future of Olympic Sports
• Nicholas Bortz, FedEx Latin America Customer Satisfaction Analytics Challenge
• Alison Park, Lunchie
• Blake Strong, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance - Uncomplicating Taxes
• Diavionne Musser, Consumer Motivations and Perceptions of Mobile Health Applications
• Byron Adlam, Procurement Project for Energy Drink
• Yuval Shumani, Movision: Real-Time Exercise Feedback for At-Home Physical Therapy

LGLS 3581 (Pre-law Internship Seminar) now accepting applications

The Pre-law Internship Seminar course in Legal Studies (LGLS 3581) is an academic course intended to give students experience applying conceptual learning to the real world of legal practice.

Learn more and apply today. The application form must be completed and uploaded to the following OneDrive folder Law 3581 Fall 2025 Applications. 

Course dates: The Internship Seminar runs in fall 2025 but applications are due by April 25.

Internship matching: If you are accepted into the course, you will be matched with an internship placement at a private law firm, government agency, nonprofit agency, in-house counsel/compliance department or judicial chambers and provided the opportunity to work on law-related projects and under the guidance of a mentor.

Recent placements: Students have been placed in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Chambers of a federal judge, PA Innocence Project, Education Law Center, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Community Legal Services, an Employee Benefits/Risk Liability Broker, and private law firms that handle business law, criminal law, and employment law, among others. Students may also take the course using an internship that they have secured on their own as long as it is vetted and accepted by Professor Leora Eisenstadt. 

Schedule: All students are expected to work approximately 8-10 hours per week at their internships. In addition, students attend a weekly seminar class covering a wide range of topics including: the economics of legal practice, the history and development of the legal profession, ethical issues involving confidentiality and attorney whistleblowing, judging and judges, and legal education, among others.

Course credit and major: Students receive 3 course credits in exchange for their participation in the seminar and on-site work.  Preference is given to Legal Studies majors and minors and to juniors and seniors but there are always spaces available for non-Legal Studies students and non-Fox students.

Celebrate Temple seniors with special gifts from the Alumni Association! Enjoy live music, snacks, exciting giveaways, decorating graduation caps, raffles every half hour, fun games, prizes, a friendship bracelet making station and much more. Be sure to register and get there early—this is an event you won’t want to miss!

Win a FREE flight to Temple Rome for fall 2025

Interested in studying at Temple Rome? Make it a reality in fall 2025! Education Abroad is offering Temple students 25 free round-trip flights to Rome from Philadelphia for participation in the fall semester program. 

Submit your application by the April 1 deadline to be entered into the lottery for a free flight. You can earn additional ticket entries by interacting with Education Abroad - the more you engage, the more chances to win!