Alumni Newsletter Winter 2015/2016 Honors Alumni Homecoming Reunion

Honors Alumni from left to right: Bobby Orloski, Jess Clymer, Marissa Godshalk, Maggie Pearson, Kim Pham, Brisha Bhikadiya, and Gina Ross. Many people showed up to the Honors Battle of the Wits Alumni Reunion to reconnect and, probably most importantly, share a drink in the Honors Lounge. Scroll through the photos and see if you can find yourself or your friends. Keep an eye out for future Honors Alumni events- we would love to see you!

Alumni Spotlight Kamali Thompson Interview by A. Musu Davis, Senior Honors Program Academic Advisor

CST ’12, Bachelor of Science: Biology major, Psychology minor, Pre-Medicine track. Current location: Teaneck, NJ Current position: Olympic hopeful & medical/graduate student The Scholar-Athlete. Try this elite graduate student-athlete’s routine on for size:

Morning fencing drills for 2.5 hours. 1.5 hour commute to campus. 2 medical school classes. 1.5 hour commute home. Group fencing sessions for 3.5 hours or workout with a trainer. Study for medical school. Sleep. Repeat. Kamali began studying at Rutgers New Jersey School of Medicine in fall 2012. After two years, she began her Master of Business Administration at Rutgers Business School, which she completed this fall in the midst of her intense training

season. In the spring she will focus on competing to earn a space on the Olympic team, then finishing her final year of medical school next academic year. Read the more about Kamali here. Finding Love -- and a Minimum of Five Peer-Reviewed Secondary Sources By Peter Chomko, Geography & Urban Studies, and Communication ‘09 I didn’t meet my wife – a fellow Temple Honors alum – in the stacks of Paley Library, but I’ve always liked to think that I could’ve. Realistically, this was never on: she was a dance major who spent much more time in the windowless basement studios of Pearson than she ever did in Paley, and the one torrid undergraduate love affair I actually did kindle in the library ended in (mutual) tears after a couple months and an ill-judged trip to Rhode Island (nobody’s fault, really, by which I mean my fault, honestly). But it was always nice to imagine that somebody like me could meet somebody like her and bond over a shared interest in… …wow, it turns out it’s tough to make a good Library of Congress Classification System joke. Like, really tough. But that’s the thing – when we were undergraduates (wrote the prematurely cranky old man), “using the library stacks” wasn’t a popular thing, but it wasn’t a terrible way to meet somebody with whom you shared an interest or two. The Library of Congress “system” is such a complex one that literally no undergraduate ever has ever figured it out, ever. Read more of Peter’s essay here. Do You Have Something to Say? Here at Honors, we are proud of our alumni. You are always showing up, talking about your amazing experience working for the UN or starting your own dance company, and we want the current students to know! If you have been thinking about ways to give back- we would love to host you on campus for the day. We could have a casual lunch with a few Honorables, put together a panel, or create an evening program, all so that students can find out what it’s like out there- in the real world. Let us know if you have any ideas or want to participate! Want an Honors Intern - for Free? Honors students have $4000 stipends to support them in unpaid internships that meet specific criteria. If your organization’s internships meet these criteria, we welcome you to register for 2016 Merit Scholar Stipend Fair on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. It takes place between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and is FREE to attend. Register online here. For questions, contact Laura Craig at laura.craig@temple.edu or (215) 204-4474. Honors Program 204 Tuttleman Learning Center 1809 North 13th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122-6073 honors.temple.edu Stay Connected          Update your contact information Contact Honors Visit the Honors Blog