Academic Services
Faculty Resources
Disability Resources and Services
Class Lists/Academic Progress Reports
Ambler Campus Technology Center
Classrooms and Instructional Technology
Other Important Links (Includes Schedule of Classes)
Widener Hall Room 217
Monday through Thursday: 7:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mailboxes are located in either Widener Hall Room 217 or your department’s office. Grade sheets, Course and Teaching Evaluations, and Academic Progress Reports are placed in your mailbox, in addition to messages from students, announcements, and other mail.
Class Lists/Academic Progress Reports
Class lists are accessible through tuportal.temple.edu. Log onto TUPortal and enter your AccessNet username and password. A link for the class lists will be on the left. Once the class list is visible, click on a student’s name to see their TUid photo.
Academic Progress Reports, for all students in classes numbered below 2000, will be distributed by the fifth week of the semester.
New copiers are available throughout campus. Faculty may use Diamond Dollars, a department code, or cash as follows:
Learning Center and West Hall - General access; Diamond Dollars only
Widener Hall Room 217 - Faculty only; code access
Bright Hall - General access; coin operated and Diamond Dollars
Library - General access; coin operated and Diamond Dollars
Student Feedback Forms (SFF) packets are distributed through the appropriate faculty office. Completed evaluations are collected at Ambler in the Widener Hall Faculty Office, the evailuation box outside of the office, or at Fort Washington.
Classrooms and Instructional Technology
Scheduling Office
The Office of the Provost provides a comprehensive online database of information about policies and procedures. The “Instructors and Students” section includes everything from course syllabi policies and incomplete course policies/procedures to the confidentiality of student records. The “Faculty Policies and Handbooks” section includes resources such as the University employee manual and the faculty and adjunct faculty handbooks.
Policies for School of Environmental Design (SED)Faculty:
SED Tenure and Promotion Guidelines for Tenure Track Faculty
SED Policy for Evaluating Full-Time, Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Bursar’s Office
West Hall 101
M-Th: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
F: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Barbara Kirsch, Coordinator
267-468-8250
Visit here for more important parking information.
You can obtain your parking permit (purple hangtag) and gate card by visiting the Bursar’s Office in West Hall Room 101 and providing your car’s make and license number. The fee is $70 for the year. If you have paid for parking at the Main Campus, you do not need to pay an additional fee at Ambler for a hangtag, but you must obtain a gate card.
If you are adjunct faculty, speak with your department administrator about obtaining an Adjunct Faculty Parking Payment Authorization. Faculty parking is located in Lot #1 on Meetinghouse Road and at the Learning Center, Lot #2.
SEPTA Regional High Speed Lines:
- The Paoli-Doylestown line (R5) makes at least one stop an hour from 5 a.m. to midnight at the Ambler train station. The University provides free bus service to and from Temple University Ambler during the fall and spring semesters.
Bus Services:
Three SEPTA buses stop about 2 miles from campus. The 94 and 134 buses run along Bethlehem Pike from Chestnut Hill Loop to the Montgomery Mall, and the 98 runs from Norristown to Willow Grove.
If you wish to switch from a SEPTA bus to the TU shuttle, take the 94 or 98 to the Ambler Regional Rail station and wait for the shuttle there. If you want to walk or bicycle to campus from a SEPTA bus, take the 94, 98, or 134 to Lindenwold Ave. and Bethlehem Pike and follow the walking/bicycling directions.
Inter-Campus Bus Service:
Ambler Shuttle Bus Schedule to the Health Science Campus (HSC) and Main Campus
Note: On Friday all bus services to HSC and Main Campus from Ambler stop after the 5:30 p.m. run.
Shuttle Bus Schedule to Health Science Campus (HSC) and Ambler Campus from Main Campus
Note: On Friday all bus services from Main Campus to Ambler stop after the 6:30 p.m. run.
During the fall and spring semesters, free bus service is available between various University campuses. Stops are made at Ambler, the Fort Washington campus (night only), the Health Science Campus, and Main Campus.
These routes are intended to accommodate students traveling between campuses. Staff and faculty can use this service on a space available basis. Each person must present a valid Temple ID upon boarding.
For additional information or a copy of the current schedule, call the Office of Student Life at 267-468-8425.
Walking or Biking (Ambler Borough to Ambler Campus):
- From the Ambler Regional Rail station at Butler Ave.: walk northeast on Butler (towards Main St. and Spring Garden St.) for 0.3 miles.
- Turn RIGHT and walk on Lindenwold Ave. for 0.6 miles. (Cross Bethlehem Pike after 0.3 miles – this is the only dangerous street crossing on the route. Be careful!)
- (Note: if you are coming on the 94 or 134 bus, you can get off at Lindenwold and Bethlehem and follow Lindenwold to meet up with these directions.)
- Turn RIGHT on Lake Drive and continue for 0.2 miles.
- Turn RIGHT on Loch Alsh Blvd. and continue for approximately 0.3 miles until you pass under the Highway 309 overpass.
- Turn LEFT on the road immediately past Highway 309 – Spark Dr. Continue 0.5 miles on Spark Dr. to Susquehanna Rd.
- Cross to the other side of Susquehanna Rd., using the pedestrian crossing light, then turn RIGHT on Susquehanna Rd. and continue 0.1 miles.
- Turn LEFT at Joel Dr and continue for 0.5 miles to Meetinghouse Rd.
- Turn LEFT on Meetinghouse Rd. and campus is less than 0.1 miles on your right.
Total distance from train station: 2.5 miles
Total distance from bus stop at Lindenwold and Bethlehem: 1.9 miles
Disability Resources and Services
Visit Disability Resources and Services for more important information.
West Hall Room 109
Susan McCaffrey, Assistant Director of Student Services - Advising and Disability Coordinator
267-468-8200
TDD 267-468-8262
smccaffr@temple.edu
www.temple.edu/disability
Students with a disability are directed to meet with the Disability Resources and Services (DRS) coordinator, Susan McCaffrey. An official letter will be given to the student outlining the academic accommodations. In turn, the student will present this letter to the instructor, who must treat all information with confidentiality. Testing accommodations, such as extended time or distraction-free testing, may be coordinated by the DRS office; the student should discuss these issues with the instructor prior to the test. The student should have a testing accommodation form available to clarify the decisions. If students ask for special accommodations due to a disability but do not have an official letter, faculty may refer them to the DRS office to coordinate the effort.
When publishing syllabi, please include the contact information for Ambler in the disability disclosure statement.
An example would be:
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at 267-468-8200 in West Hall 109 to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
Brian McDonnell, Acting Manager
267-468-8460
mcdonnel@temple.edu
www.temple.bncollege.com
For bookstore hours, visit here.
You may order textbooks for the course(s) you will be teaching at Ambler by phone or e-mail. The bookstore also carries general fiction and non-fiction books, reference texts, stationery items, and more.
Ambler Campus Library
Sandra Thompson, Head of Suburban Campus Libraries
267-468-8640
library.temple.edu (Click on “About the Libraries”)
All current Temple faculty, students, administration, and staff may borrow materials from Temple’s Libraries using their TUid.
For most Temple Libraries, the loan period for faculty, administration, and graduate students is for the semester. For undergraduates, staff, and courtesy borrowers, it is four weeks. There is a limit of three renewals.
Books and journal articles from other Temple campuses may be requested using the online forms on the Libraries’ Web site (www.library.temple.edu). Logging into “My Library Account” allows library users to see what items they have checked out and also to renew items. Fines are assessed for the late return of materials for most categories of borrowers.
The Library can obtain journal articles, books, book chapters, and other materials not owned by Temple. Request forms are available on the Libraries’ Web site. Most articles and other materials that were traditionally supplied as photocopies are now available in PDF format via the Web delivery service.
Temple Libraries provide access to networked electronic resources for use by faculty, students, and staff with valid University AccessNet accounts. A valid TUid is required to use electronic resources in the library. Online resources that are restricted to use by Temple affiliates can be accessed from off-campus.
Ambler Campus Technology Center
Learning Center Room 106
Susan Hyer, Associate Director
267-468-TECH
Visit here for more inportant information about technology at Ambler and Fort Washington.
The Ambler Campus Technology (ACT) Center is equipped with 80 PCs and 10 iMacs equipped with software for all Temple programs, color and black and white laser printing, scanner applications, video editing equipment, and a wireless lounge area. A help desk area is located within the ACT Center.
ACT Center Hours (Fall and Spring Semesters):
Mon. through Thurs.: 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 8 p.m.
ACT Center Hours (Summer Semesters):
Mon. through Thurs.: 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Closed
The lab is closed on weekends during holidays and semester intersessions.
Career Development
West Hall Room 109
Melinda Finley, Career Coordinator
267-468-8210
Career Services at Temple University Ambler is available to make classroom visits and provide students with an overview of our services or present career related workshops during your classes.
Contact the Career Coordinator at Ambler to develop a workshop specifically catered to your students’ needs.
Career Development workshops can be a great alternative when a faculty member is unavailable to offer a class.
Contact Career Services at 267-468-8200 or careers@temple.edu two weeks in advance to make the necessary arrangements.
Our services include:
Dining Center
The Dining Center is open to all Temple University Ambler faculty, students, staff, and guests for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch.
Fresh Bytes
Bright Hall
Fresh Bytes offers salads tossed to order, tortilla-wrapped sandwiches with healthy ingredients, or hot entrees, such as lasagna or quiche.
Café A La Carte
Café A La Carte, located on the first floor of the new Learning Center, provides convenient food and beverage options.
Other Areas
You can also pick up a snack at the Temple University Bookstore or the vending machines located in Cottage Hall, Bright Hall, West Hall, Widener Hall, the Library Building, and Fort Washington.
Temple University Ambler and Temple University Fort Washington (TUFW) have written procedures to provide both students and faculty the proper course of action to resolve all academic grievances arising in any course. Grievances must be filed within six months of the occurrence of the alleged grievance.
The procedures involve five steps:
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES - AMBLER AND FORT WASHINGTON
NON-MATRICULATED STUDENT AND VISITING STUDENT MAIL-IN/FAX-IN FORM
AMBLER CAMPUS FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
CLASS CANCELLATION/EMERGENCY CLOSING NUMBERS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY VICE PROVOST FOR FACULTY
CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
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