Will Temple U soon be Travel U? The new President of the Philadelphia-based university welcomed the idea in her inauguration remarks last week, as she urged students to take advantage of opportunities to study or work abroad while in college:
“I am so convinced that this experience is essential to your education that my husband Randy and I will pay your passport fee,” she said. “Internationalization will help you develop the point of view essential to contribute as citizens of the world and compete in the international marketplace.”
Way to go prez! Beginning this summer, Ann Weaver Hart and her hubbie will pay for any Temple student applying for a passport for the first time. They are creating a fund within the Office of International Programs at the school, which will be used to finance any student wishing to have the Prez pay for his or her passport. Bravo, I say. And not a bad way to become big woman on campus mighty fast. If only the new passports could be processed as quickly!