Institution name

Temple University

Total number of students

36505

Contact address for international enquiries

1801 N Broad Street
PHILADELPHIA 19122

Venue / office name

Ambler College, Department of Community and Regional Planning

Address

Temple University Ambler College
580 Meetinghouse Road
AMBLER
Pennsylvania
19002

Venue description

Evolving from and building on the environmental traditions of the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women, the scenic 187-acre campus in eastern Montgomery County traces its historical roots back to the early 20th Century. In 1910 with the financial support of friends, Jane Bowne Haines, a Bryn Mawr College graduate, purchased a 71-acre tract of rolling farmland in Ambler and founded the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women on the site. The school was the first of its kind in the state. Bowne Haines had visited several colleges of gardening in England in 1905, and recognized that horticulture should also occupy a place in American education. Under director Louise Carter Bush-Brown, who arrived in 1924, the school truly began to flourish. Along with boosting enrollment and establishing degree-bearing programs, she also broadened the cultural diversity of the school by attracting women from Japan, Australia, and West Germany to attend. A dormitory was built on campus in 1929, followed by a library in 1951. James Bush-Brown, the director's husband and a member of the school's faculty during the 1920s and 1930s, designed the nationally acclaimed Formal Gardens, still the centerpiece of the campus today.

Telephone number

+1 267 468 8300

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

When admitted to the University, students interested in University housing are required to pay a housing deposit. Upon receipt of the deposit, students are sent a housing license that must be completed and returned to University Housing and Residential Life immediately. Requests for specific accessible housing and medically-related accommodations should be made on the license agreement. Students who require housing accommodations should present their written requests as early as possible. If uncertain of particular housing needs, ask professional staff members at DRS and University Housing and Residential Life. Each year, students are required to reapply for University Housing. Students with documented disabilities and other medical needs are offered priority consideration if their condition continues to warrant housing accommodation. Documentation must: be prepared and signed by an objective, qualified professional in the appropriate field of concern who is not a family member; contain the name and license number of that professional; describe current function; be typed on letterhead with callback telephone number; clearly state diagnosis and examples of “substantial limitation of function”; describe the functional limitations that would necessitate special housing accommodations; include suggested housing accommodations; be supported by complete relevant medical history; if appropriate, include the names and scores of testing assessments used to make specific determinations. Requests and documentation should be addressed to Assistant Director, Disability Resources and Services, 100 Ritter Annex, 1301 C. B. Moore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Ph: 215-204-1280, Fax: 215-204-6794. Or mail to drs@temple.edu.