In a historic action, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appointed Temple University faculty member Quaiser D. Abdullah, CLA ’03, EDU ’07, ’17, as the city’s first-ever director of Muslim engagement during a news conference earlier this month at City Hall. Abdullah, a distinguished educator at the Klein College of Media and Communication and a respected imam in Philadelphia’s
As Temple University’s senior director of communications, Deirdre Childress Hopkins, KLN ’23, is a gifted storyteller, a skilled strategist and an all-around expert in crisis communications. She can now add a new title to her list of accolades: hall of famer. Hopkins was inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Association’s (PPRA) Hall of Fame during a special luncheon