WATCH LIVE: JoAnne Epps speaks after being named Temple University's new acting president:
Temple University's new acting president JoAnne Epps will speak at a school event starting at 5:30 p.m. Watch LIVE in the video embedded above.The school’s Board of Trustees made the announcement late Tuesday afternoon following a unanimous vote.
Epps, 71, has taught at the school for more than 30 years and was previously the Senior advisor to the university president. She was also the Dean of Temple Law School from July 2008 until being appointed as Executive Vice President and Provost of Temple University in July 2016. Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
Outside of Temple, Epps served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia and Deputy City Attorney in Los Angeles. A native of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, Epps was awarded a 2015 Spirit of Excellence Award by the American Bar Association, the 2015 M. Ashley Dickerson Award by the National Association of Women Lawyers, and the 2014 Justice Sonia Sotomayor Diversity Award by the Philadelphia Bar Association.
She is also a three-time honoree by Lawyers of Color Magazine as one of the 100 most influential Black lawyers in the country. She was honored by the Philadelphia Bar Association in 2009 with the Sandra Day o’Connor Award, which is given annually to “a woman attorney who has demonstrated superior legal talent, achieved significant legal accomplishments and has furthered the advancement of women in both the profession and the community.
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