Photo courtesy of the Villanova Digital Library.
Coffee is a staple on Villanova’s campus, especially in the Connelly Center! Throwing it back to the 1992-1993 academic year, campus coffee shops were a great place to find confections and cappuccinos!
What’s your go-to Holy Grounds order?
Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library. Her go-to Holy Grounds order: a shot of espresso.
Students conversing outside Connelly Center, 1990s.
Whether you’re studying or catching up with some friends, we hope you enjoy this warm February day, Wildcats! Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.
Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library.
By Anna Jankowski
Photo of Belle Air Terrace in 1990s
Recent photo of Belle Air Terrace
Midterms week is almost over, you can make it to Spring Break! For today’s TBT, check out this photo of the Belle Air Terrace in Connelly Center from the 1990s from Falvey’s digital collection. Can you spot some of the differences from the way Belle Air is set up today?
For the final push of midterms studying you can find perfect study spots all over campus, including any floor of Falvey and in the Old Falvey Reading Room. As soon as you’re done, you can fully enjoy break and hopefully some warmer weather!
Anna Jankowski ’23 CLAS is a Junior Communication Major from just outside Baltimore who works as a Communication & Marketing Assistant in Falvey.
40 41 Years of Connelly Center
Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the Connelly Center. Leading up to the anniversary Distinctive Collections was hard at work digitizing photographs of Connelly over the years. While COVID may have dashed in-person celebrations, the University Archives invites you to check out Connelly over the years and celebrate September 21st as the anniversary of the official dedication ceremony.
Connelly Center, March 26th 1979
As the heart of campus, Connelly Center originally opened with a game room, music listening room, ice cream parlor, terrace for entertainment, and lounges. Some of the amenities and look haven’t changed.
More photographs of the early days of Connelly Center can be found in the digital library.
Throwback Thursday
Pick up them sticks! It’s National Video Games Day, not to be confused with the entirely different National Video Game Day celebrated on July 8th. This photo comes to you from the Villanova Yearbook of 1994, showing us what may be the best example of the division between those who play and those who do not. So, whether you play on mobile, console, or PC, take a moment to relax with a game, after you’re done your schoolwork, of course…
Nathaniel Gosweiler is a graduate assistant in the Communication and Marketing Department at Falvey Memorial Library. He is currently pursuing an MA in Communication at Villanova University. He is also Thresh main in League of Legends.
