By Ethan Shea

This photo from Belle Air 2003 shows Villanova Women’s Basketball alum Courtney Mix leaping for a layup while her teammate Katie Davis watches for a rebound. Davis, a co-captain at the time, was recently inducted into the Big 5 Hall of Fame. With 1,293 points, she ranks 16th in school history.

The 2002-03 season was the first and last time the Wildcats advanced to the Elite Eight in the National Tournament. Twenty years later, (#4) Villanova is looking to repeat this feat by winning against the University of Miami on Friday at 2:30 p.m. Tune into ESPN to watch!

Best of luck to our women this week! #LetsMarchNova #TBT

Ethan Shea is a second-year graduate student in the English Department and Graduate Assistant at Falvey Library.

Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

Good luck to the (#4) Villanova Women’s Basketball team as they take on (#13) Cleveland State in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament! Tipoff is Saturday, March 18, at 5 p.m. in the Finneran Pavilion. Get your tickets here! Watch on ESPNU. #MarchMadness #LetsMarchNova #TBT

Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library. Whiteboard art by Joanne Quinn, Director of Communication & Marketing at Falvey Library.

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.

Looking for some reading recommendations for the new year? Former President Barack Obama shared his favorite books of 2022. His recommendations are listed below. All titles are available at Falvey Library through interlibrary loan.

• The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
• Trust by Hernan Diaz
• The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff
• The Furrows by Namwali Serpell
• South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry
• The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
• Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
• Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
• An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
• Liberation Day by George Saunders
• The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
• Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Other lists:

• “The 10 Best Books of 2022” (The New York Times)
• “The 100 Must-Read Books of 2022” (Time)
• “The 10 Best Books of 2022” (The Washington Post)
• “The Best Books of 2022” (The New Yorker)
• “The Best Books of 2022” (NPR)
• “Best Books of 2022” (The New York Public Library)
• “Literary Critics Give Their Takes on the Best Books of 2022” (PBS)

Falvey Library staff shared their reading recommendations last year, if you’d like to add more titles to your “to be read” list.

Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Memorial Library.

Image courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

Enjoying Falvey Library’s Advent Calendar Cookbook? If you’re looking for more recipes, check out this notebook (no date) from author Annie L. Tuttle (nee Gribus), of New Haven, Connecticut. Newly digitized, the Annie L. Tuttle papers are comprised of 13 notebooks filled with Tuttle’s “manuscript writings…poetry, short stories, songs, and recipes, along with a copy of sheet music for ‘The Quinnipiac River,’ a song she composed the lyrics to, and was published in 1912.” Shown above, the page from Tuttle’s notebook features three pudding recipes. Happy cooking, Wildcats!

Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library. 

Hang in there, Wildcats! Finals will be over soon, and you can breathe a sigh of relief and dance (maybe not on any tabletops.) Good luck—You got this! Image courtesy of the 1968 Belle Air (page 23) via the Villanova University Digital Library. Read the full yearbook here.

Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library. Her finals study tip: Get enough rest!

Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

This week’s Throwback Thursday (TBT) features the late Robin Williams who performed at Villanova on Saturday, Oct. 4, 1986 for Parents’ Weekend. According to the Villanovan article, written by Elia DiTaddeo, “Williams called his stand-up comedy routine ‘Legalized Insanity.’” Students could purchase $13 or $14 tickets to see the comedy act. Small gifts were also given to Williams before the show, including “a small Villanova sweatshirt for Williams’ son.” Read the full article here. Thinking of watching one of Williams’ films over the holiday? Good Will Hunting is available at Falvey Library (portable DVD players are also available to loan.) The film premiered 25 years ago on Dec. 2, 1997.

Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Memorial Library.

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this world.” –Dead Poets Society

Whiteboard art created by Joanne Quinn on November 17, 2017.

Falvey Library is thankful for our Wildcats! Happy Thanksgiving, Nova Nation!

Image courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

On November 16, 1968, Villanova celebrated the dedication of Falvey Memorial Library. Yesterday marks 54 years since this historic ceremony. Here is a picture of the program from the event, including information about the Rev. Daniel P. Falvey, OSA, and pictures from the original library at Villanova. Click here to celebrate this great event.

Anna Jankowski ’23 CLAS is a senior Communication Major from just outside Baltimore who ​​works as a Communication & Marketing Assistant in Falvey.