We’re hopping into our trusty time machine and heading back to Villanova, circa 1975.

The first VCRs* rolled off the assembly lines in Japan, and while Saturday Night Live would premiere that fall, every Thursday night Villanova students flocked to the Library to study and work on papers. And, quite possibly, work on growing a mustache that even Tom Selleck would admire.

“How nice, Friday and Saturday are still to come,” wryly notes the Belle Air copy.

Special thanks to Michael Foight, Director, Distinctive Collections and Digital Engagement, who discovered this treasure in Falvey’s yearbook collection.

* Note: VCRs are video cassette recording machines. For more on VCRs, check out Fast Forward: Hollywood, the Japanese, and the Onslaught of the VCR in Falvey’s main collection.

Shawn Proctor, MFA, is Communication and Marketing Program Manager at Falvey Library.

By Kallie Stahl

Reunion 2023 begins tomorrow! This week’s Throwback Thursday (TBT) features the official reservation form from the 1956 Alumni Reunion. View the full schedule of events for Reunion 2023 here. Graduates from class years ending in 3 or 8 will celebrate milestone reunions with exclusive activities, though all alumni are welcome to attend. Have a fun weekend, Wildcats!

Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

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

Image courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

Looking for some vacation suggestions for the summer? Check out this book featuring outings in California. Published in 1921 by Peck-Judah Co. Travel Bureaus, you can browse the full publication here.

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

Darth Vader stopped by Falvey Library’s Stress-Busting Open House on Dec. 10, 2015.

Happy Star Wars Day, Wildcats. May the 4th be with you!

In honor of today’s holiday, check out a few resources available at Falvey Library:

• Star Wars: Imperial Handbook (eBook)
• Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: Traveler’s Guide to Batuu (eBook)
• Star Wars: Book of Sith: Secrets From the Dark Side (eBook)
• Star Wars: Smuggler’s Guide (eBook)
• Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (DVD)
• 100 Things Star Wars Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (eBook)
• Inside the Star Wars Empire: A Memoir (eBook)
• Entertainment Weekly Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide to the Complete Saga (eBook)

Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library. Her favorite Star Wars droid is C-3PO “Goodness gracious me!” (and more recently) K-2SO. 

Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

The Penn Relays begin today! This week’s Throwback Thursday (TBT) is taken from the 1960 Belle Air.

“Ed Collymore, anchorman, comes from behind to take Mile Relay after getting baton from teammate Charley Stead. Time was 3:11:8 with teammates (Joe) Manion and (Jim) Blackburn’s efforts” (p. 199).

Good luck to all the athletes competing this week. Go Nova!

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

Villanova’s community is celebrating sustainability with Earth Week, renewing our commitment to our shared environment. For this throwback, enjoy a memory from the Farmers Market in April 2021, when this honey-themed seller graced the pathway just outside of the Library.

Image courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

“Halfway home is this putt by Ron Zurinskas. Bob Byrwa attends the pin, while Dave Doyle patiently awaits his turn” (1959 Belle Air, p. 208).

The Masters Tournament, the first of the four major championships in professional golf, aired this past Sunday. This week’s Throwback Thursday (#TBT) features the 1958 varsity golf team (three of the members are pictured above.) The team “turned in the school’s fifth consecutive winning season by triumphing in six of ten matches” (p. 208).

The 2022-2023 Villanova Men’s Golf Team won the Wildcat Spring Invitational for the second straight year at the LuLu Country Club in Glenside, Pa. on April 11, 2023. Best of luck to the Men’s Golf Team this spring!

Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication & Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library. She enjoys golfing…but only in scrambles. 

Image courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

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By: Isabel Choi

beautiful blooms and morning dew 

Celebrates the work 

Of our favorite poets –  

Frost, Dickinson, Shakespeare, 

Whitman, Cummings, Hughes, 

Many, many more 

Even our poet, McGarrity 

acknowledges 

All the forms, emotions, and hues 

That poetry brings to our hearts 

April, month of 

Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library (1968 Belle Air, p. 137).

Spring is finally here! Warm weather and rainy days are on the way. Don’t forget your umbrellas, Wildcats!

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

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.