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TBT: The Last Stretch Towards Fall Break

Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

Happy Early Fall Break Wildcats—you have this under control! 

We know you’re probably drained from all the exams this week, but don’t worry, Fall Break is just around the corner, and you have the student body of 1985 to thank! 

In the 1986 issue of The Villanovan (our TBT today) a columnist pushes to keep Villanova’s Fall Break that had been established just a year prior in October 1985 after three years of student advocacy in favor of its inauguration. 

Now that the University has challenged the status of Fall Break once again, the students were not ones to give up so easily. It is because of consistent student activism and support that the university decided to continue Fall Break for its students and why we, in 2023, still reap the benefits of a strategically placed break right after midterms.  

So after your exams are over, use this time over break to rest, relax, and have fun. Don’t let Fall Break go to waste! 

Isabel Choi ’26, Communication & Marketing Student Assistant at Falvey Library.


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TBT: National Good Neighbor Day

Try These: A kind thought, a kind word, a kind deed --Elbert Hubbard

Happy National Good Neighbor Day! Today’s TBT is a 1915 postcard with a few kind suggestions. 

Small acts of kindness bring us closer together and make everyone’s day! 

Here are just a couple small things you can do that mean so much: 

  1. Pick up any trash you see on the ground. 

  2. Write letters to your family just because. 

  3. Give someone a compliment. 

  4. Hold the door for someone.  

  5. Text your friends that you love them.  

  6. Pass along a good read or a good song. 

  7. Share a snack with a friend. 

  8. Let someone print before you. 

  9. Check up on an old friend 

  10. Stay smiling! 

Isabel Choi ’26, Communication & Marketing Student Assistant at Falvey Library.


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TBT: Fall Classic From the Roaring Twenties

Image of the flyer for the Fall classic Altoona Speedway : national 250-mile championship. Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1st, 1924.

Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

The first week of September marks the start of the autumn season. Yes, that’s your cue to finally get that Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte you’ve been waiting for all year! 

Today’s TBT celebrates Labor Day, a national holiday in the US since 1882. This particular advertisement details a celebratory race in honor of our nation’s backbone, the working class. For a quick history interjection, the Altoona Speedway, known as the world’s fastest oval board racetrack, opened in 1923 and hosted two races annually, one on Flag Day and one on Labor Day. These races attracted large crowds of people, and board racing, although dangerous, was a popular entertainment element during the Roaring Twenties.

To see the entire TBT document, feel free to click here. For more information about the Altoona Speedway, please click this link. 

With that, we hope your Labor Day weekend was spent joyfully with friends and family, leaving you refreshed to conquer the semester ahead!

Isabel Choi ’26 CLAS, Communication & Marketing Student Assistant at Falvey Library.


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TBT: And Our Full Days Now

1957 Belle Air Yearbook. Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

1957 Belle Air Yearbook. Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

Happy first official week of school, Wildcats!

Although we’re sad to leave summer behind us, we are so happy to have you back for the 2023 fall semester! Today’s #TBT is a page from the 1957 edition of the Belle Air Yearbook detailing how Villanovans of the 1950s spent their time in school. Isn’t it funny how “Studies, sports, and bull sessions” have been a central part of Villanova’s campus culture since the 50s? It’s safe to say not much has changed! What are you looking forward to doing back on campus?

Wishing you the best start of the semester,

Your Falvey Communication & Marketing Team

Isabel Choi ’26, Communication & Marketing Student Assistant at Falvey Library.


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TBT: Flipping Pages

Do you have your new planner for the academic year yet? Check out this 1924 calendar from The Four Provinces Orchestra. Each month has both English and Gaelic spellings. Explore additional items like this in the Joseph McGarrity Collection.

Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

1924 calendar from The Four Provinces Orchestra. Each month has both English and Gaelic spellings. (The Joseph McGarrity Collection.)

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

 

 

 


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TBT: Pack Your Bags

Villanova student sitting on a suitcase surrounded by bags for move-in day.

College, V. (1960). Belle Air 1960. Villanova, PA: Villanova College.

New Student Move–In is TWO WEEKS away! We’re looking forward to welcoming all the new Wildcats to campus on Friday, Aug. 18. Check out all the Orientation events here! This week’s Throwback Thursday (#TBT) courtesy of the Belle Air 1960 (p. 120). The head cap “dink” (pictured above) was required attire for all first-year students at Villanova College in this era. Read more about Villanova’s Orientation traditions in this blog! View the full yearbook in the Villanova University Digital Library.

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

 

 

 


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TBT: Two Scoops, Please

Image features the Student Programming Council scooping ice cream in 1992.

Some things are mint to be like summer and ice cream! July is National Ice Cream Month and this week’s Throwback Thursday (#TBT) features the Student Programming Council scooping ice cream in 1992. Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

What’s the best ice cream flavor? Let us know in the comments.

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

 

 

 


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TBT: Nova Knicks

Image of the Villanova Wildcats 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship team. April 4. Houston, Texas. Courtesy of University Archives.

Villanova Wildcats, 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Champions. April 4. Houston, Texas. Courtesy of University Archives.

This week we’re throwing it back to the 2016 National Championship team! With news of Donte DiVincenzo joining Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson on the New York Knicks, Nova Nation is excited to see the former teammates on the court this fall.

Image courtesy of the New York Knicks Twitter.

Image courtesy of the New York Knicks Twitter.

Check out the digital exhibit “Wildcats Past & Present: Moments from the History of Sports at Villanova,” for additional championship memorabilia and unique items representative of the varied sports played at Villanova College, and later Villanova University.

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

 

 

 


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TBT: School’s *NOT* Out For Summer

Image of students in the Reference/Reading Room (Villanova College Library).

Photograph, Summer School, 1950s. Villanova University Archives, Villanova University.

Summer sessions are in full swing on campus! This week’s Throwback Thursday (#TBT) features a photograph from summer school at Villanova College in the 1950s. Notice the backdrop? That was the Reference/Reading Room (Villanova College Library), known today as the Dugan Polk Family Reading Room (Falvey Library). Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

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

 

 

 


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TBT: Dog Days of Summer

Image of 15 dogs gathered around a kitchen table.

Photo courtesy of the Villanova University Digital Library.

We’re officially in the “dog days” of summer!

Spanning July 3 to Aug. 11, the “dog days” of summer are usually the hottest days of the year. According to Merriam-Webster, the term is in reference to a star, not our furry friends…“In the ancient Greek constellation system, this star (called Seirios in Greek) was considered the hound of the hunter Orion and was given the epithet Kyon, meaning ‘dog.’ The Greek writer Plutarch referred to the hot days of summer as hēmerai kynades (literally, ‘dog days’), and a Latin translation of this expression as dies caniculares is the source of our English phrase.”

Stay cool, ’Cats!

Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library. Her favorite “dog day” is Aug. 1 (her birthday). 


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