2025 News
Fall 2025 Graduate Research Symposium
The scholarly work of graduate students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was on display in the Villanova Room in the Connelly Center on Friday, November 14, 2025.
Speaking the Language of Love: Alex Thurtle ’26 MA Brings Words and Feelings to Life
For their Theatre capstone project, Thurtle created an archive of audience responses to prompts inspired by the Julia Cho’s The Language Archive and authored a pronunciation guide for an invented language within the play.
Passion and Profession: A Historical Journey Through Education
Charles Withers ’19 MA, loves to teach history. Whether engaging with students or exploring course material, it’s his daily inspiration. That fire for exploring history was strengthened in his formative experience at 麻豆村’s graduate history program.
Shaping Philadelphia’s Future: Suzie Staherski ’23 MA Puts Policy into Action
Staherski is a senior fiscal policy analyst for the City of Philadelphia’s budget office, where she develops the city’s five-year financial plan and acts as a liaison between administrative departments and City Council as part of the annual budget process. Fueled by purpose and opportunity, she’s turning classroom lessons into citywide impact.
A Lifetime of Service Leads to New Purpose in Theology
After a distinguished military and academic career, Joseph Evans ’25 PhD chose Villanova to unite his faith, scholarship and service.
Villanova MPA Leaders Participate in Rome Summit
Villanova’s Master of Public Administration community played a meaningful role in shaping global conversations on migration and refugee advocacy at an international conference in Rome earlier this month.
Becoming Fully Alive
Brandon Ambrosino ’24 PhD found at Villanova a place that embraced his full self—and helped him bring theology to a wider world.
Villanova Hosts Mentorship Training for Faculty and Staff
Led by Emory Woodard, PhD, dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the CIMER workshop brought together 30 faculty and staff from across the University to strengthen the quality and consistency of graduate student mentorship.
Ashon Calhoun ’27 MA Honored with NCTA ChangeMaker Award
Ashon Calhoun is being honored as the first ever recipient of the NCTA Education Foundation Fund the Future Student Scholarship. The NCTA—the Internet and Television Association—is a trade association representing broadband and cable television industries in the United States.
Villanova Faculty Join National Initiative to Foster Healthy Research Labs and Teams
Irene Kan, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and several other Villanova faculty members have joined the Council of Graduate Schools’ (CGS) Healthy Research Teams & Labs initiative, a national effort aimed at promoting inclusive, respectful and supportive research environments for graduate students.
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The CLAS Office of Graduate Studies offers personal tours of the beautiful Villanova campus. All tours begin in the Graduate Studies Office, located in Vasey Hall.
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