Over spring break, students taking Karyn Hollis’ travel writing class, along with several others, journeyed to Brazil for a 10-day trip. Staying in various hostels along the way, the group traveled to several places including Rio de Janiero and Manaus.
The Annual Greek Awards Dinner was held on Feb. 18 at the Villanova Conference Center, recognizing the accomplishments of each fraternity and sorority on campus. The evening was filled with food, fun and dancing as fraternity and sorority members of the Villanova community came out to acknowledge one another’s achievements over the past year.
Nicole Else-Quest, professor of psychology, led a worldwide research study which debunked the myth that males outperform females in math. The results, entitled “Cross-National Patterns of Gender Differences in Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis,” were reported in the January issue of Psychological Bulletin, published by the American Psychological Association.
Chatroulette is the latest fad in Internet communication trends on campus. It is a Web site so new that blogs are still debating its worth, yet it is a concept so out of the ordinary that one wonders just how much further virtual communication can go.
The Office of Health Promotion sponsored the sixth annual “Love the Skin You’re In” fashion show featuring student, staff and faculty models in order to promote positive and healthy body images on Feb. 22. The show, hosted by the Tri-Delta sorority, Athletics and the Clay Center, corresponded with the National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which helps to prevent eating disorders and body image issues and increase access to treatment.
Faculty, staff and students are preparing for the decennial evaluation of the University this spring, a process designed to ensure that the University meets the standards necessary to reaffirm accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
While friends and couples gathered to celebrate Valentine’s Day this past weekend, eight alumni met on campus for a more bittersweet purpose. For ’03 alumni Joe Ryan, Kevin Bennett, Andrew Smith, Michael Keaveney, Michael Ottoboni, Meghan Bennett and Meghann Keaveney, this is the second year that they have all gathered on a February weekend to commemorate their friend and classmate, Christopher Gneiding.
Blake Mycoskie, founder and self-proclaimed “chief shoe-giver” of TOMS Shoes, gave a presentation on corporate social responsibility and socially-conscious entrepreneurship in the Villanova Room on Feb. 15. Jonathan Doh, director of the Center for Global Leadership at VSB, teamed up with Villanova’s Business Without Borders organization to make the event possible.
While a recent article in The Washington Post portrayed a dim outlook for the future of college yearbooks, Villanova’s Belle Air Yearbook is doing well and even expecting an increase in sales this year, according to senior and co-Editor in Chief Sierra Avil.
Financial assistance to increase by 11 percent, tuition reaches $50,000
The University announced a 2.9 percent increase in tuition, fees, room and board for the 2010-’11 academic year in a letter mailed to the permanent addresses of all rising sophomores, juniors and seniors on Tuesday. The increase is the lowest in nearly 40 years.
The Student Government Association invited representatives from Dining Services to its town hall meeting on Feb. 8 to discuss dining issues that are at the forefront of students’ concerns. Student Body President Dan Gelwicks welcomed SGA Dining Services Chairs Meghan Williams and Jeff Savio to lead the meeting.
