; January 26: Best-selling author and
former MSNBC columnist Jeannette
Walls discusses her debut memoir The
Glass Castle, the selection for “One Book
Villanova,” a program that engages all
members of the campus community and
is made possible by a generous gift from
Patricia H. Imbesi, a member of the
University’s Board of Trustees.
; Father Peter Donohue meets with nursing
alumni in Oman.
; The Villanova School of Business
undergraduate program is ranked #11 in
the nation by Business Week.
; Law students are recognized for outstanding
public service by the Philadelphia Bar
Association for the sixth straight year.
; Patricia B. Holloway ’76 and Gary M.
Holloway ’76 designate their $3 million gift
to name the University Counseling Center.
; March 23–24: Dead Man Walking author
Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., speaks as part
of Villanova’s Catholic Social Teaching and
Criminal Justice Conference. In February,
Villanova Student Theatre and the Graduate
Theatre Department presented Tim Robbins’
“Dead Man Walking”—which follows the
true-life experiences of Sister Helen—to an
audience including the playwright himself.
; March 28: Junior guard Scottie Reynolds
scores a last-second basket giving
Villanova’s men’s basketball team a
dramatic 78-76 win over Pittsburgh in the
Regional Final and sending the Wildcats to
the Final Four.
