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Can Wildcats Still Make the Cut As a ‘Blue Blood’ Program?
With Jay Wright retired and Kyle Neptune now coach of the Villanova Wildcats, Pennsylvania sports betting is taking a “wait and see” approach to see if the team can keep its Blue Blood status, writes Christopher Boan for Penn Stakes. Pennsylvania sports betting sites are listing the Wildcats at +5000 to win it all in…
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Villanova’s School of Business, College of Nursing to Jointly Offer New Certificate Program for Healthcare Leaders
Two of the schools that comprise the core of Villanova University’s vibrant academic community have joined forces to launch an online executive education program to provide healthcare leaders with the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to manage the increasing complexities of the healthcare landscape. The Villanova School of Business (VSB) and the M. Louise Fitzpatrick…
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Jay Wright to Take on New Role as CBS Sports Analyst
Former Villanova coach Jay Wright, who announced his retirement from coaching in April, is joining CBS Sports as a college basketball analyst for the 2022-2023 season, writes Kyle Boone for CBS Sports. Wright won two national championships as coach of the Wildcats and led the team to the Final Four in 2009, 2016, 2018 and…
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Villanova Student Athletes Looking for $$ Deals Get Some Help
Friends of Nova is a new collective that will help student-athletes connect with financial opportunities and the community, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. The collective is the brainchild of Villanova University basketball great Randy Foye and former assistant coach Ashley Howard. Foye starred at Villanova from 2002 to 2006, with 12 years in…
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Villanova Actress Breaks Boundaries at Arden’s ‘Glass Menagerie
Hannah Brannau is a Villanova actress who is breaking boundaries as she makes her debut in Arden Theater Company’s new staging of “The Glass Menagerie”, writes Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc. Brannau has Cerebral Palsy. She developed a passion for acting at age 13 after participating in Acting Without Boundaries, a Delaware County theater group. Acting…
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Volleyball Marvel Abby Harrell Heading to Villanova
Challenges surrender before incoming Villanova University volleyball player Abby Harrell, writes Scott Spruill for Yakim-Herald-Republic. She was a big force from her freshman days forward playing volleyball with the Ellensburg High School Bulldogs in the Kittitas Valley in Washington State. Harrell helped lead the team to its first all-state honors and has had back-to-back…
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Meet Delaware County’s Power Women of 2022
Main Line Today has selected women across the Main Line and Philadelphia suburbs as the Power Women of 2022. Ten of the honorees on the extensive list of accomplished women hail from Delaware County. Diana Perez-Rodgers This broadcast journalism veteran spearheaded Radnor RISE after her kids began asking questions about George Floyd’s murder.…
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Villanova Alum, Finance Guru Wants to Make Wealth Management More Accessible
Mical Jeanlys-White had a decade worth of experience as an executive at JPMorgan Chase & Co when she founded WealthMore. It’s a startup that is meant to give financial advice to people who usually don’t have access to it. Jeanlys-White’s parents immigrated to the U.S. form Haiti and is first-generation American. She says WealthMore is meant…
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Former Newtown Square Swim Coach Honored by USA Swimming
Frank Keefe, the former coach at Suburban Swim Center in Newtown Square who spent more than 30 years as head coach at Yale University, has won the 2022 USA Swimming Award, writes Matthew DeGeorge for Swimming World Magazine. While at Suburban Swim Center, Keefe’s pupils included Olympic medalists Carl Robie and Tim McKee. At Yale,…
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Tutors From Villanova’s Rays of Sunshine Fill Education Gap
The Rays of Sunshine, a service and tutoring organization at Villanova University, provides tutors to five local schools and two nonprofits in the Greater Philadelphia area seven days a week, writes Shay McDowell for The Villanovan. Individual tutors visit with students from elementary school through senior year in hour-long sessions once a week. “Our…
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Iconic Jewelry Designer Lisi Lerch Opens 1st Store in Villanova
Lisi Lerch, the jewelry and accessories designer entrepreneur from Newtown Square has opened her first store, Lisi Lerch Bungalow, in Villanova, writes Diane Oliva for Main Line Tonight. “I never intended to have a brick-and-mortar store. But we moved the company’s offices from my house to Villanova. I’m a little nervous about moving out of…
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Villanova Business School Dean Joyce Russell Steps Down
Joyce Russell is leaving her position as William O’Toole dean of the Villanova School of Business when she completes her tenure in May 2023. She has led the business school for seven years, writes Rachel Ravina for Philadelphia Business Journal. Russell will stay at Villanova, transitioning to dean emeritus, teaching in the business school’s department…
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Pre-season Practice in Ocean City Continues a Villanova Football Tradition
The Villanova Football Team continued a tradition begun in the past few years by Head Coach Mark Ferrante of holding practice on Aug. 17 at Ocean City High School in Ocean City, New Jersey, writes Adam Cilli for VUSports.com Ferrante said the Ocean City destination started because he wanted to break up the monotony of…
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Former Villanova Wildcat and Eagles Player Brian Westbrook Sr. Joins XFL
Former Philadelphia Eagles and Villanova Wildcat player Brian Westbrook, Sr. has joined the X-Treme Football League (XFL) as director of Player Engagement, reports XFL. Westbrook will oversee team matters related to player experience, player and coach relations, off-field player development, and player marketing. “Brian is an incredibly important hire for the XFL as he will…
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Former Villanova Wildcat Bridget Herlihy Making Waves Internationally
Bridget Herlihy basketball career is doing some globetrotting, writes Eric McHugh for The Patriot Ledger. The former Villanova player spent last season playing professionally in Luxembourg and will head back to Europe in October as she and her younger sister play the 2022-23 campaign for a club in Sweden. The two sisters lost out on…
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Fox Sports: Kyle Neptune Ready to Lead the Villanova Wildcats in a Post-Wright Season
Kyle Neptune appreciates the seismic change that’s come to college basketball from Jay Wright’s retirement. The coach embodied everything about Villanova’s basketball program and he won’t be on the sidelines when the Wildcats start their new season, writes John Fanta for Fox Sports. This time it will be Neptune himself as head coach, the 37-year-old…
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Villanova University Receives $7.5M Gift for Endowed Dean Position at Liberal Arts College
Villanova University has received a $7.5 million anonymous gift to create the William and Julia Moulden Dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the university’s oldest and largest college, reports villanova.edu. It will also establish a new endowed fund for the Office for Undergraduate Students, to help students participate in internships, professional development…
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2 Villanova Professors Use Fulbright Scholarships for Humanitarian Work
Two Villanova University professors who have dedicated their careers to humanitarian engineering will be receiving U.S. Fulbright Scholar grants from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, reports Villanova University. James Peyton Jones, Ph.D., and Pritpal Singh, Ph.D. will use their Fulbright scholarships to expand their work in computer…
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