A Message from the Director

Although the temps don’t seem like ‘spring’, we are back for the new semester with excellent opportunities to strengthen your values-based leadership--critical in these uncertain times. A number of our signature events are the coming months, which you can read about below. Mark your calendars!

Dr. Terri Boyer, Founding Director, Anne Welsh McNulty Institute

McNulty Highlights This Month

February 13th: McNulty Institute's Gecas Financial Wellness Dinner and Keynote

Valentine’s Day is great, but financial empowerment with your best gals? Even better! Grab your Galentine and join us on February 13, for Let’s Talk Money—an evening of financial wellness, smart money moves, and women supporting women.

Annual 2025 Gecas Financial Wellness Event

Join us for a dinner and a keynote address on financial wellness by Mical Y. Jeanlys-White, Founder & CEO of WealthMore, followed by a conversation between students & alum on breaking the taboo of talking about money, demystifying navigating financial decisions, and closing the wealth gap by making expert advisors accessible and affordable to all.

These discussions are especially relevant to women, but all are welcome to attend this multi-generational program aimed at bringing together students, alumni, faculty, and staff to learn from experts and each other.

National Girl's and Women in Sports Day

Women, Faith, and Leadership Book Club

Every second Thursday of the month, join the Women, Faith, and Leadership initiative's spring semester book club focused on Mother Cabrini. We will be reading Mother Cabrini: Italian Immigrant of the Century by Mary Louise Sullivan, MSC and discuss Mother Cabrini's example of faith and leadership, especially in caring for poor Italian immigrants. We hope that this will kickstart conversations about women's leadership and what we hope her example can bring to our Villanova community.

For more information please contact colleen.mitchell@villanova.edu

VU Women in Tech

On Saturday January 26th, Villanova celebrated its 10th Annual Women in Tech Conference.

Attendees were able to partake in a day filled with keynote speakers, conversations about topics—such as navigating careers in technology and neuro-inclusion in the tech workplace—, and networking with women in a variety of tech fields.

Pictured on the far right is McNulty Marketing and Communications Assistant Jessica Esch '27 who attended the conference last weekend.

Ignite Change

On January 8th, the McNulty Institute hosted Ignite Change, Advance Your Leadership, a full-day workshop for Villanova staff who identify as women or non-binary. During this workshop, they explored leadership values, work-life issues, communication and negotiations, and managing up in addition to skills and strategies for being a change agent within various communities.

There were over 30 participants who spent a whole day at the Villanova Inn engaging in this event. Thank you to the Villanova Human Resources Department for co-sponsoring the event!

Additional Events to Mark on your Calendar

February 4th & 8th - National Girls and Women in Sports Day events

February 13th - McNulty Institute's Gecas Financial Wellness Dinner and Keynote

March 27th - McNulty Institute's Legacies of Leadership - Women and Art

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