Onboarding

Welcome to Villanova University! This page is designed to help you with your transition to the Villanova community so you can access information related to benefits and services, position responsibilities, and workplace policies and procedures.

1. To begin your employment with Villanova University you must provide documentation establishing your identity and eligibility to work. Traditionally, new employees would visit the Office of Human Resources on or before their first date of employment. Please click to view information on benefits.

2. You will receive an email from University Information Technologies (UNIT) with your username and temporary password, which will serve as your log-in credentials for your University email, computer, and employee portal online. Upon receiving your log-in credentials, try them out by logging in and exploring the Work @VU tab in MyNova.

3. Retain your Villanova ID number, which will be used as your personal identifier for University business systems and transactions. You will receive written notification of your Villanova ID number at the time you receive your log-in credentials from UNIT.

4. Learn@NOVA is our online training program located in Villanova's eLearning system. All faculty are asked to complete the following courses as soon as possible:

  • Required Training for Villanova Faculty and Staff (which includes harassment prevention, Title IX, and Community is a Verb)
  • IT Security Awareness

Please contact Christine Anderson, Provost's Office, at christine.anderson@villanova.edu with any questions or technical difficulties.

5. Parking: The Parking Office is available Monday – Friday 8am-4pm in Garey Hall and can be reached at 610-519-6989 or parking@villanova.edu. General parking information is on the Parking and Transportation Website.

6. Wildcard (Official University ID Card): UNIT's University Card Systems provide the "Wildcard" for convenient, efficient, mobile and secure access to all card-related services. The Wildcard is universally accepted on campus and at selected off-campus locations.

Obtain your Wildcard (ID Card) through the Wildcard Office located in Daugherty Hall. The Wildcard Office's regular hours are M- F: 8a.m. - 5 p.m. 

7. Book Orders for Fall Courses: If you have not submitted your book adoptions to the Villanova Bookstore, please do so as soon as possible. If you have a question or need assistance, contacvillanova@bkstr.com or call 610-519-4160.

8. Course Reserves: Falvey Library will accept requests for physical and electronic Course Reserves. All requests must be submitted online through the Course Reserves Request Form. Physical Course Reserves will be unavailable for circulation but will be available electronically to students upon their request through ILLiad document delivery. You may submit an online request filling our a Course Reserve Request Form.

9. Falvey Library Offering Scanning Services: To request a scan from a physical item in Falvey’s collection, submit an ILLiad request. Patrons may also continue to use the ILLiad service to request electronic copies of articles from other library collections as well. You may request e-books, but we cannot guarantee that the title you need will be available in e-book format. If the requested e-book is unavailable, you may be asked if there are specific chapters that are needed instead. If you have questions, please email

10. Be sure to register for NovaAlert.