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, contact villanova@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.