Impact Stories

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The Slamkowski Scholars: Modeling the Abundant Gifts of Bill Slamkowski ’85 CLAS

Keith Christiansen ’18 VSB, Luke Sabal ’19 CLAS, Lars Hultgren ’21 COE and Brenna McLaughlin ’23 COE have the distinction of being the first four Slamkowski Scholars.

Pamela Marshall ’24 CPS—Soldier and Student

Pamela Marshall grew up in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia and had given no thought to becoming a career soldier until the day she accompanied a girlfriend to an Army recruitment office.

Endowed Scholarship Recipient Develops Communication Tools for Villanovans With Cerebral Palsy

As one of the first in his family to attend college, Michael DiGiacomo ’21 COE knew that a Villanova education would help him turn his dreams into reality—and the Shirley and George G. Hoberg ’45 Endowed Electrical Engineering Scholarship made it possible.