Arrival of Fall 2010 New Students / University Housing (señoras) Move-In Date

6:00 pm · Sunday Mass · Chapel, Padre Rubio Hall, first floor

Monday-Tuesday, August 30-31 · New Students Welcome Sessions

Wednesday, September 1 · Fall 2010 First Day of Classes

Wednesday-Friday, September 1-3 · visit to Madrid Campus of Father Lawrence Biondi, S.J., SLU President, and Mr. Jack Pruellage, Chair of SLU Board of Trustees

Friday, September 3 · (2:00 pm) Mass of Holy Spirit / (3:00 pm) Welcome Back BBQ and Student Activities Fair / (5:00 pm) Faculty-Staff Service Recognition Ceremony & Social

Friday, September 3 (8:30 pm) · Student Life Tapas Night

Saturday, September 4 · Student Life Day Trip to Segovia

Sunday, September 5 · Student Life Day Trip to Toledo

Friday, September 10 (2:30 pm) · Faculty-Staff Meeting

Friday, September 10 (8:30 pm) · Student Life Bowling Night

Saturday, September 11 · Student Life Day Trip to Salamanca

Sunday, September 12 · Student Life Day Trip to Sierra de Madrid

Saint Louis University President, Father Lawrence Biondi, S.J., and the Chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, Mr. Jack Pruellage, will be visiting the Madrid Campus from September 1st through the 3rd. 


Campus Climate: Please keep in mind that in compliance with Spanish law, smoking is prohibited on the Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus.  Also, within classrooms, computer labs and the library, no food or drink (other than water) is allowed. 

First-Year Summer Reading · Join all new, first-year Saint Louis University students in reading Eboo Patel's Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation.  See more information at the First-year Program website (http://www.slu.edu/x27925.xml).  All faculty, staff and current students are welcome to participate in a discussion of this remarkable coming of age story on August 30 at 17.30 in the library.  For more information, please contact the Academic Dean (vitap@slu.edu).

If you have signs to post, please take them to the Office of Student Life in Padre Rubio Hall which will both approve them for posting and make certain that they are posted appropriately (on designated bulletin boards).

Fall Office Hours (including computer labs, cafeteria and other services)

Library Fall Hours

Billiken News e-mail address:  For inclusion of an item in the Billiken News, issued each Monday, please submit your notice to billikenews-madrid@slu.edu no later than the prior Friday at 6:00 pm.  Thanks!