TUESDAY 19^th

Professors’ Deadline to Submit Midterm Grades

7:00 pm · Meeting of students interested in forming an International Relations / Political Science Student Club · PRH 13

9:00 pm (changed from 8:00 pm) · SLU-Madrid Soccer (fútbol) Season Opening Match · (cf. Special Announcement for more details) · Green Canal


WEDNESDAY 20^th

1:45 pm – 2.30 pm · presentation by Professor Maura Tarnoff about how Jews pray · PRH 10 >>

1:50 pm · Catholic Mass in English · Chapel, PRH, first floor

2:00 pm · Career Services Seminar: Interviewing Skills · PRH 10

7:00 pm (19:00) · VI Foro de Empleabilidad: Banca de Inversión y Banca Comercial, IE Business School / Ponentes: Ignacio de La Torre, Socio de Arcano y Leopoldo Torralba, Analista-Sénior de Planificación Estratégica de Ahorro Corporación / Confirma tu asistencia con Patrice Burns, pburns1@slu.edu


THURSDAY 21^st

1:45 pm · Taller de investigación: Cómo preparar un trabajo de Lengua o Literatura / Research Workshop: How to prepare a presentation for Spanish Language or Literature · En este taller se darán pautas para la presentación de trabajos literarios y lingüísticos en un foro público, tales como congresos, seminarios, e incluso revistas.  ¡Todos están invitados! · PRH 13

1:50 pm · Misa Católica en español · Capilla, PRH, primera planta


FRIDAY 22^nd

8:00 am · departure for Loyola Pilgrimage Retreat · front steps of Padre Rubio Hall


SUNDAY 24^th

Please Note: Because of the Loyola Pilgrimage Retreat, there will not be a Mass on campus.

Wednesday, October 27 · 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm · presentation about how Catholics pray by Leticia Isasi, Coordinator of MAGIS for the World Youth Day 2011 and member of Padre Arrupe CLC  

Friday, October 29 · Last Day to Drop a Class and Receive a Grade of “W”

Sunday, October 31 · Spain ends Daylight Savings Time

Sunday, October 31 · deadline for submission of presentation abstracts for the Spanish Symposium

Monday, November 1 · Día de Todos los Santos Holiday / University closed

Tuesday, November 2 · 1:50 – 2:20 pm · All Souls (Memorial Day) Mass 

Thursday, November 4 · 2:00 pm · Career Services Seminar: Résumé Writing

Sunday, November 7 · U.S. ends Daylight Savings Time

Monday, November 8 · Registration begins for Spring 2011 Semester

Tuesday, November 9 · La Almudena Holiday / University closed

Monday, November 15 · 2:00 pm · Career Services Seminar: Mock Interviews

Thursday-Friday, November 18-19 · SLU-Madrid theater productions of “The Dining Room”

Friday, November 19 · :00 pm · Faculty Meeting · Main Reading Room - Library

Friday, November 26 · 1:00 – 7:00 pm · First Annual Spanish Symposium

Tuesday, November 30 (11:00 am) · “Conversación con Manuel Longares,” Premio Nacional de la Crítica en 2001 por su novela Romanticismo · PRH Aula 6  

Thursday, December 2 · 2:00 pm · Career Services Seminar: Job Search Strategies

Thursday, December 2 · 7:00 pm · SLU-Madrid Arts Performance

Discover a great volunteer opportunity with the Franciscan nuns (Hermanitas de Los Pobres de Maiquetia) Soup Kitchen – a 3-minute walk from Padre Rubio Hall! You may volunteer for 30 minutes, an hour, or longer anytime between 11am-2 pm, any weekday. >>
If you are interested in learning more, please e-mail campus minister Ana Aizpún (aaizpun@slu.edu) or student Francisco Hohn (fhohn@slu.edu).  Either would be happy to answer your questions and share experiences of volunteering at the soup kitchen.

And another great volunteer opportunity: the Helsinki España-Dimensión Humana Project. The US Embassy and European Parliament in Madrid are looking for volunteers – US and Spanish University students – who are willing to attend training sessions on Human Rights during the last two weekends in October and then do presentations in schools during March and April next year. >>
To find out more, please e-mail or otherwise contact Ana Aizpún (aaizpun@slu.edu) in Student Life, or Academic Dean Dr. Paul Vita (vitap@slu.edu), preferably no later than this Thursday, October 21.

Final Call: If you are in University housing and are planning to stay next term with the same Host Family (señora), you must e-mail Margarita Casado at housing-madrid@slu.edu before Wednesday, October 20.  After this date, your spot may be made available to a Spring 2011 student who is applying for housing.

Soccer Season Opening Match at Green Canal: This Tuesday at 9:00 pm (not 8 pm). The SLU-Madrid Billikens will be playing the Bank of America team. Join the Billiken Pep Club in supporting our soccer team during the match.  Afterwards the players, the Pep Club and SLU-Madrid Billiken fans will meet up at Malvasia, C/ Guzmán el Bueno 95 for pizza and refreshments.


In the Catholic tradition, the month of November is a particular time to remember deceased loved ones.  On Tuesday, November 2 (the Feast of All Souls), Campus Ministry will sponsor a special Mass beginning at 1:50 pm.  Also, Campus Ministry will be gathering names of deceased loved ones for the SLU-Madrid Campus to remember in prayer.  Check next week’s Billiken News for more details.

Check out the new SLU-Madrid Campus social media page!  You may access it by either going to http://spain.slu.edu/socialmedia, or by clicking on the social media icon at the bottom of the Madrid Campus website home page.

Students interested in getting a seasonal flu shot may make a free-of-charge appointment at Interclinic with Dr. Borrás (using your Sanitas card); however, you will need to pay for the vaccine at Interclinic.  For information on making an appointment – and for directions to Interclinic – please click here >>

Is your NIE tarjeta de estudiante (residency card) about to expire?  Do you need an appointment for an autorización de regreso?  Carefully read the Residency Card section of our website.  For more information, contact Ariadne Ferro at aferro@slu.edu.

Fall Office Hours

Library Fall Hours

First Annual Spanish Symposium, Friday, November 26, 1:00-7:00 p.m., Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus, with the participation of the writer Lourdes Ortiz as plenary session speaker · *CALL FOR PAPERS* >>

Opportunities for Community ESL - English Language Teaching / Volunteer (on campus) as an English Language Teacher in our Community ESL program >>

Stuck on your homework?  Need help with your English?  With your Spanish?  Visit the English Writing Assistance Center and the Spanish Assistance Center located in the entry area of Manresa Hall. The schedule of the English Writing Assistance Center is: Monday & Wednesday, 11:30 am - 3:30 pm, and Tuesday & Thursday, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm; email englishwc-madrid@slu.edu for more information. The Spanish Assistance Center is open Monday through Thursday, 4:30pm - 6:30 pm; email spanishwc-madrid@slu.edu  for more information or to set up an appointment.