TUESDAY 26^th

9:00 pm · SLU-Madrid Soccer Billikens vs. Riverdale · Join the Billiken Pep Club in supporting our soccer team during the match! · Green Canal


WEDNESDAY 27^th

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 >>

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


THURSDAY 28^th

12:00 noon – 3:00 pm · experience the food, coffee, dance and culture of Saudi Arabia · Student Lounge of PRH

12:30 – 1:45 pm · presentation by Dr. Mark Abbott (Professor of New Testament,
Seminario Evangélico Unido de Teología) on the topic of “The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith" · PRH 3

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


FRIDAY 29^th

Last Day to Drop a Class and Receive a Grade of “W”


SUNDAY 31^st

2:00 am · Daylight Savings Time ends in Spain

Deadline for submission of presentation abstracts for the Spanish Symposium

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

Monday, November 1 · Día de Todos los Santos Holiday / University (including library) 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 (library open with weekend hours)

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

Monday, November 15 · 4:00 pm · presentation by Dra. Sonia Martín López (Instituto de Óptica "Daza de Valdés", CSIC) on Seminar: “Distributed fibre sensor for monitoring large civil structures” · PAH 20 >>

Monday-Tuesday, November 15-16 · Dr. Francisco García-Serrano presents his paper, "Del convento al palacio: Los frailes y los oligarquías castellanas (s. XIII-XIV)" at the Rulers of the Community, Subjects of the Divine International Conference · Colegio Mayor San Pablo-CEU (across from SLU-Madrid Campus)

Wednesday, November 17 · Deadline to submit application to be Spring 2011 Campus Ambassador

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

Friday, November 19 · 2.00 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

Friday Chess Club: If you are interested in learning chess – or in teaching other students how to play – on Friday afternoons, please email Christine Grimley at cgrimley@slu.edu.

Five Additional Campus Ambassadors To Be Selected for the Spring 2011 Semester: Campus Ambassadors are selected student leaders who, upholding the University’s mission, commit themselves to representing the University at a variety of campus programs and events.  In turn, Ambassadors are given a number of special opportunities for personal and professional development.  If you are interested in learning more about what it means to be a Campus Ambassador, you are invited to contact Ariadne Ferro in Student Life.  PLEASE NOTE: Wednesday, November 17 is the deadline to apply to be a Campus Ambassador for the Spring 2011 semester. >>

Discover Saudi Arabia!  Come and discover the land of the Prophet Mohammed, try some typical Saudi food and coffee in a typical Saudi tent, take a photo dressed in typical Saudi clothes, have your name in Arabic tattooed in henna, dress in a thob, and learn to dance Al-Ardah.... Thursday, October 28, 12 - 3 pm in the Student Lounge of PRH.

The Registrar’s Office will be closed Friday, October 29.

Daylight Savings Time Ends in Spain this coming Sunday, October 31.   Time to move your clocks back one hour.  (Remember: “fall back, spring forward”).  For those in contact with the States, please note that the U.S. does not end DST until November 7.  Therefore, for one week, the U.S. will be one less hour “behind” Spain.  For example, St. Louis will be six, not seven, hours earlier than Madrid.

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 in PRH 16, beginning at 1:50 pm.  Also, as a symbol of our desire to keep the deceased before God, everyone is invited until the end of November to place the names of deceased loved ones in the box located in the chapel on the first floor of Padre Rubio Hall and/or to post photographs of deceased loved ones on the blue panel display in the chapel. >>


If you are in the process of renewing your Tarjeta de Estudiante and will be leaving the Schengen area for the Christmas Break, carefully read the Residency Card section of our website for information on how to obtain an autorización de regreso.  For more information, contact Ariadne Ferro at aferro@slu.edu.

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.

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* >>

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.

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, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm; email spanishwc-madrid@slu.edu  for more information or to set up an appointment.