Billiken News - Madrid
November 15 - 21, 2010
THIS WEEK
This week

Registration continues for Spring 2011 Semester.  For information on how to register online >>

10th Semana de la Ciencia continues (November 8th – 21st) in Madrid >>


MONDAY 15th

First Day of “Milk and Soft Drink Drive” to benefit local Soup Kitchen

2:00 pm · Career Services Seminar: Mock Interviews

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 >>


TUESDAY 16th

International Day of Tolerance / 21st Anniversary of the UCA martyrs


WEDNESDAY 17th

Deadline to submit application to be a Spring 2011 Campus Ambassador

1:00 - 4.00 pm · International Food in the SLU-Madrid Campus Cafeteria

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


THURSDAY 18th

10:00 am - 12:00 noon · Seminario: En breve: cuentos de escritoras españolas (1975-2005) · PRH 8 / Ver más información detallada >>

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

8:00 pm · SLU-Madrid theater production of "The Dining Room" · Colegio Mayor Elias Ahuja (C/ Rector Royo Villanova, 4) >>


FRIDAY 19th

12:00 noon · SLU-Madrid theater production of “The Dining Room” · Colegio Mayor Elias Abuja (C/ Rector Royol Villanova, 4)

2.00 pm · Faculty Meeting · Main Reading Room - Library

5.45 pm ·Join the Piedras Vivas Project in visiting (free of charge!) the Agustinas Recoletas 17th Century Convent in Calle Santa Isabel 48, as well as the Reina Sofía Museum >>

8:00 pm · SLU-Madrid theater production of “The Dining Room” · Colegio Mayor Elias Ahuja (C/ Rector Royo Villanova, 4)


SATURDAY 20th

10.00 am - 5.00pm · Sierra Club outing to La Cabrera >>
Sign up with César Rioja in Student Life or by e-mailing him at criojaal@slu.edu


SUNDAY 21st

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

UPCOMING

Monday, November 22 · 5:30 pm · Madrid Campus Faculty Research Presentations: Francisco García Serrano, “Frailes Medievales: De la Humildad al Poder,” and Anne Dewey, “Poetry, Friendship, Politics” · Library Reading Room

Tuesday, November 23 · 10.00 am - 2.00 pm · Red Cross Blood Drive · front of Padre Rubio Hall >>

Tuesday, November 23 · 2:30 pm · Lecture by Gisèle Sogas Rodríguez (Ben Franklin Institute, University of Alcalá): "Bilingualism and Biculturalism in Eva Hoffman's Lost in Translation" · PRH 10

Tuesday, November 23 · 10:00 pm · SLU-Madrid Soccer (fútbol) Billikens vs. “Padel Session” · Green Canal

Wednesday, November 24 · 2.00-2.30 pm · meeting of all current Campus Ambassadors and CA applicants with Student Life Staff · PRH 10

Thursday, November 25 ·1.00-4.00 pm · Thanksgiving Dinner in the cafeteria / (Because of a special event for alumni that evening, the cafeteria will close at 4.00 pm.)

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

Friday, November 26 · 3.00 pm · Tennis Tournament · Complejo Deportivo Ciudad Universitaria

Saturday, November 27 · 2.00 - 4.00 pm and 8.00 - 10.00 pm SLU-Madrid Soccer World Cup · Green Canal

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 · 5:30 pm · guest presentation, “Making Human Rights Real: Rights and Humanity and the Human Rights Approach” by Professor Julia Häusermann MBE (founder & president of the International Human Rights Organization, Rights and Humanity) · PRH 8

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

Monday, December 6 · Día de la Constitución Española Holiday / University closed (library open with weekend hours)

Wednesday, December 8 · Inmaculada Concepción Holiday / University closed (library open with weekend hours)

Monday, December 13 · first day of expanded library hours for exam period

Tuesday, December 14 · Final Day Fall 2010 Classes

Wednesday-Friday, Monday-Tuesday, December 15-17, 20-21 · Final Exams

Tuesday, December 21 · Mid-Year Commencement

THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Sports
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thursday and Friday, November 18 (8:00 pm) and 19 (12:00 & 8:00 pm) · SLU-Madrid theater productions of "The Dining Room," directed by Greg Stanford and performed in English / Free Admission · Colegio Mayor Elias Abuja (C/ Rector Royol Villanova, 4) >>

The Youth Vote Overseas Foundation invites USA students to participate in a 5-minute Post-Election Survey about the November 2nd US elections (whether you voted or not) at this link >>
The survey will close on December 31, 2010; results will be available at this link in mid-February 2011. 

The local Soup Kitchen needs you on Thanksgiving Day! / Come and help our neighborhood’s soup kitchen, run by Franciscan nuns, on November 25 to prepare for and celebrate Thanksgiving.  We are looking for 4-5 volunteers (for about 1 hour) to help clean and arrange the soup kitchen’s garden, and 6-7 volunteers (for about 2 hours) to help cook and serve the food.  If you would like to participate in this service to the community, please contact Ana Aizpún at aaizpun@slu.edu.

Special Announcement

Milk and Soft Drink Drive – November 15 through 26 / Student Life will be collecting milk and soft drinks for the local Soup Kitchen which has special needs for its Thanksgiving (sponsored by SLU-Madrid) and Christmas celebrations.  Please leave items in the Student Life office in PRH >>

In the Catholic tradition, the month of November is a particular time to remember deceased loved ones. 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. >>

The SLU-Madrid Soccer Billikens (3-0-0) will next play on November 23 at 10:00 pm · Join the fun by showing up to cheer on our winning team! · Green Canal

If you are in the process of renewing your Tarjeta de Estudiante and will be leaving the Schengen area for the Christmas Break, you MUST APPLY for an autorización de regreso THIS WEEK.  Carefully read the Residency Card section of our website for information on how to make an appointment.

Fall Office Hours

Library Fall Hours

OPPORTUNITIES & INVITATIONS
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 >>

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 >>

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.
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