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

“Milk and Soft Drink Drive” continues in support of the local Franciscan Soup Kitchen.


MONDAY 22^nd

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 23^rd

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

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

10:00 pm · SLU-Madrid Soccer (fútbol) Billikens vs. “Pádel Session” · Green Canal


WEDNESDAY 24^th

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

2:00-2:30 pm · meeting of all current Campus Ambassadors and CA applicants with Student Life Staff · PRH 10


THURSDAY 25^th

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.

1:45-2:45 pm · Caribbean Cultural Event in the Student Lounge

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

7:00 pm · Information meeting about volunteering to teach English next August in Ethiopia · PRH 3


FRIDAY 26^th

1:00 -7:00 pm · First Annual Spanish Symposium · PRH 7 & 8

3:00-5:00 pm · Tennis Tournament · Complejo Deportivo Ciudad Universitaria · Avda. de Juan de Herrera, S/N · Sign up by email with César criojaal@slu.edu


SATURDAY 27^th

2:00-4:00 pm & 8:00-10:00 pm · SLU-Madrid Soccer World Cup · Green Canal


SUNDAY 28^th

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

Monday, November 29 · 2:00-3:00 pm · presentation by Professor Carolina Aznar: “Phoenicians and Israelites in Northern Israel"

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

Tuesday, November 30 · 4:00 pm · presentation by guest speaker and licensed psychologist,  Vega García Candelas, entitled, "What is Psychotherapy and Why Does It Work?"  · PRH 7

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, “Romeo and Julieta” · Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo, Plaza del Duque de Pastrana, 5

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

Tuesday, December 14 · 10:30 am – 12:30 pm · Campus Ministry Pancake Breakfast

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

Tuesday, December 21 · 6:00 pm · Mid-Year Commencement

The Madrid Campus acknowledges with great gratitude the recent generosity of SLU trustee and benefactor, Mr. Rex Sinquefield, which has allowed us to place two outdoor chess tables in the patio of Padre Rubio Hall.  To borrow a chess set, for use either outside or inside, just drop by the Student Life Office. >>
A reminder: students interested in forming a chess club are invited to contact student Christine Grimley at cgrimley@slu.edu.

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.

Discover the Caribbean!  Come and discover the enticing culture of the Caribbean islands,
listen to steel bands and reggae, discover buried treasure, meet Johnny Depp, try a limbo dance, learn to play cricket, and, naturally, savor the exotic flavors of some typical Caribbean cooking...  Thursday, November 25, 1:45 - 2:45 pm in the Student Lounge



Milk and Soft Drink Drive – November 15 through 26 / Student Life is 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 >>

Façade of Padre Arrupe Hall: During the next several weeks, work will be underway on the exterior of Padre Arrupe Hall, sometimes resulting in the disruption of normal human traffic patterns. 

Operación Inglés 2011 Job Opportunity:  If you are interested in working as a monitor in one of SLU-Madrid's summer language camps next July, please sign up for an interview on the door of the Language Teaching Center (PRH, 1st floor). It's very hard work, but the pay is good and working with adolescents is always fun!

Interested in volunteering as an English teacher in Ethiopia next August?   Learn more about the work done there at an information meeting – with short video and brief presentation – on Thursday, November 25 at 7:00 pm in PRH 3.

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. >>

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

Presentation about Archeological Project in Israel: On Monday, November 29, from 2:00-3:00 pm in PRH 16, Professor Carolina Aznar will speak about the project she led last summer in Israel.  At the presentation (entitled "Cananites, Phoenicians and Israelites in Northern Israel") Madrid Campus students who participated in the project under Professor Aznar’s direction will also speak about the experience.
 
The Arts Department will present “Romeo and Julieta" at 7:00 pm on Thursday, December 2nd at the Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo, Plaza del Duque de Pastrana 5 (metro Duque de Pastrana, line 9).  Come and experience Madrid Campus students presenting their talents in Latin Dance, Spanish Dance, Drawing and Painting, Music, Choir, Voice, Design and Theater.  Free entrance! >>

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 >>

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.