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

First Week of Advent >>


MONDAY 29^th

2:00-3:00 pm · presentation by Professor Carolina Aznar: “Phoenicians and Israelites in Northern Israel" · PRH 16


TUESDAY 30^th

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

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


WEDNESDAY 1^st

First Day of the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah (Chanukah), the 8-day Festival of Light

Morning · Political Science Club bake sale / All proceeds will be donated to the school in Ethiopia where students from our Campus teach every summer. AIDS has affected many of the school children's families and December 1 is AIDS International Day · Student Lounge, PRH

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


THURSDAY 2^nd

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

2:00 pm · Career Services Seminar: Job Search Strategies

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

7:00 pm · SLU-Madrid Arts Performance, “Romeo and Julieta” · Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo, Plaza del Duque de Pastrana, 5

7:00 pm · Art Club meeting · Manresa Annex (art room)


SUNDAY 5^th

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


MONDAY 6^th

Día de la Constitución Española 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

Wednesday, December 22 · University Housing Move-Out Date

December 23 – January 1 · University Holidays / all facilities closed

Friday, December 24 · Deadline for professors to submit FL10 final grades

Thursday, January 6 · Epifanía (Reyes) Holiday / all facilities closed

Sunday, January 9 · New Students Arrival and University Housing Move-In

Monday-Tuesday, January 10-11 · New Students Welcome Sessions Days

Wednesday, January 12 · First Day SP11 Classes

Because of the Día de la Constitución Española Holiday on Monday, the 6th, the next issue of the Billiken News will appear on Tuesday, the 7th.

Congratulations to those chosen to be the newest Campus Ambassadors!  Representing several countries, they are Sloane Hill, Chelsea McGeehan and Eminio Sulaiman and as Graduate Campus Ambassador, Alex Ocasio. During the spring semester, they will join our veteran Campus Ambassadors: Emily Branshaw, Leslie Ford, Kristin Lagman, Siboney Molina, Randa Medina, Chrissy Rosado and Kristin Sunday. >>

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!



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 theatre. 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.