MONDAY 21^st

SLU-Madrid Winter Break / No Classes / Library Open (3:00 pm - 9:00 pm)


TUESDAY 22^nd

SLU-Madrid Winter Break / No Classes / Library Open (3:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

8:00 pm · SLU-Madrid Soccer Billikens vs. Toshiba · Green Canal >>


WEDNESDAY 23^rd

1:50 pm · Catholic Mass in English – Chapel, Padre Rubio Hall (PRH), first floor


THURSDAY 24^th

10:30 am - 1:00 pm · Campus Ministry Pancake Breakfast in support of the Salesian Mission in Zway, Ethiopia where SLU-Madrid students volunteer each August · PRH Student Lounge

1:50 pm · Misa Católica en español – Capilla, Padre Rubio Hall (PRH), primera planta

2:00 pm · Information meeting for those interested in moving next fall to the St. Louis Campus or in transferring to another university · PRH 11


FRIDAY 25^th

2:00 pm · All Faculty Meeting · Library Main Reading Room


SATURDAY 26^th

Extended Library Hours (12:00 noon – 10:00 pm)

5:30 pm · Billiken Night: North African Concert (Un té a la menta), showcasing North African music · Caixa Forum (metro: Atocha)


SUNDAY 27^th

Extended Library Hours (12:00 noon – 10:00 pm)

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

Monday, February 28 · deadline to sign-up for Loyola Ignatian Pilgrimage Retreat (March 11-13)

Tuesday, March 1 · professors’ deadline to submit midterm grades

Saturday, March 5 · Student Life Day Trip to Cuenca

Monday, March 7 · beginning of Orthodox Great Lent

Tuesday, March 8 · Student Life & Counseling Services Workshop [for male students]: Effects of Alcohol (see notice in “Opportunities & Invitations”) · PRH 16

Wednesday, March 9 · Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent) · Masses on campus at 1:50 pm and 5:30 pm

Wednesday, March 9 (5:30 pm) · Faculty Development Seminar: Getting Students Engaged - Active Learning Strategies · video-conference room, Manresa Hall

Friday, March 11 · Special Math Exams II

Friday, March 11 · last day to drop a class and receive a grade of “W”

Friday-Sunday, March 11-13 · Loyola Ignatian Pilgrimage Retreat

Monday, March 14 · Student Life & Counseling Services Workshop [for female students]: Effects of Alcohol (see notice in “Opportunities & Invitations”) · PRH 16

Tuesday, March 15 · last day to submit transfer application for fall semester

Wednesday, March 16 · Student Life & Counseling Services Workshop [for female students]: Effects of Alcohol (see notice in “Opportunities & Invitations”) · PRH 16

Friday, March 18 · SLU-Madrid campus holiday / all university services, including library, closed

Friday, March 18 · Student Life Day Trip to Paular Monastery and Buitrago de Lozoya

Wednesday, March 30 (5:30 pm) · Faculty Development Seminar: Academic Honesty and its International Contexts · video-conference room, Manresa Hall

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Interested in moving to SLU’s St. Louis Campus or transferring to another university?  Come to the information meeting Thursday, February 24, at 2:00 pm in PRH 11.  Remember: the deadline to turn in all transfer documents is March 15.  For more information, please contact Anna Deckert (deckerta@slu.edu).

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The University is seeking to hire an Assistant to the Academic Dean for Programming.  For more information, consult “Job Opportunities (Staff)” in the Faculty-Staff section of the Madrid Campus website.

The Office of Student Life, in conjunction with Counseling Services would like to invite all study-abroad (“students to take part in a 30-minute discussion group designed to allow students to examine the effects of alcohol and to develop strategies to avoid unwanted consequences (such as sexual assault) from imprudent use of alcohol. For more information, or to sign up, please see Ana or Ariadne in Student Life.  Groups will meet from 2:00 to 2:30 on the following days: Group 1 (for male students) Tuesday, March 8 // Group 2 (for female students) Monday, March 14 // Group 3 (for female students) Wednesday, March 16.  Whether or not you participate in a discussion group, all students are encouraged to take the E-Chug Alcohol Check-up.

A Picasso museum in a medieval town? Join Campus Ambassadors on Friday, March 18 for a day trip to visit the beautiful Paular monastery and Buitrago de Lozoya , a picturesque medieval town with its own Picasso museum.  The 40€ fee includes a guided tour in English along with roundtrip transportation by private coach. Minimum of 20 people required.  Sign up in the Finance Office.  (Please note: Refunds for day trips cannot be given if a student fails to attend for whatever reason, including failure to arrive by the scheduled departure time.)

Would you like to see a town of hanging houses?  Join Campus Ambassadors for a day trip to Cuenca on Saturday, March 5.  The 20€ fee includes roundtrip transportation by private coach.  Minimum of 20 people required.  Sign up in the Finance Office.  (Please note: Refunds for day trips cannot be given if a student fails to attend for whatever reason, including failure to arrive by the scheduled departure time.)

Loyola Ignatian Pilgrimage Retreat (Friday morning, March 11 – Sunday evening, March 13) / open to students of all faiths.  Taking place in the beautiful Basque country of northern Spain at the birthplace of  Ignatius of Loyola , the founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the retreat provides a great opportunity to deepen one’s self-understanding  while also learning more about Ignatius’ life and how his values and way of understanding reality have shaped Jesuit activities, including education, ever since.  The return trip to Madrid on Sunday includes a visit to the castle where Francis Xavier (Ignatius´ university friend who became one of the original Jesuits) grew up.  Because of generous benefactors, the total retreat fee (including transportation, housing and great meals!) is only 90 €, half of the actual cost.  Sign-ups continue through the end of February in the Finance Office.

Each semester Student Life offers a rich variety of campus ministry activities & service opportunities.

Stuck on your homework?  Need help with your English?  With your Spanish?  The English Writing Center and the Spanish Language Center are located in the entry area of Manresa Hall.   The schedule of the English Writing Center is: Mondays & Wednesdays, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, and Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm.  The Spanish Language Center is open Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, and Tuesday & Thursdays, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm.