MONDAY 7^th

beginning of Orthodox Great Lent

2:00 pm · Career Services Information Session: PractiGo Seminar on Working and Volunteering Abroad · PRH 10


TUESDAY 8^th

2:00-2:30 pm · Student Life & Counseling Services Workshop [for male students]: Effects of Alcohol (see notice in “Opportunities & Invitations”) · PRH 16

2:00 pm · Career Services Workshop: Interviewing Skills · PRH 10

5:30 pm · “Being Mexico and Jordan: SLU Madrid at the Model UN 2011 - Join us for 2012” · participants share experiences of 2011 and speak about getting involved in Model UN 2012 · Library Reading Room 1

6:00 pm · Career Services Information Session: Obtaining Legal Work Status in Spain · Rice Room

[No SLU-Madrid Billiken soccer game this week]


WEDNESDAY 9^th

Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent) >>

1:50 pm · Ash Wednesday Catholic Mass with distribution of Ashes · PRH 16

5:30 pm · Ash Wednesday Catholic Mass with distribution of Ashes · PRH 16

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

7:00 pm · Guest lecturer Dr. Miles Davis (Shenandoah University, Viriginia USA) speaks about “The Role of Entrepreneurship in Social Revolutions” · Everett Rice Room (Library) >>


THURSDAY 10^th

1:45-2:45 pm · “Cultural Coffee”: Discover Sweden: food, history and traditions · Student Lounge (PRH)

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


FRIDAY11^th

last day to drop a class and receive a grade of “W”

8:00 am · departure for Loyola Ignatian Pilgrimage Retreat · front of PRH

2:00 pm · Special Math Exams II

8:30 pm · Student Life Billiken Movie Night · bring snacks, and meet in front of Padre Rubio Hall


SUNDAY 13^th

U.S. begins Daylight Savings Time.  (Spain begins DST on Sunday, March 27th.)

Because of the Loyola Pilgrimage Retreat, there will be no on-campus Sunday Mass.

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

Tuesday, March 15 (2:00 pm) · informational meeting for those interested in applying to be a Campus Ambassador · Student Life Office (PRH ground floor)

Tuesday, March 15 (2:30 pm) Art History Program talk entitled, “Discovering the Purpose of the Royal Academy of San Fernando and its Collections” · Rice Room (Library)

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

Wednesday, March 16 (2:00 pm) · Career Services Information Session: “Semester at Sea presentation by Fall 2010 participant Alexandra Echsner · PRH 10

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

Tuesday, March 22 (6:00 pm) · Career Services Information Session: IE Business School · PRH 8

Thursday, March 24 (4:00-7:30 pm) · Deloitte Financial Challenge (an accounting conference in which our professors and students will participate) · Library

Friday, March 25 (5:30 pm) · deadline to submit application to become a Campus Ambassador for the 2011-2012 Academic Year

Sunday, March 27 · Spain begins Daylight Savings Time

Tuesday, March 29 (2:00 pm) · Career Services Seminar: Mock Interviews · PRH 10

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

Click here for some of what is happening this week in Madrid >>

The Campus will mark the beginning of the Season of Lent this week with Ash Wednesday Masses (and the distribution of ashes) at 1:50 pm and 5:30 pm in PRH 16.  At the 5:30 pm Mass the SLU Concert Choir will enhance the prayer by its singing of Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus, Schubert's Heilig ist der Herr and Franck's Panis Angelicus.

Discover Sweden, the third biggest country in the European Union.  Taste some typical Swedish delicacies, and learn about the history and traditions of this multicultural civilization.... there's more to Sweden than just Ikea, saunas and Abba!  / Thursday, March 10, 1:45 – 2:45 pm in the Student Lounge.

The Art History Program is pleased to welcome Mercedes Gonzáles de Amezua, Curator of the Museum of the Royal Academy of San Fernando, who on March 15 at 2:30 pm in the Rice Room of the library will be giving a talk entitled, “Discovering the Purpose of the Royal Academy of San Fernando and its Collections.”  All faculty and students are welcome to attend!  If you would like to do so, please contact Dr. Fabiola Martínez (fmartin9@slu.edu).

The Career Services Office Announces March Opportunities!  A number of information sessions and workshops have been organized for the month of March to help students successfully identify future employment or educational opportunities >>

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 in PRH 16 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.

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. 

All current SLU-Madrid students who were also enrolled in the fall semester must stop by the Student Life Office (PRH ground floor) before Friday, March 11 to renew their student ID card and pick up their new Sanitas card.  

Spring Office Hours (including computer labs, cafeteria and other services) >>

Library Spring Hours >>

Marking the Season of Lent >>

Win a gift certificate with your writing!  Until April 29, the Languages & Literature Division will be accepting student contributions for the 2011 Undergraduate Writing Prizes.  Categories include academic writing in English, and creative writing in both English and Spanish.  More information and the application form are available at the Writing Prize website.  Students are also invited to consider submitting their writing to: the 2011 Norman Mailer High School and College Writing Awards for Creative Nonfiction (deadline: April 28), and the Student Writing Contest of Transitions Abroad (deadline: March 8!).

Student Life “Best Spring 2011 Photo Contest” – win a prize!  Share with Student Life your photos of academic and non-academic trips, day-trips, sports and service opportunities in which you have participated or will be participating.  You can also share photos of your host family, or of campus friends enjoying Madrid sights during this Spring 2011 semester.  On Tuesday, May 3, the Student Life Team will choose the best photographs and award prizes! >>

SLU-Madrid Campus Ambassadors are 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 attend the information meeting on March 15, or contact Ariadne Ferro in Student Life.  Please note: March 25 is the deadline to apply to be a Campus Ambassador for the 2011-2012 Academic Year >>

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.)

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.