10:00 am - 1:00 pm & 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm · Sessions of World Perspective (see “Opportunities and Invitations”) · Library, Main Reading Room

11:00 am · charla de la Dra. Reyes Vila-Belda (Indiana University) sobre “Oralidad, cultura popular y subversión en la poesía de Gloria Fuertes” · PRH 6

12:30 pm · presentation entitled “Telling True Stories: Tales from the Trenches of a Foreign Correspondent” by Mr. Giles Tremlett (Madrid correspondent for The Guardian newspaper and author of two books, Ghosts of Spain and Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen) · [CMM 311 feature writing class] · PAH 20

12:30 pm · presentation entitled “A View of the Spanish Economy” by Mr. Ricardo Martinez Rico (President and CEO of “Grupo Económico”) · PRH 16

7:15 pm · Career Services Employability Roundtable (“Want a Job?”) / learn how SLU-Madrid alumni have landed their dream jobs, and how you can do the same · Rice Room (Library)

10:00 pm · SLU-Madrid Soccer Billikens vs. Los Acabaos· Green Canal >>


WEDNESDAY 13^th

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

4:00-5.30 pm · Faculty Workshop: "Service Learning and Ignatian Pedagogy" presented by Mary Domahidy and Leah Sweetman (SLU's Center for Service and Community Engagement) · Manresa Hall, Video Conference Room

1:00-3:00 pm & 5:30-6:30 pm · Student Forums with Father Reale, SLU-Madrid Rector, to share ideas about the anticipated expansion of campus space / all students welcome to participate · Rector´s office (Manresa Hall, ground floor)

8:00 pm · Madrid Campus theatre production, “The Millennials” · Colegio Mayor Elias Ahuja (C/ Rector Royo Villanova, 4)


THURSDAY 14^th

12:00 Noon:  Madrid Campus theatre production, “The Millenials” · Colegio Mayor Elias Ahuja (C/ Rector Royo Villanova, 4)

1:00-3:00 pm & 5:30-6:30 pm · Additional Student Forums with Father Reale, SLU-Madrid Rector, to share ideas about the anticipated expansion of campus space / all students welcome to participate · Rector´s office (Manresa Hall, ground floor)

1:45-2:45 pm · Discover the Republic of Moldova, probably the only country in the world to be named after a dog!  Taste typical Moldovan delicacies and wine, hear Moldovan music, and learn the history and traditions of this little-known nation. · Student Lounge

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

8:00 pm · Madrid Campus theatre production, “The Millenials” · Colegio Mayor Elias Ahuja (C/ Rector Royo Villanova, 4)


FRIDAY 15^th

Please Note: The cafeteria will close today at 1:00 pm. There will be no cooked lunch service.

2.00 pm · 2011-2012 Campus Ambassador Training Session I · Student Lounge


SATURDAY 16^th

University Housing pre-Semana Santa move-out date


SUNDAY 17^th

Palm Sunday / No Sunday Mass on Campus (see “Special Announcements” for a list of Holy Week processions in Madrid, as well as a list of churches near the SLU-Madrid Campus offering Holy Week services)

Monday-Friday, April 18-22 · Semana Santa Holidays – Madrid Campus closed

Tuesday, April 19 · beginning of Passover

Sunday, April 24 · Easter [no Sunday Mass on Campus] / University Housing post-Semana Santa move-in date

Celebrating Holy Week in Madrid. Learn about Semana Santa processions, as well as about churches with Holy Week services. >>

If you are currently in University housing and are planning to come back in Fall 2011 with either the same or a different Host Family, you must e-mail Ms. Margarita Casado at housing-madrid@slu.edu before Wednesday, April 27.  Without this notice, your spot will be made available to other Fall 2011 students who are applying for University housing.

Congratulations to those chosen to be Campus Ambassadors for the 2011/2012 academic year!  Representing five different countries, they are Katherine Espinosa, Gabriela García, Marina Guajardo, Diana Lipcan, Siboney Molina, Ciara Pratt, Allison Rollins, Chrissy Rosado, Eminio Sulaiman, and Alexandra Zirkelbach.

Work Grant: The Financial Aid department is now accepting Administrative Support Scholarship applications for the upcoming summer sessions as well as for the next academic year (Fall 2011/Spring 2012) >>

The Division of Language and Literature´s 9th annual English Graduate Student Conference, "Forming Identity, Transforming Space," will take place on the 29th and 30th of April in the Madrid Campus Library and Padre Rubio Hall. The conference will include a keynote address by Linda A. Kinnahan, Professor of English, Duquesne University on Friday at 1:00 pm (location TBA), as well as paper presentations by our MA in English students and by graduate students from universities around the world. For further details about this event, please contact Maura Tarnoff at mtarnoff@slu.edu

Because the Billiken editor will be observing Semana Santa, the next Billiken News will be issued on Monday, April 25.