In this issue you can find:

Announcements

Event listings

Updates to important policies

Reminders and deadlines

Useful tips

Have a great Winter semester!

Student Affairs Newsletter

Important Dates to Remember

Winter 2016

First Tuition Payment Due Jan. 5

Classes Begin Jan. 11 Faculty Conference Jan. 8

Course Add Period See Tuition and Fees

Deadline - Removal of "I" grade from Fall Semester

Jan. 29

Filing Deadline - Application for Graduation Spring/Summer Semester, July

Jan. 29

Final Tuition Payment Due

Web Registration Begins - Spring/Summer Semester

Oct. 26

Final Date, Election S Grade Mar. 11

Spring Break Mar. 7-12

In Person/Open Registration Begins - Spring/Summer Semester

Nov. 2

Final Date, Withdrawal from Courses Mar. 24

Final Filing Date/Doctoral Capstone Ex-perience for May Graduation

Mar. 31

*Easter Recess Mar. 25-27*

Web Registration Begins - Fall Semester Apr. 4

In Person/Open Registration Begins - Fall Semester

Apr. 11

Final Examinations Apr. 25-30 End of Winter Semester Apr. 30

Grades Due by 12:00 Noon May 3

Graduation Liturgy May 5 Commencement May 7

*Easter Recess begins at 4 pm the Thursday before Easter.

Alumni Office

All students are invited to join the Madonna University: Alumni & Students group on LinkedIn.

If you don’t have a profile, now is a great time to create one using the student tutorial on

the site. With more than 1,400 members, the Madonna Alumni & Students group is a great

place to learn about the careers and industries where Madonna alums are working. Make

connections and begin networking to build your future career! If you have questions,

contact the Alumni Office at 734-432-5811 or alumni@madonna.edu.

Center For Students in Transition The Center for Students in Transition offers support to adult learners, transfer students,

and student veterans. If you use, or plan to use VA Education Benefits, please be sure to

contact Jennifer McArdle, VA Certifying Official.

We would like to welcome our new students. We hope you took advantage of the Adult and

Transfer Student Orientations held in December and January. If you took the College

Student Inventory (CSI), please contact Jennifer McArdle to discuss your results.

For more information you can stop by the Transitions Center (room 1404), call us at (734)

432-5740, and/or email Jennifer McArdle, Transitions Coordinator and VA Certifying Official,

at jmcardle@madonna.edu.

First Year Experience

Congratulations to the

Ultimate Crusader Pageant

winners Cait Feasel and

Bryan Giczewski!

Thank you to all of our contestants, judges,

volunteers and all who attended!

Academic Success “Grab & Go” Workshops

(Take Five Lounge)

2/3 Choosing a Major

2/10 Test Taking Strategies

3/2 Campus Resources

3/16 Self Care & Taming Anxiety

4/13 Community Engagement

4/27 Final Exam Prep

TRIO Raffle Fundraiser

Tuesday February 16th 12-3pm

Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction

o Start date: Monday, January 18th

o Last date: Friday, April 22nd

Tutoring Blitz April 26th-28th

Final tutoring help for Math and Science courses

Recognition Program May 4th

For TRIO students and CPI students

CPI AND TRIO

April

All month long TRIO monthly online

Financial Literacy workshop

April 4th – 8th

TRIO Mentor/Mentee Check-Ins

Monday April 11th 5-7pm

TRIO Around the World in One Plate

Event

April 18th-22nd

TRIO Stress Relief

March

All month long TRIO monthly online

Financial Literacy workshop

Thursday March 3rd 11am & 4pm

TRIO Spring into Focus Workshop

Friday March 18th, 6-8pm

TRIO XAE Induction

March 21st – 25th

TRIO Mentor/Mentee Check-Ins

February

All month long TRIO monthly online

Financial Literacy workshop

February 8th – 12th

TRIO Mentor/Mentee Check-Ins

Tuesday , February 23rd 1pm

TRIO Black History Month Event

Events for TRIO Students Only:

The Center for Personalized Instruction (CPI), located in Suite 1400 of the Academic Build-

ing on Madonna University’s Livonia campus, is a student-focused office where student

learning is enhanced by providing tutoring and other academic support services.

Events for ALL students:

Writing Center Madonna Pen, our campus writing group, will meet from 3:00-4:30 p.m. in Room 1403 on the

following Fridays: February 19 and March 25. Newcomers are welcome

and pizza is served!

Paper Hearts Workshop, 11-5 p.m. Thursday, February 11, in the Take 5 Lounge. Tutors and

librarians will be available to help students with writing and research

assignments. The Madonna community is invited to read classic poetry and short

fiction aloud, respond to light-hearted prompts, and participate in our raffle.

MU Voices, Madonna’s literary blog, is seeking submissions for its winter 2016 issue.

E-mail your poetry, essays, fiction, prayers, song lyrics, photographs, scanned artwork,

and video links to ffitzgerald@madonna.edu or writingcenter@madonna.edu.

Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 18.

Psychological services clinic

Madonna University’s Psychological Services Clinic provides low-fee mental health care for

adults, teens, children, families, and couples. The clinic offers psychological testing and

treatment in a sensitive and confidential manner to all members of the general public.

Services are provided by advanced-level graduate students and supervised by fully

licensed psychologists. For additional information about the clinic or to schedule an

appointment, contact 734-432-5493.

Also, self-screening is available online at:

http://screening.mentalhealthscreening.org/collegeresponse

Office of Student Life Please join us in establishing

Student Senate at Madonna University.

We meet Fridays at noon in room 2102

Share your voice and make a difference!

For more information,

contact the Office of Student Life.

Get the 411 in room 1411

Athletics

Bookstore The textbook rental due date for Winter term is Saturday, April 30, 2016. The bookstore

will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on that day.

The best time to sell back your books is during finals week: April 25-30.

Dan Tesky

Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach

If you are interested in one of these teams please click this link to the recruiting form

and it will be sent to the proper coach(es) that you select.

You can select as many teams as you are interested in!

Mike Walter

Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach

Patrick Daugherty

Head Track and Field Coach

Bryan Bressler

Bowling Head Coach

Introducing our new coaches:

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