University Calendar

 

Fall Semester 2008

August 15	Payment deadline for preregistration, Fall Semester
August 22	Registration—graduate and undergraduate
August 22	Residence halls open at 8 a.m. for all students
August 22	Dining hall opens for noon meal for all students
August 25	Classes begin
August 25–29	Late registration and drop/add
August 29	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
September 1	Labor Day holiday (University closed)
October 9	Founders’ Day
October 10	Last day to drop courses
October 13	Mid-Semester week begins
October 17	No classes
November 12–21	Academic advising and preregistration for Spring Semester for currently enrolled students
November 26	Classes conclude at 1:50 p.m. for Thanksgiving holidays
November 26	Residence halls close at 3 p.m. (except Peck Hall)
November 26	Dining hall closes after noon meal
November 27–28	Thanksgiving Holidays (University closed)
November 30	Residence halls open at 3 p.m.
November 30	Dining hall opens for evening meal
December 1	Classes resume
December 3	Last day to withdraw from the University
December 4 and 5	Dead Days (no tests or examinations)
December 8–12	Final examinations
December 12	Commencement at 7:30 p.m.
December 12	Dining hall closes after noon meal
December 12	Residence halls close at 5 p.m. (except for graduating seniors and Peck Hall)
December 22–January 2	Holidays (University closed)

Spring Semester 2009

January 5	University opens
January 5	Payment deadline for preregistration, Spring Semester
January 9	Registration—graduate and undergraduate
January 9	Residence halls open at 8 a.m. for all students
January 9	Dining hall opens for noon meal for all students
January 12	Classes begin
January 12–16	Late registration and drop/add
January 16	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
January 19	Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (University closed)
February 11–14	College Night and Homecoming activities
February 13	No classes
February 27	Last day to drop courses
March 2	Mid-Semester week begins
March 13	Spring holidays for students and faculty begin at 5 p.m.
March 13	Residence halls close at 5 p.m. (except Peck Hall)
March 13	Dining hall closes after noon meal
March 22	Residence halls open at 3 p.m.
March 22	Dining hall opens for evening meal
March 23	Classes resume at 8 a.m.
April 1–10	Academic advising and preregistration for May and Summer Sessions and Fall Semester for currently enrolled students
April 21	Graduate Honors Luncheon
April 29	Last day to withdraw from the University
April 30–May 1	Dead Days (no tests or examinations)
May 4–8	Final examinations
May 8	Residence halls close at 5 p.m. (except for graduating seniors and Peck Hall)
May 9	Commencement at 10 a.m.
May 9	Residence halls close at 3 p.m. (except Peck Hall)
May 9	Dining hall closes after breakfast

May Term 2009

May 8	Payment deadline for preregistration, May Term
May 11	Registration
May 11	Classes begin
May 11	Peck Hall opens at 8 a.m.
May 12	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
May 19	Last day to drop courses
May 20	Mid-term
May 25	Memorial Day holiday (University closed)
May 28	Last day to withdraw from the University
May 29	Final examinations
May 29	Peck Hall closes at 5 p.m. for May-Term students

Summer I 2009

June 1	Payment deadline for preregistration, Summer I
June 8	Registration
June 8	Residence halls open at 8 a.m.
June 8	Dining hall opens for noon meal
June 9	Classes begin
June 9	Last day to add courses
June 9	Last day to late register
June 10	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
June 19	Classes do not meet
June 22	Last day to drop courses
June 23	Mid-Term
July 3	Independence Day holiday (University closed)
July 9	Last day to withdraw from the University
July 10	Final examinations
July 10	Dining hall closes after noon meal
July 10	Residence halls close at 5 p.m. (except Peck Hall)

Summer II 2009

July 2	Payment deadline for preregistration, Summer II
July 13	Registration
July 13	Residence halls open at 8 a.m.
July 13	Dining hall opens for noon meal
July 14	Classes begin
July 14	Last day to add courses
July 14	Last day to late register
July 15	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
July 24	Classes do not meet
July 27	Last day to drop courses
July 28	Mid-term
August 7	Classes do not meet
August 13	Last day to withdraw from the University
August 14	Final examinations
August 14	Commencement at 7:30 p.m.
August 14	Dining hall closes after noon meal
August 14	Residence halls close at 5 p.m. (except Peck Hall)

Updated August 14, 2008
Updated July 18, 2008
Updated June 9, 2008
Updated February 21, 2008