AcadCalendar0809

Fall 2008 Semester
August	18	New Faculty Orientation
	19-21	Faculty Workshop
	21	Residence Halls Open (new students only)
		Financial Check-in (new students only)
	21-25	New Student Orientation
	24	Residence Halls Open (continuing students)
	25	Financial Check-in (continuing students)
		Final Registration
	26	Classes Begin
		Opening Convocation
	29	Drop/Add ends (8:30a.m.-5:00 p.m.)
	29	Late Graduation Application Deadline for Dec. 2008

September	27-28	Family Weekend

October	6	Deadline to remove Incomplete Grades (from Spring and Summer 2008)
	6	Faculty - Mid-semester email reports due to freshman & sophomore students with "D" grades or less
	17	Semester Mid-Point
	20-21	Fall Recess
	27-29	Senior Registration
	29	Graduation Application Deadline for May 2009
	30-31	Junior Registration

November	3-4	Junior Registration (con't)
	5-11	Sophomore Registration
	7-8	HOMECOMING
	12-18	Freshman Registration
	14	Exit Exams Deadline
	19	Last Day to withdraw with a grade of "W"
	26-30	Thanksgiving Recess

December	5	Final Day of Classes
	6	Reading Day
	8-13	Final Examinations (Grades due 48 hours after final exams.)
	13	Residence Halls Close
	16	Last day to submit Final Grades
	TBA	W'International (Fall)

Spring 2009 Semester
January	5	Residence Halls Open (new students)
		Financial Check-in (new students)
		New Student Orientation
	6	New Student Advising
		Residence Halls Open (continuing students)
		Financial Check-in (continuing students)
		Final Registration
	7	Classes Begin; Drop/Add begins (8:30a-5p)
	12	Drop/Add ends (5:00 p.m.)
	12	Late Graduation Application Deadline for May 2009
	19	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

February	5	Founders' Day
	18	Deadline to remove Incomplete Grades-Fall 2008
	24	Faculty - Mid-semester email reports due to freshman & sophomores with "D" grades or less
	28	Spring Recess begins

March	1-8	Spring Recess (cont.)
	6	Semester Mid-Point
	16-18	Senior Registration
	18	Graduation Application Deadline - Summer/Fall 2009
	19-24	Junior Registration
	25-31	Sophomore Registration

April	1-7	Freshman Registration
	8	Last Day to withdraw with a grade of "W"
	10-13	Easter Holiday
	17	Exit Exams Deadline
	23	Baccalaureate
	27	Final Day of Classes
	28	Reading Day
	29-30	Final Examinations (Grades due 48 hours after final exams.)

May	1-5	Final Examinations (Grades due 48 hours after final exams.)
	5	Residence Halls Close
	9	Commencement
	TBA	W'International (Spring)

Summer Session I 2009
May	30	Residence Halls Open (all students)

June	1	Classes Begin and late registration
	1-2	Drop/Add Period
	12	Last Day to withdraw with a grade of "W"
	26	Last Day of Classes and Final Examinations (Grades due 48 hours after final exam.)

Summer Session II 2009
June	26	Residence Halls Open (all students)
	29	Classes begin and late registration
	29-30	Drop/Add Period

July	3	Independence Day (No classes)
	13	Last Day to withdraw with a grade of "W"
	24	Last Day of Classes and Final Examinations (Grades due 48 hours after final exam.)
	24	Residence Halls Close