Academic Calendar 2008-2009

FALL SEMESTER 2008
August 2008
21 New students arrive
22 Final registration
23 Continuing students arrive
25 Classes begin at 8 a.m.
 
September 2008
1 Labor Day holiday--no classes
University closed
2 Classes resume 8 a.m.
Last day add/drop
8 Spring 2009 schedule due
11 Convocation
 
October 2008
6 Grade estimates due 12 noon
Pass/Fail deadline
13-14 Fall break - No classes
15 Classes resume 8 a.m.
Deadline to withdraw with "W" - 12 noon
All undergraduate incompletes due for Spring & Summer 2008
18 Graduate Comprehensive Examination
22 Summer 2009 schedule due
 
November 2008
3 Advising and registration begin - Spring 2009
14 Advising ends - Spring 2009
26 Student holiday--no classes
27-28 Thanksgiving holiday--no classes
University closed
 
December 2008
1 Classes resume 8 a.m.
5 Last day of classes
Graduate incompletes due for Spring 2008
6 Reading day
8-12 Examinations
15 All grades due 8:30 a.m.
 
SPRING SEMESTER 2009
January 2009
12 Final registration
New Student Orientation
Classes begin 4 p.m.
19 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday --no classes
University closed
20 Classes resume 8 a.m.
Last day add/drop
26 Fall 2009 schedule due
 
February 2009
23 Grade estimates due 12 noon
Pass/Fail deadline
 
March 2009
2 Deadline to withdraw with a "W" - 12 noon
All undergraduate incompletes due for Fall 2008
7 Graduate Comprehensive Examination
9-13 Spring break - no classes
9 University closed
16 Classes resume 8 a.m.

19

 Advising and registration begin - Fall & Summer 2009
 
April 2009
1 Advising ends - Fall 2009
24 Classes end
Graduate incompletes due for Summer & Fall 2008
25 Reading Day

27-30

 Examinations
 
May 2009
1 Examinations
5 All grades due 8:30 a.m.
9 Commencement
 

Revised and approved for posting, July 18, 2007