UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC CALENDARS
FALL SEMESTER 2010
August 18Wednesday—Residence halls open for fall semester
August 18-20Wednesday-Friday—New student orientation
August 18Wednesday—Registration for new students
August 19-20Thursday-Friday—Continuing students register or complete registration
August 21Saturday—Classes begin
August 27Friday—Last day of late registration
Friday—Last day to add/change registration
Friday—Fall payment deadline
September 6Monday—Academic holiday (Labor Day)
September 7Tuesday—Students dropped for non-payment
September 10Friday—Last day for students to submit an Application for Degree to Departments for Spring 2011 semester
September 17Friday—Last day for Departments to submit Applications for Degree to the Office of the Registrar for the Spring 2011 semester
October 9-15Saturday-Friday—Midterm assessment/examinations
October 15Friday—Last day for students to submit work for Incomplete grade received in Spring & Summer 2009 semester/session
October 15Friday—Founders' Day
October 16Saturday—Homecoming
October 18Monday—All Midterm Warnings to be input by departments no later than 12:00 noon
October 25Monday—All grade changes for Incomplete work from Spring & Summer Sessions 2009 due in the Office of the Registrar
October 27-29Rising Junior Assessment
October 29Friday—Last day to drop classes or withdraw from the University with a "W"
November 1-12Student evaluations of faculty
November 1-30Faculty Advisement Period for Student Course selection for the Spring 2010 semester and Summer 2010
November 24-28Wednesday—Sunday—Thanksgiving holiday
November 29Monday—Classes resume
December 10Friday—Last day of classes
December 11-17Saturday-Friday—Final examinations
December 15Wednesday—Reading Day (no exams except for Wednesday evening classes)
December 17Friday—Semester ends
December 20Monday—All grades to be input by faculty no later than 12:00 noon
December 20 Monday—All grades to be input by faculty no later than 12:00 noon
SPRING SEMESTER 2011
January 12Wednesday—Residence halls open for spring semester
January 13-14Thursday—Friday—New student orientation
January 13Thursday—Registration for new students
January 13-14Thursday—Friday—Continuing students register or complete registration
January 15Saturday—Classes begin
January 17Monday—Academic holiday (Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday)
January 21Friday—Last day of late registration Friday—Last day to add/change registration Friday—Spring payment deadline
January 24Monday—Students dropped for non-payment
February 4Friday—Last day for students to submit an Application for Degree to Departments for the Summer session and Fall semester 2010
February 11Friday—Last day for Departments to submit an Application for Degree to the Office of the Registrar for the Summer session and Fall semester 2010
March 5-11Saturday—Friday—Midterm assessment/examinations
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