Fall Semester 2009
Academic & Planning Calendar
New Student Orientation | Friday, August 21, 2009 |
First Day of Ramadan | Friday, August 21, 2009 |
First-Year Student Enrollment | Monday, August 24, 2009 |
Graduate Late Registration /Hold Clearance | Monday, August 24, 2009 |
Upper-Class Hold Clearance | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
Annual Convocation | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
Classes Begin | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
Late Enrollment Fee in Effect | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
Last Day to Enroll without Dean's Permission | Wednesday, September 2, 2009 |
Labor Day--Classes in Session | Monday, September 7, 2009 |
Application for January Master's Graduates Due | Monday, September 7, 2009 |
Last Day to Drop/Add | Tuesday, September 8, 2009 |
Trustee Retreat | Thursday-Saturday, September 10-12, 2009 |
Last Day for Four-Week Withdrawal with Dean's Permission | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
Rosh Hashanah | Friday sundown -Sunday sundown, September 18-20, 2009 |
Eid ul-Fitr | Sunday, September 20, 2009 |
Family Weekend | Friday-Sunday, September 25-27, 2009 |
Yom Kippur | Sunday sundown & Monday sundown, September 27 & 28, 2009 |
| Sukkot | Friday sundown -Friday sundown, October 2-9, 2009 |
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah | Friday-Sunday sundown, October 9-11, 2009 |
Fall Recess Begins – 5:00 p.m. | Friday, October 9, 2009 |
Fall Recess Ends – 8:00 a.m. | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
Mid-Semester GRADES DUE by 3:00 PM | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
| Homecoming | Friday - Sunday, October 23-25, 2009 |
Advising Begins | Monday, October 26, 2009 |
| All Saints Day | Sunday, November 1, 2009 |
| Registration for Spring Semester Begins | Monday, November 2, 2009 |
Last Day for Ten-Week Withdrawal with Dean's Permission | Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| Trustee Meeting | Thursday-Saturday, November 12-14, 2009 |
Last Day to Present Master's Thesis or Essay to Dept. | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
Thanksgiving Recess (begins – 10:00 p.m.) | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
Thanksgiving Recess (ends – 8:00 a.m.) | Monday, November 30, 2009 |
Last Day for Oral Defense of Master's Thesis | Friday, December 4, 2009 |
Last Day to Present Final Master's Thesis Format | Tuesday, December 8, 2009 |
| Immaculate Conception | Tuesday, December 8, 2009 |
Classes End | Tuesday, December 8, 2009 |
Reading Period Begins | Wednesday, December 9, 2009 |
Final Examinations Begin | Thursday, December 10, 2009 |
Final Examinations/Reading Period Ends | Thursday, December 17, 2009 |
Completed Thesis Copies Delivered to Graduate Office for Binding | Thursday, December 17, 2009 |
| Christmas | Friday, December 25, 2009 |
GRADES DUE in Registrar's Office by 3:00 PM | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 |
January Graduation (no ceremony) | Thursday, January 14, 2010 |

