2008-2009 Academic Year | ||
Fall Semester 2008 | ||
January 2009 | Commencement, 2 p.m. | Saturday, Jan. 17 |
Intersession 2009 | ||
| January | Classes begin | Monday, Jan. 5 |
| Martin Luther King Day - no classes | Monday, Jan. 19 | |
| Classes end | Friday, Jan. 23 | |
Spring Semester 2009 | ||
| January | Tuition and residence charges due | Friday, Jan. 2 |
| Residence halls open for new students | Thursday, Jan. 22 | |
| Orientation | Friday, Jan. 23 | |
| Residence halls open for returning students | Sunday, Jan. 25 | |
| Classes begin | Monday, Jan. 26 | |
| February | Last day to ADD a course | Thursday, Feb. 5 |
| Presidents' Day - no classes | Monday, Feb. 16 | |
| March | Last day to petition for May graduation | Monday, Mar. 2 |
| Last day to drop a course | Friday, Mar. 13 | |
| Residence halls close at 5:30 p.m. | Friday, Mar. 13 | |
| Spring Recess - no classes | Monday-Saturday, Mar. 16-21 | |
| Classes resume | Monday, Mar. 23 | |
| April | No classes | Friday, April 10 |
| May | Classes end (Tuesday May 12 classes run on Friday schedule) | Tuesday, May 12 |
| Reading day | Wednesday, May 13 | |
| Exams begin (day and evening) | Thursday, May 14 | |
| Exams end (day and evening) | Wednesday, May 20 | |
| Last day of the semester | Wednesday, May 20 | |
| Residence halls close at 10:00 a.m. | Thursday, May 21 | |
| Commencement, 10:00 a.m. | Saturday, May 23 | |
Summer Sessions 2009 | ||
| May | First Summer Session classes begin | Thursday, May 21 |
| Memorial Day - no classes | Monday, May 25 | |
| June | Last day to petition for August awarding of Degrees | Monday, June 15 |
| July | First Summer Session ends (Thursday July 2 classes run on Monday/Wednesday schedule) | Thursday, July 2 |
| Second Summer Session classes begin | Monday, July 6 | |
| August | Second Summer Session ends | Thursday, Aug. 13 |