FALL 2009

August 18 Tuesday. New student student orientation
August 24 Monday. Classes begin at 8:30 a.m.
August 28 Friday. Wait Lists for Fall 2009 courses are erased at 5:00 p.m.

September 4 Friday. Drop/Add ends. NOTE: No course may be added after this date, nor may any changes be made involving P/F grading or audit status in a course. Between this date and November 6th, students may withdraw from a course with permission from their academic dean only if they are carrying a course overload or for other compelling reasons. A grade of W will be assigned by the instructor.
September 11 Friday. Deadline for making course corrections
September 20 Sunday. Engineering Phonathon, 208 Hudson
September 25 Friday. Final date to submit work for Spring or Summer 2009 incompletes

October 2 Friday. Fall break begins at 7:00 p.m.
October 7 Wednesday. Classes resume at 8:30 a.m.
October 9 Friday. Last day for reporting mid-term grades
October 15 Wednesday. 8:30 a.m. Classes resume
October 23 Friday. Parents' Weekend begins (ends 10/25)

November 2 Monday. Deadline for submitting diploma forms to Dean Simmons, 311 Teer Building
November 4 Wednesday. Registration begins for Spring Semester 2010
November 6 Friday. Deadline for withdrawing from a course. (See note of September 4)
November 6-7 Friday. Board of Visitors - Fall Meeting
November 13 Friday. Last day to petition for relief from three final exams within 24 hours. Forms available on the Registrar's website.

December 4 Friday. Fall semester classes end
December 5 Saturday. Reading period begins; extend through Monday, December 7
December 8 Tuesday. Final exams begin at 9:00 a.m.
December 13 Sunday. Final examinations end at 10:00 p.m.

SPRING 2010

January 10-12 Sunday - Tuesday. Undergraduate Winter Forum
January 13 Wednesday. 8:30 a.m. Spring Semester begins: The Monday class meeting schedule is in effect on this day; Regular class meeting schedule begins on Thursday, January 14; Classes meeting in a Wednesday/Friday meeting pattern begin January 15; Drop/Add continues
January 14 Thursday. Regular class meeting schedule begins
January 18 Monday. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday: classes are rescheduled on Wednesday, January 13
January 27 Wednesday. Drop/Add ends

February 22 Monday. Registration begins for Summer 2010
February 26 Friday. Last day for reporting midsemester grades

March 5 Friday. 7:00 p.m. Spring recess begins
March 15 Monday. 8:30 a.m. Classes resume

April 7 Wednesday. Registration begins for Fall Semester 2010; Summer 2010 registration continues
April 16 Friday. Registration ends for Fall Semester 2010; Summer 2010 registration continues
April 17 Saturday. Drop/Add begins
April 21 Wednesday. Graduate classes end
April 22 - May 2 Thursday-Sunday. Graduate reading period; length of the 200-level course reading period is determined by the professor
April 28 Wednesday. Undergraduate classes end
April 29 - May 2 Thursday-Sunday. Undergraduate reading period

May 3 Monday. Final examinations begin
May 5 Wednesday. Undergraduate reading period (9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
May 8 Saturday. 10:00 p.m. Final examinations end
May 14 Friday. Commencement begins
May 16 Sunday. Graduation exercises; conferring of degrees