Academic Calendar 2012-2013

First Semester

August 25 Saturday 8 a.m. Residence halls open for new students
  26 Sunday noon Residence halls open for returning students
  27 Monday 8–11 a.m.
12:30–5 p.m.		 Advising Day
  27 Monday 4:30 p.m. Opening Convocation
  27 Monday 6 p.m. Evening classes begin
  28 Tuesday 8 a.m. Day classes begin
  28 Tuesday 8 a.m. Add/drop period begins
September 4
 Tuesday 4:30 p.m.
 Add/drop period ends. Last day to drop a course without a grade of "W"
October 5
 Friday 5 p.m. Fall Break begins

10
 Wednesday 8 a.m.
 Classes resume 

12–14 Friday–Sunday 5 p.m. Homecoming/Family Weekend

17 Wednesday noon Mid-term grades due
 November 2 Friday a.m. Spring 2013 registration begins
  2 Friday 4:30 p.m.
 Last day to change fall registration or withdraw from a course
  9 Friday
 p.m. Spring 2013 registration ends
  21
 Wednesday

noon

 Thanksgiving vacation begins
  26 Monday 8 a.m.
 Classes resume
December
 7 Friday 4:30 p.m.
 Last day for first-semester freshmen to withdraw from a course
  7
 Friday 5 p.m. Day classes end
  8 Saturday
Reading day
  9
 Sunday . Reading day

10–15
 Monday–Saturday
Final examinations
  13
 Thursday
 9 p.m.
 Evening classes end
  15
 Saturday
 5 p.m.
 Semester ends
  19
 Wednesday
 noon Final grades due

 

Second Semester

January 13 Sunday noon Residence halls open for students
  14 Monday 8 a.m. Classes begin
  14 Monday 8 a.m. Add/drop period begins
  21 Monday
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday–No Classes
  22 Tuesday 4:30 p.m. Add/drop period ends. Last day to drop a course without a grade of "W"
February



 March 1 Friday 5 p.m. Spring vacation begins

11
 Monday 8 a.m. Classes resume
  18 Monday noon Mid-term grades due

28
 Thursday
 4:30 p.m.
 Last day to change registration or withdraw from a course

28 Thursday 5 p.m. Easter Break begins
  April 1
 Monday 6 p.m. Classes resume

5 Friday a.m. Fall 2013 registration begins  
  5
 Friday

4:30 p.m.

Graduation Plans due for students graduating in May, August, and December 2014
  12
 Friday p.m.  Fall 2013 registration ends
 May 1
 Wednesday 4:30 p.m. Last day for first semester-freshmen to withdraw from a course

1
 Wednesday 5 p.m. Day classes end
  2 Thursday
Reading day; evening classes meet
  3–4 Friday–Saturday   Final examinations
  5
 Sunday   Reading day
  6–9 Monday–Thursday   Final examinations
  9 Thursday 9 p.m.
Evening classes end; semester ends
  10 Friday noon Senior grades due
  11 Saturday 9 a.m. Baccalaureate Service
  11 Saturday 11 a.m. 144th Commencement
  17
  Friday noon Final grades due

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