Calendar Spring Semester 2008

  • January 3
    Payment deadline for students who registered for the spring semester by November 9. Tuition may be paid in full or in installments.
  • January 6
    Orientation begins for new undergraduate students who are twenty–five years of age and older. University residence halls open at 9:00 am.
  • January 7 – 8
    Add/drop for the spring semester for students who registered and paid their fees.
  • January 9
    Registration for the spring semester for new and readmitted students who have not yet registered; to complete registration, fees must be paid no later than 5:00 pm on January 12.
  • January 10
    Registration for the spring semester for continuing students who have not yet registered; to complete registration, students must pay fees no later than 5:00 pm on January 12.
  • January 11
    • Add/drop for the spring semester for students who registered and paid their fees by January 2.
    • Registration for the spring semester for new, readmitted, and continuing students who have not yet registered; to complete registration, students must pay fees no later than 5:00 pm.
  • January 14
    Classes begin.
  • January 17
    • Last day of the official add/drop period; after this date, changes in registration require the approval of the department chair and usually the student's dean.
    • Last day undergraduate students may register and pay fees without the approval of the registrar.
  • January 21
    Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday
  • January 30
    • Twelfth class day; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken.
    • Last day an undergraduate student may add a course except for rare and extenuating circumstances.
    • Payment due for added courses (add bill).
    • Last day to drop a course for a possible refund.
  • February 11
    Last day to drop a course without a possible academic penalty.
  • February 15
    Priority date for student financial aid applications for the summer session.
  • March 1
    • Application deadline for study abroad programs for the summer session and the fall semester.
    • Application deadline for International Education Fee (IEF) Scholarship for study abroad programs.
  • March 10 – 14
    Spring Break
  • March 24
    • Last day an undergraduate student may, with the dean's approval, withdraw from the University or drop a course except for urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons.
    • Last day a student may change registration in a course to or from the pass/fail basis.
    • Last day to apply for an undergraduate degree.
    • Last day an undergraduate student may register in absentia.
  • March 31
    Priority date for student financial aid applications for the fall semester.
  • April 9 – 11, 14 – 18
    Academic advising for continuing and readmitted students for the summer session and the fall semester.
  • April 14 – 19, 21 – 25
    Registration for the summer session and the fall semester for continuing and readmitted students.
  • April 29
    Registration fee bills for the summer session distributed to students.
  • May 2
    Last class day
  • May 5 – 6, 11
    No–class days.
  • May 7 – 10, 12 – 13
    Spring semester final examinations.
  • May 14
    University residence halls close at 9:00 am (except for graduating students).
  • May 15
    Payment deadline by 5pm for students who registered for the summer session during the spring.
  • May 16
    Fine Arts Commencement Ceremony – 3 pm – Recreational Sports Center
  • May 17
    University–wide Commencement (official graduation date).
  • May 18
    University residence halls close at 9:00 am for graduating students