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 2011 Fall Semester
Friday, August 12 New High School Students Arrive  
Monday, August 15 Returning High School Students Arrive  
Monday, August 15 Clearance & Registration for High School Students  
Tuesday August 16 High School Academic Classes Begin  
Tuesday, August 16 New Undergraduate Students Arrive  
Tuesday-Sunday, August 16-21 Undergraduate and Graduate Orientation, Clearance and Registration;Students who have account holds must clear and register;at the Registrar's office prior to attending classes; Cleared students register at their Art Schools.  
 
 
 
Wednesday, August 17 High School Academic Classes Held  
Thursday, August 18 Returning Undergraduate and Graduate Students Arrive  
Monday, August 22 Undergraduate Academic Classes Begin-All Art Classes Begin   
Monday, August 22 Special Student Registration   
Monday, August 29 Last Day to Add or Drop a class without a grade  
Monday, September 5 Labor Day Holiday- No Classes Held; Offices Closed  
Saturday, October 8-Tuesday, October 11 Fall Break-No Classes Held; Offices Remain Open  
Wednesday, October 12 Classes Resume -High School Academic Classes Held  
Monday-Friday, October 17-21 Tentative Course Planning and Preregistration   
Tuesday, November 22 Last day of Art Classes  
Wednesday-Sunday, November 23-27 Thanksgiving Holiday, No Classes Held; Offices open Wednesday  
Monday, November 28 Last Day of Academic Classes-(Final Exams begin at 2:00 pm)  
Monday-Thursday, November 28-Dec. 1 Final Examinations    
Friday, December 2 School of Music Classroom Examinations  
Monday, December 5 Intensive Arts Begins  
Friday, December 16 Fall Semester Ends   
Saturday, December 17 Winter Break Begins; (Nutcracker students follow production schedule)  
Sunday, December 18 Residence Halls Close at Noon (Apartments remain open)  

 

 

2012 Spring Semester
Sunday, January 8 Residence Halls Reopen at Noon for all Returning Students  
Monday, January 9 Registration; High School Academic Classes will be Held  
Tuesday, January 10 Undergraduate and Graduate Classes Begin  
Monday, January 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No Classes Held; Offices Closed  
Tuesday, January 17 Last Day to Add a Class or Drop a Class without a grade  
Saturday, March 3-Sunday, March 11 Spring Break-No Classes Held-Residence Halls ClosedMarch 3 at noon, and reopen March 11 at noon.  
Monday, March 12 Classes Resume  
Monday-Friday, April 2-6 Tentative Course Planning & Preregistration  
Friday, April 27 Last Day of Undergraduate, Graduate and Art Classes  
Monday, April 30-Wednesday, May 2 Undergraduate Academic Program Final Examinations  
Wednesday, May 2 High School Academic Classes Held  
Thursday, May 3 School of Music Classroom Examinations  
Sunday, May 6 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement at 2:00 p.m.; College Residence Halls and Apartments close at 6:00 p.m. (for Non-Graduating Seniors)  
Monday, May 7 Graduating Seniors Only-College Residence Halls and Apartments close at 10 a.m.  
Wednesday, May 9 High School Academic Classes Held  
Friday, May 11 Last Day of High School Classes  
Monday-Wednesday, May 14-16 High School Final Examinations  
Thursday, May 17 Spring Semester Ends  
Saturday, May 19 High School Commencement at 10 a.m.; Residence Halls Close at 4:00 p.m.  

 

Summer Session 2012 Dates: Session A: May 21-June 22; Session B: June 25-July 27; Session C: May 21-July 27