Academic CalendarS: 2008 - 2009 | 2009 - 2010
August
- Aug 28: Residence halls open for new students. New Student Day
- Aug 28-30: Orientation for all new students.
- Aug 31 - Sep 1: Residence Halls open for returning students
September
- Sept 1: Labor Day Holiday: NO CLASSES
- Sept 2: CLASSES BEGIN.
- Sept 2-12: Schedule-adjustment period and late registration.
- Sept 12: Last day to declare or retract an Audit grading option
- Sept 15 - Sept 26: Add a course with a fee until Sep 26. You may withdraw with a grade of "W"
with a $25 fee until the end of the 10th academic week (Oct. 31) - Sept 26: LAST DAY for students to submit course work to faculty to remove an Incomplete
and to change grading option to Credit/No-credit
October
- Oct 2: LAST DAY to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a half-semester course
- Oct 10: LAST DAY for instructors to remove an Incomplete
- Oct 13 - Oct 14: Fall reading Days. NO CLASSES
- Oct 20: Mid-semester report deadline.
- Oct 20 - Oct 24: Half-semester courses begin
- Oct 24: LAST DAY to register for a half-semester course beginning at mid-semester.
November
- Nov 3 - Nov 7: Academic advising for all degree students currently enrolled.
- Nov 4: NO CLASSES. All day advising.
- Nov 5 - 14: Registration for degree students.
- Nov 7: LAST DAY to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a full-semester course
- Nov 20: LAST DAY to withdraw , without a grade penalty,
from a half-semester course which began at mid-semester - Nov 21: St. Mary's Projects due to mentor.
- Nov 25: Thanksgiving recess begins at 10:00 p.m.
December
- Dec 1: CLASSES RESUME.
- Dec 12: Last Day of regularly scheduled classes.
St. Mary's Projects due in the registrar's office. - Dec 15 - Dec 18: Final Class meetings/exams. Last class meeting scheduled during exams
- Dec 22: Grades due by noon.
January
- Jan 16: Residence halls open and orientation begins for new students
- Jan 16: Advising for all new students. Orientation continues.
- Jan 16: Registration for all new students.
- Jan 18 - 19: Residence halls open for returning students.
- Jan 19: NO CLASSES: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
- Jan 20: CLASSES BEGIN
- Jan 20 - Jan 30: Schedule-adjustment period and late registration.
- Jan 30: Last day to declare or retract an Audit grading option
February
- Feb 2 - 13: Add a course with a fee until Feb 13. You may withdraw with a grade of "W"
with a $25 fee until the end of the 10th academic week (Mar 27) - Feb 13: LAST DAY for students to submit course work to faculty to remove an Incomplete
and to change grading option to Credit/No-credit. - Feb 19: LAST DAY to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a half-semester course
- Feb 27: LAST DAY for instructors to remove an Incomplete.
March
- Mar 9: Mid-semester report deadline.
- Mar 9 - Mar 13: Half-semester courses begin.
- Mar 13: LAST DAY to register for a half-semester course beginning at mid-semester
- Mar 16: Spring recess begins.
- Mar 23: CLASSES RESUME.
- Mar 30 - April 3: Academic advising for all degree students currently enrolled.
- Mar 31: NO CLASSES. All day advising.
April
- April 3: LAST DAY to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from full-semester courses
- Apr 1 - 10: Registration for degree students.
- Apr 13: St. Mary's Projects due to mentor.
- Apr 16: LAST DAY to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a half-semester course
- Apr 25: AWARDS CONVOCATION
May
- May 1: Last Day of regularly scheduled classes.
St. Mary's Projects due in the registrar's office. - May 4 - 5: St. Mary's Project presentations.
- May 6: Reading day.
- May 7 - 12: Final Class meeting/exams. Last class meeting scheduled during exams.
- May 13: Senior grades due by noon.
- May 16: Commencement
- May 18: Grades due by noon.
