Important Dates for Students: Fall 2012
(Bolded dates are specific to Residence Life)
AUGUST
August 12: RHCs return for training
August 15: RAs return for training
August 16 – 24: Full staff training
August 22: Bulletin boards/newsletters/door decorations due
August 23: Residences open for new students
August 24-26: Orientation for new students
August 25-26: Residences open for returning students at 10 a.m.
August 27: CLASSES BEGIN
August 27-September 7:Schedule-adjustment period and late registration
SEPTEMBER
September 3: Labor Day Holiday: NO CLASSES
September 7: Staff in-service: Opening Exercises at 3 p.m.
September 10-21: Add and/or drop a course with a $25 fee per add and/or drop
September 14: Room change begins
September 22-Nov 2: Students may withdraw with a grade of "W" with a $25 fee until Nov. 4
September 21: Last day for students to submit course work to faculty to remove an
Incomplete, to change grading option to Credit/No-credit, and to declare an
Audit grading option
September 27: Last day to withdraw, without grade penalty, from half-semester course
OCTOBER
October 3: Bulletin boards/newsletters due
October 5: Fall BASE summaries due to RHCs
October 5: Last day for instructors to remove an Incomplete
October 8-9: Fall Reading Days: NO CLASSES (residences remain open)
October 15: Mid-semester report deadline
October 15-19: Half-semester courses begin
October 19: Last day to register for a half-semester course beginning at mid-semester
October 19: Staff in-service:
October 30: All day advising: NO CLASSES
October 31-Nov 9: Registration for degree students
NOVEMBER
November 1: Last day to submit housing contract release request for Spring 2012 with no financial penalties. Request submitted and approved from November 2 – December 1 will be assessed a fee of 10% of the semester cost of housing. Request submitted and approved from December 2 – January 14 will be assessed a fee of 20% of the semester cost of housing.
November 15: Last day to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a full-semester course
November 2: Staff in-service: Thanksgiving & Winter break closing
November 9: Spring RA applications due
November 12 – 14: Spring RA interviews
November 15: Last day to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a half-semester course which began at mid-semester
November 16: St. Mary's Projects due to mentor
November 20: Thanksgiving recess begins at 10:00 p.m. Residences close for Thanksgiving recess. Health and Safety Inspections occur.
November 25: Residences reopen at 2:00 p.m.
November 26: CLASSES RESUME
DECEMBER
December 1: Last day to submit housing contract release request for Spring 2012 with 10% fee assessment. Request submitted and approved from December 2 - January 14 will be assessed a few of 20% of the semester cost of housing
December 3: 2013-2014 RA Interest Session
December 7: Last day of regularly scheduled classes
December 7: St. Mary's Projects due in the registrar's office.
December 9 – 13: 23-hour quiet hours in and around the residences
December 10-13: Final Class meetings/exams. Last class meeting scheduled during exams.
December 14: Residences close for Winter Break at noon. Health and Safety Inspections occur.
December 17: Grades due by noon
Important Dates for Students: Spring 2013
(Bolded dates are specific to Residence Life)
JANUARY
January 6: RHCs & RHC Candidates Return
January 6 – 8: RHC Interviews
January 7: New RAs return to campus
January 7 – 9: RHC & New RA Training
January 9: Returning staff return to campus
January 9 – 11: Full Staff Training
January 11: Residence halls open and orientation, advising, and continued registration for new students
January 11-13: New Student Orientation
January 12-13: Residences open for returning students
January 14: CLASSES BEGIN
January 21: Martin Luther King Holiday: NO CLASSES
January 14-25:Schedule-adjustment period and late registration
January 25: Room change begins
January 28- February 8: Add and/or drop a course with a fee of $25 per add and/or drop
FEBRUARY
February 1: RA Intent to Return Forms/ RA Candidate applications due by 5:00 p.m.
February 1 – 9: Desk Duty Observations
February 5: First day to submit $200 housing deposit and housing contract on Portal
February 8: Staff in-service: Spring Break Closing/Room Selection
February 8: Last day for students to submit course work to faculty to remove an Incomplete, to change grading option to Credit/No-credit, and to declare an Audit grading option.
February 9-10:Group Interaction Days: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
February 11 – March 4: Spring Break closing meetings
February 14: Last day to withdraw, without a penalty, from a half-semester course
February 15: Group Interaction Make-Up Day
February 12 – 17: RHCs review candidate files
February 17: Staff Selection/Placement Meeting
February 18: RA notification letters delivered
February 18: Summer RA/RHC applications available
February 22: Last day for instructors to remove an Incomplete
February 25: Summer RA/RHC applications due
MARCH
March 1: $200 housing deposit & housing contract due on the Portal by midnight
March 4: Mid-semester report deadline
March 4: Bulletin boards/newsletters due
March 4: Summer RA/RHC notification letters delivered
March 4: Special Housing Needs Requests due to ORL.
March 4-8: Half-semester courses begin
March 5: WC Apartment applications & Single room applications due.
March 6: Townhouse applications due.
March 8: Last day to register for a half-semester course beginning at mid-semester
March 8: Residences close at 5:00 p.m. for spring break. Health & Safety Inspections occur
March 11: Spring recess begins
March 17: Residences re-open 2:00 p.m.
March 18: CLASSES RESUME
March 20: 6-person suite applications due
March 25: 10-person suite applications due
March 25-29: Academic advising for all degree students currently enrolled
March 26: All day advising: NO CLASSES
March 27-April 5: Registration for degree students
March 28: Regular double, triple and quad applications due
March 29: Last day to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from full-semester courses
APRIL
April 5: Staff in-service: 2013-2014 Staff Welcome Meeting
April 8: St. Mary's Projects due to mentor
April 12: In-Service: End of Semester Closing
April 12 – 26: End of Year closing meetings
April 11: Last day to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a half-semester course which begins mid-semester
April 26: Last day of regularly scheduled classes. St. Mary's Projects due in the registrar's office
April 27: AWARDS CONVOCATION
April 29-30: St. Mary's Project presentations
May
May 1: Last day to submit housing contract release request for Fall 2013 with no penalty. Request submitted and approved from May 2 – July 1 will be assessed a few of 10% of the semester cost of housing. Request submitted and approved from July 2 – August 26 will be assessed a few of 20% of the semester cost of housing.
May 1: Reading day
May 2-7: Final class meetings/exams. Last class meeting scheduled during exams.
May 7: Residences close at 5 p.m. for all students except graduating seniors
May 8: Senior grades due in registrar's office by noon
May 8: ORL end-of-year picnic
May 8: Senior staff relieved of duty
May 11: Commencement
May 11: Residences close at 3:00 p.m. for all students; townhouses and apartments close at 5:00 p.m.
May 12: Summer housing opens
May 13: Grades due in registrar's office by noon
