Office of the Provost

Undergraduate Bulletin

Graduate Bulletin

2012-2013

Fall 2012

Subject to change

August

Preview Session 5

Friday – Saturday

8/31-9/1

September

Residence halls open for new students only

10 a.m. Saturday

9/1

First-year student orientation: Liftoff

12 p.m. Saturday

9/1

University Convocation

5:30 p.m. Saturday

9/1

Labor Day—University holiday

Monday

9/3

Residence halls open for returning students

12 p.m. Monday

9/3

Final registration

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesday

9/4

Classes begin

8 a.m. Wednesday

9/5

Academic performance warning notification period begins

Wednesday

9/12

Last day to withdraw from class and receive 60% tuition credit

Tuesday

9/18

Last day to change from audit to credit status

Tuesday

9/18

Degrees awarded to those completing requirements in summer

Saturday

9/22

Last day to withdraw from class and receive 40% tuition credit

Tuesday

9/25

Last day to drop a course and have it deleted from your record

Tuesday

9/25

October

Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 20% tuition credit, No further tuition credit after this date

Tuesday

10/2

University Enrollment Census

4:30 p.m. Friday

10/5

Hawktober Weekend

Friday–Sunday

10/12-10/14

Last day to file January degree applications

Friday

10/19

November

Advance registration for full-time undergraduates begins

8:30 a.m. Thursday

11/1

Advance registration for part-time and graduate students

8:30a.m. Thursday

11/1

Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W

Tuesday

11/13

Last day to change to Pass/No Pass or from Pass/No Pass to letter grade

Tuesday

11/13

Last day to change from credit to audit status*

Tuesday

11/13

Thanksgiving recess begins. All residence halls will remain open.

10 p.m. Tuesday

11/20

Classes resume

8 a.m. Monday

11/26

December

Fall Commencement Ceremony

Sunday

12/2

Academic performance warning notification period ends

5 p.m. Saturday

12/15

Last day to resolve I grades from preceding term to avoid change from I to F (undergraduates only)

5 p.m. Saturday

12/15

Classes end

5 p.m. Saturday

12/15

Final examinations begin. Note: Final exam schedule includes Saturday as a scheduled exam day.

8 a.m. Monday

12/17

Final examinations end

5 p.m. Saturday

12/22

Residence halls close

8 a.m. Sunday

12/23

Winterterm 2013

Subject to change

January

Winterterm begins

9 a.m. Thursday

1/3

Winterterm ends

10 p.m. Monday

1/21

Spring 2013

Subject to change

January

Residence halls open

12 p.m. Sunday

1/20

Final registration

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday

1/21

Classes begin

8 a.m. Tuesday

1/22

Academic performance warning notification period begins

Wednesday

1/23

Degrees awarded to those completing requirements in fall

Saturday

1/26

February

Recommended date for new incoming students (freshmen and transfer) to submit 2012–13 FAFSA to U.S. Department of Education to ensure adequate time for processing

Friday

2/1

Last day to withdraw from class and receive 60% tuition credit

Monday

2/4

Last day to change from audit to credit status

Monday

2/4

Last day to file May degree applications

Friday

2/8

Last day to withdraw from class and receive 40% tuition credit

Monday

2/11

Last day to drop a course and have it deleted from your record

Monday

2/11

Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 20% tuition credit–No further tuition credit after this date

Monday

2/18

University Enrollment Census

4:30 p.m. Friday

2/22

March

Required date for returning students applying for financial aid to submit 2012–13 FAFSA and all other documents to U.S. Department of Education to ensure adequate time for processing

Friday

3/1

Spring recess begins. All residence halls will remain open.

5 p.m. Saturday

3/23

April

Classes resume

8 a.m. Monday

4/1

Advance registration for full-time undergraduates begins

8:30 a.m. Monday

4/1

Advance registration for part-time and graduate students

8:30 a.m. Monday

4/1

Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W

Monday

4/8

Last day to change to Pass/No Pass or from Pass/No Pass to letter grade

Monday

4/8

Last day to change from credit to audit status*

Monday

4/8

May

Classes end

10 p.m. Monday

5/6

Academic performance warning notification period ends

10 p.m. Monday

5/6

Last day to resolve I grades from preceding term to avoid change from I to F (undergraduates only)

10 p.m. Monday

5/6

Reading Day

8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Tuesday

5/7

Final examinations begin. Note: Final exam schedule includes Saturday as a scheduled exam day.

8 a.m. Wednesday

5/8

Final examinations end

10 p.m. Tuesday

5/14

Residence halls close for students not receiving May degrees

1 p.m. Wednesday

5/15

Graduate Commencement

Saturday

5/18

Undergraduate Commencement

Sunday

5/19

Residence halls close

5 p.m. Sunday

5/19

Summerterm 2013

May

Summer Session I

5/22 - 7/3 (6–week session)
5/22 - 7/15 (8–week session)

July

Summer Session II

7/8 - 8/15 (6–week session)

Arrangements must be made by each faculty member to make up instructional time that may be lost because of emergency closing.

*Students are not eligible to take advantage of special audit fees at this time. In order to have special audit fee, students must declare audit status when they first register for the course.

ACADEMIC MISSION

Our academic community of faculty staff, and students forms a dynamic, interdisciplinary learning environment that arises from outstanding teaching, innovative research, scholarship, and creative attainment. We are committed to the personal attention associated with a small college, enhanced by the expertise, breadth, and intellectual excitement of a university. Diversity of every sort is integral to our academic mission, along with connections to local, national, and global communities.

2012-2013

Fall 2012

Winterterm 2013

Spring 2013

Summerterm 2013

ACADEMIC MISSION

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