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Academic Calendar 2008-2009

Fall Semester 2008

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August  22  Residence halls open for all returning (9:00 am) and new students
August  23  New Student Days begins
August 26 FREE add/drop period begins (8:00 a.m.)
August 27 Classes begin (8:00 a.m.)
September 1  Labor Day holiday - no classes/college offices closed
September 3   Deadline to add courses; elect CR-D-F option; submit Indep Study forms; elect Writing Intensive Opt
September 17  Deadline to drop course without receiving grade of WP/WF
September 19  Course offerings for Spring Semester 2009 due
September 26-28 Family Weekend
October 10  Deadline for removing Spring 2008 incomplete grades
October 13-14 Fall holiday - no classes (Monday and Tuesday)
October 16 Board of Trustees Executive Committee Meeting
October 17-18  Fall Board of Trustees Meeting
October 17  Midterm
October  24  Westminster Homecoming
October 24  Midterm grades due (9:00 a.m.)
October 28  Academic Advising begins for Spring 2009 preregistration (Tentative)
November 7   Deadline for withdrawing from courses with grade of WP/WF (4:00 p.m.)
November 18-19   Symposium on Democracy (Student Attendance Required)
November 26-28  Thanksgiving Holiday - College offices closed
December 12  Last day of Fall Semester classes
December 15-18  Final examinations
December 19  Christmas vacation begins
December 22  Grades due in Registrar’s Office (4:00 p.m.)
Dec. 24-Jan. 2  College offices closed
   
Spring Semester 2009 
January 1-2 Holiday - College offices closed
January 11  Residence halls open (9:00 a.m.)
January 13  New student orientation and spring semester registration (1:30-2:30 p.m.-TENTATIVE)
January 13  FREE add drop period begins (8:00 a.m.)
January 14  Classes begin (8:00 a.m.)
January 19  Martin Luther King Holiday – no classes, college offices closed
January 21  Deadline to add courses; elect CR-D-F option; submit Indep Study forms; elect  Writing Intensive Opt
February 4  Deadline to drop courses without receiving grade of WP/WF (4:00 p.m.)
February 9  Course Offerings for Fall Semester 2009 due
February 16  President’s Day Holiday – no classes, college offices closed
February 19  Board of Trustees Executive Committee Meeting
February 20-21  Winter Board of Trustees Meeting
February 26  Deadline for removing incomplete grades for 2008 fall semester (4:00 p.m.)
March 5   Midterm
March 12  Assessment Day (Student Attendance Required)
March 13  Midterm grades due (9:00 a.m.)
March 23-27  Spring break - no classes
March 27  Spring Holiday, college offices closed
March 31  Academic Advising begins for Fall 2009 preregistration (Tentative)
April 3   Deadline to withdraw from courses and receive grade of WP/WF (4:00 p.m.)
April 10   Good Friday Holiday – no classes, college offices closed
April 15   Undergraduate Scholars Forum (Student Attendance Required)
April 24-27  Alumni Weekend
May 1  Last day of spring semester classes
May 4-7  Final examinations
May 7  Grades due in Registrar's office for graduating seniors
May 9  Columns Ceremony, Commencement
May 12  Grades due in Registrar's office (9:00 a.m.)
May TBD  Spring Board of Trustees’ Meeting
May 25  Memorial Day Holiday, college offices closed
 
Summer Session 2009
May 11 Summer Session classes begin
May 29 Last day of summer classes