Academic Calendar 

   

Fall Semester 2011                                                                                          Printable Calendar

August 3 On-Line Add/Drop Begins for Returning Students (8:00 a.m.)
August 19 Residence halls open for new students and families/New Student Days Begin
August 20 Residence halls open for returning students (8:00 a.m.)
August 24 Classes begin (8:00 a.m.)
August 30 Deadline to add courses; elect CR-D-F option; submit Indep Study forms; elect Writing Intensive Opt
September 5 Labor Day holiday - no classes/college offices closed
September 14 Deadline to drop course without receiving grade of WP/WF
September 16 Course offerings for Spring Semester 2012 due
September 20-21 Symposium on Democracy (Student Attendance Required)
October 3-4 Fall holiday - no classes (Monday and Tuesday)
October 11 Deadline for removing Spring 2011 incomplete grades
October 13-15 Fall Board of Trustees Meeting  (Executive Committee Meeting – Oct. 13)
October  17-22 Westminster Homecoming
October 18 Midterm
October 21-23 Family Weekend
October 25 Midterm grades due (9:00 a.m.)
October 25 Academic Advising begins for Spring 2012 preregistration (Tentative)
November  8  Deadline for withdrawing from courses with grade of WP/WF (4:00 p.m.)
Nov. 23-25 Thanksgiving Holiday - College offices closed
December  9 Last day of Fall Semester classes
December 12-15 Final examinations
December 16 Christmas vacation begins
December 19 Grades due in Registrar’s Office (4:00 p.m.)
Dec. 22-Jan. 2 College offices closed (Tentative)
     
Spring Semester 2012
January 4 On-Line Add/Drop Begins for Returning Students (8:00 a.m.)
January 8 Residence halls open for returning students (8:00 a.m.)
January 9 Residence hall open for new students and families (8:00 a.m.)
January 10 New student orientation and spring semester registration (1:30-2:30 p.m.-TENTATIVE)
January 11 Classes begin (8:00 a.m.)
January 16 Martin Luther King Holiday – no classes, college offices closed
January 18 Deadline to add courses; elect CR-D-F option; submit Indep Study forms; elect  Writing Intensive Opt
February 1 Deadline to drop courses without receiving grade of WP/WF (4:00 p.m.)
February 6 Course Offerings for Fall Semester 2012 due
February 9-11 Winter Board of Trustees Meeting (Executive Committee Meeting – Feb. 9)
February 17 President’s Day Holiday (Friday) – no classes, college offices closed
February 23 Deadline for removing incomplete grades for 2011 fall semester (4:00 p.m.)
March 1 Midterm March 8   Midterm grades due (9:00 a.m.)
March 12-16 Spring break - no classes
March 16 Spring Holiday, college offices closed
March 20 Academic Advising begins for Fall 2012 preregistration (Tentative)
March 27 Assessment Day (Student Attendance Required)
March 30  Deadline to withdraw from courses and receive grade of WP/WF (4:00 p.m.)
April 9  Easter Holiday (Monday) – no classes, college offices closed
April 19  Undergraduate Scholars Forum (Student Attendance Required)
April 20-22 Alumni Weekend
April 27  Last day of spring semester classes
April 30-May 3 Final examinations
May 3 Grades due in Registrar's office for graduating seniors
May 5 Columns Ceremony, Commencement
May 8 Grades due in Registrar's office (9:00 a.m.)
May 10-12 Spring Board of Trustees’ Meeting (Executive Committee Meeting – May 10)
May 28 Memorial Day Holiday, college offices closed
 
Summer Session 2011
May 7  Summer Session classes begin
May 25 Last day of summer classes