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Fall Semester 2009                                         Printable Calendar
August 21 Residence halls open for new students and families (8:00 am)
August 22 Residence halls open for returning students (8:00 a.m.)
August 22 New Student Days begins
August 25 FREE add/drop period begins (8:00 a.m.)
August 26 Classes begin (8:00 a.m.)
September 1 Deadline to add courses; elect CR-D-F option; submit Indep Study forms; elect Writing Intensive Opt
September 7 Labor Day holiday - no classes/college offices closed
September 16 Deadline to drop course without receiving grade of WP/WF
September 18 Course offerings for Spring Semester 2010 due
September 22-23 Symposium on Democracy (Student Attendance Required)
October 5-6 Fall holiday - no classes (Monday and Tuesday)
October 12-17 Westminster Homecoming
October 13 Deadline for removing Spring 2009 incomplete grades
October 16-18 Family Weekend
October 20 Midterm
October 22-24 Fall Board of Trustees Meeting (Executive Committee Meeting – Oct. 22)
October 27 Midterm grades due (9:00 a.m.)
October 27 Academic Advising begins for Spring 2010 preregistration (Tentative)
November 3 Prereg for Seniors (11:00 a.m.)
November 10 Prereg for Juniors (11:00 a.m.)
November 10 Deadline for withdrawing from courses with grade of WP/WF (4:00 p.m.)
November 17 Prereg for Sophomores (11:00 a.m.)
Nov. 25-27 Thanksgiving Holiday - College offices closed
December 1 Prereg for Freshmen (11:00 a.m.)
December 11 Last day of Fall Semester classes
December 14-17 Final examinations
December 18 Christmas vacation begins
December 21 Grades due in Registrar’s Office (4:00 p.m.)
Dec. 24-Jan. 3 College offices closed (Tentative)
   
Spring Semester 2010
January 1-3 Holiday - College offices closed (Tentative)
January 10 Residence halls open (9:00 a.m.)
January 12 New student orientation and spring semester registration (1:30-2:30 p.m.-TENTATIVE)
January 12 FREE add-drop period begins (8:00 a.m.)
January 13 Classes begin (8:00 a.m.)
January 18 Martin Luther King Holiday – no classes, college offices closed
January 20 Deadline to add courses; elect CR-D-F option; submit Indep Study forms; elect Writing Intensive Opt
February 3 Deadline to drop courses without receiving grade of WP/WF (4:00 p.m.)
February 8 Course Offerings for Fall Semester 2010 due
February 12 President’s Day Holiday (Friday) – no classes, college offices closed
February 18-20 Winter Board of Trustees Meeting (Executive Committee Meeting – Feb. 18)
February 25 Deadline for removing incomplete grades for 2009 fall semester (4:00 p.m.)
March 4 Midterm
March 11 Assessment Day (Student Attendance Required)
March 12 Midterm grades due (9:00 a.m.)
March 16 Academic Advising begins for Fall 2010 preregistration (Tentative)
March 22-26 Spring break - no classes
March 26 Spring Holiday, college offices closed
April 5 Easter Holiday (Monday) – no classes, college offices closed
April 6 Deadline to withdraw from courses and receive grade of WP/WF (4:00 p.m.)
April 14 Undergraduate Scholars Forum (Student Attendance Required)
April 23-26 Alumni Weekend
April 30 Last day of spring semester classes
May 3-6 Final examinations
May 6 Grades due in Registrar's office for graduating seniors
May 8 Columns Ceremony, Commencement
May 11 Grades due in Registrar's office (9:00 a.m.)
May 13-15 Spring Board of Trustees’ Meeting (Excutive Committee Meeting – May 13)
May 31  Memorial Day Holiday, college offices closed
 
Summer Session 2010
May 10 Summer Session classes begin
May 28 Last day of summer classes