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            | Summer Session | Tuesday, May 27-Saturday, August 2 |  
            | Fall Graduate Registration begins | Tuesday, July 1 |  
            | No classes | Friday, July 4 |  
            | Graduate Comprehensive Exams | Saturday, July 19 |  
    
        
            | Graduate semester begins (consult course listing for specific start date) | Monday, August 4 |  
            | Opening Faculty Meeting and Introduction Convocation | Wednesday, August 20 |  
            | Opening Reception | Friday, August 22 |  
            | Orientation | Wednesday, August 20-Sunday, August 24 |  
            | Undergraduate and most Graduate classes begin | Monday, August 25 |  
            | Labor Day—no classes | Monday, September 1 |  
            | Last day to add an undergraduate class, 4:30 p.m. | Wednesday, September 3 |  
            | Last date for undergraduate course drops & credit/fail, 4:30 p.m. | Monday, September 15 |  
            | January Term registration | Monday, September 22 – Friday, September 26 |  
            | Families Weekend | Saturday & Sunday, September 27 & 28 |  
            | No classes | Monday & Tuesday, October 13-14 |  
            | Mid semester undergraduate grades due in the Registrar’s Office, 12 Noon | Wednesday, October 15 |  
            | Graduate Comprehensive Exams | Saturday, October 18 |  
            | Last date for withdrawal from undergraduate courses with “W” grade, 4:30 p.m. | Monday, October 27 |  
            | Homecoming | Saturday, November 8 |  
            | Spring Undergraduate registration | Monday, November 3-Friday, November 14 |  
            | Thanksgiving recess begins, 10 p.m. | Tuesday, November 25 |  
            | Classes resume, 8:00 a.m. | Monday, December 1 |  
            | Spring Graduate registration begins | Monday, December 1 |  
            | Undergraduate classes end | Friday, December 5 |  
            | Reading Days | Saturday & Sunday, December 6 & 7 |  
            | Undergraduate examinations begin | Monday, December 8 |  
            | Undergraduate semester ends | Friday, December 12 |  
            | Undergraduate final grades due in Registrar’s Office, 10 a.m. | Tuesday, December 16 |  
            | Graduate semester ends | Wednesday, December 17 |  
            | Graduate final grades due in Registrar’s Office, 10 a.m. | Friday, December 19 |  
    
        
            | January Term begins, 10 a.m. | Monday, January 5 |  
            | Last day for course changes, 4:30 p.m. | Tuesday, January 6 |  
            | Last date for withdrawal from course with “W” grade, 4:30 p.m. | Wednesday, January 7 |  
            | College Holiday–no classes-Martin Luther King, Jr., day | observed Monday, January 19 |  
            | January Term Ends | Friday, January 23 |  
            | January Term final grades due in Registrar’s Office, 10 a.m. | Friday, January 30 |  
    
        
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            | Graduate semester begins (consult course listing for specific start date) | Monday, January 5 |  
            | Undergraduate and most Graduate classes begin | Monday, January 26 |  
            | Last day to add an undergraduate class, 4:30 p.m. | Tuesday, February 3 |  
            | Last date for undergraduate course drops and credit/fail, 4:30 p.m. | Monday, February 16 |  
            | Spring undergraduate recess begins, 7 p.m. | Friday, March 13 |  
            | Spring Graduate recess begins, 5 p.m. | Saturday, March 14 |  
            | Mid semester undergraduate grades due in the Registrar’s Office, 12 Noon | Tuesday, March 17 |  
            | Graduate Comprehensive Exams | Saturday, March 21 |  
            | Classes resume, 8:00 a.m. | Monday, March 23 |  
            | Last date for withdrawal from undergraduate course with “W” grade, 4:30 p.m. | Friday, March 27 |  
            | Summer Graduate registration begins | Wednesday, April 1 |  
            | No Graduate classes | Saturday, April 11 |  
            | Fall undergraduate registration | Monday, April 6-Friday, April 17 |  
            | Spring Undergraduate Awards | Sunday, April 26 |  
            | Honors & Investiture Convocation | Sunday, May 3 |  
            | Undergraduate classes end | Friday, May 8 |  
            | Reading days | Saturday & Sunday, May 9 & 10 |  
            | Undergraduate examinations begin | Monday, May 11 |  
            | Graduate semester ends | Wednesday, May 13 |  
            | Graduate final grades due in the Registrar’s Office, 10 a.m. | Friday, May 15 |  
            | Undergraduate semester ends | Friday, May 15 |  
            | Undergraduate final grades due in the Registrar’s Office, 10 a.m. | Tuesday, May 19 |  
            | Senior Week | Sunday - Friday, May 17-22 |  
            | Baccalaureate Service | Friday, May 22 |  
            | Commencement | Saturday, May 23 |    |