First and Last day of each term

Spring Term 2011 • March 28 - June 3, 2011
2011 Commencement • Saturday, June 4, 2011
Fall Term 2011 • September 7 - November 18, 2011
Winter Term 2012 • January 3 - March 9, 2012
Spring Term 2012 • March 26 - June 1, 2012
Fall Term 2012 • September 5 - November 16, 2012
Winter Term 2013 • January 7 - March 15, 2013
Spring Term 2013 • April 1 - June 7, 2013

Spring Term 2012

March 25, 2012 • Sunday • Residence Halls Reopen
March 26, 2012 • Monday • Classes Begin
June 1, 2012 • Friday • Classes End; Senior Presentations to the Board
June 2, 2012 • Saturday • Commencement 2012 

SUMMER 2012

June 1 and 2, 2012 • Friday/Saturday • Board of Trustees Meeting
June 2, 2012 • Saturday • Commencement
July 19, 20, and 21, 2012 • Thursday/Friday/Saturday • Annual Board Meeting

2012- 2013 Start of Year and Orientation Activities

August 11 and 12, 2012 • Saturday/Sunday • Language Orientation Begins
August 16, 2012 • Thursday • OOPs Leader Training
August 19, 2012 • Sunday • RA Training
August 23, 2012 • Thursday  • New incoming international students arrive
August 24 and 25, 2012 • Friday/Saturday • Two-day mandatory international student orientation
August 26, 2012 Sunday • OOPs participants arrive
August 27, 2012 Sunday • Monday • OOPs trips depart
September 1, 2012 • Saturday • OOPs trips return, Registration for Campus Orientation
September 1 and 4, 2012 • Sunday and Tuesday • On-campus orientation continues
September 5, 2012 • Wednesday • Convocation, Opening of the academic year activities
September 6, 2012 • Thursday • Fall Term classes begin

FALL TERM 2012

September 5, 2012 • Wednesday • 1:00pm Convocation
September 6, 2012 • Thursday • Classes Begin
October 5 through October 8, 2012 • Friday to Monday  • Family/Friends Weekend B Alumni Weekend
October 8 and 9, 2012 • Monday/Tuesday • Fall Tour
October 25 and 26, 2012 • Thursday/Friday • Faculty Retreat (Week 7)
November 16, 2012 • Friday • Classes End

WINTER TERM 2013

January 6, 2013 • Monday • Residence Halls Reopen
January 7, 2013 • Tuesday • Classes begin
January 21, 2013 • Monday • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
March 15, 2013 • Friday • Classes End 

SPRING TERM 2013

March 31, 2013 • Sunday • Residence Halls Reopen
April 1, 2013 • Monday • Classes Begin
June 7, 2013 • Friday • Classes End; Senior Presentations to the Board
June 8, 2013 • Saturday • Commencement

Holidays Observed

May 30, 2011 • Monday • Memorial Day (staff only - classes still meet on this day)
July 4, 2011 • Monday • Independence Day Taken
September 5 2011 • Monday • Labor Day
October 10 2011 • Monday • Columbus Day (staff only - classes still meet on this day)
November 11, 2011 • Friday • Veterans Day (staff only - classes still meet on this day)
November 24-25, 2011 • Thursday and Friday • Thanksgiving Closure
dates tba • December • Holiday Closure
January 1, 2012 • Sunday • New Year's Day
January 16, 2012 • Monday • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 20, 2012 • Monday • President's Day (staff only - classes still meet on this day)
May 28, 2012 • Monday • Memorial Day (staff only - classes still meet on this day)