Calendar

First Semester, 2007-08

August 1
Final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to return for first semester, 2007-08. Remainder of general deposit forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

August 17
Residences open for all first-year and new transfer students at 8 a.m. First contract meal--lunch.

August 18
Residences open for all upperclass students at 8 a.m. First contract meal--dinner.

August 20
First day of classes. Final enrollment for all students.

August 27
Opening Convocation

August 27
Last day to drop and add a course

August 28
Raksha Bandhan--Hindu
Paryushana begins (through Sept. 5)--Jain

August 31
Last day to register for credit/no credit option

September 3
Labor Day. No classes.

September 4
Krishna Janmashtami--Hindu

September 12
Ramadan begins at sunset (through Oct. 13)--Islam
Rosh Hashana begins at sunset (through sunset on Sept. 13)--Jewish

September 15
Ganesh Chaturthi--Hindu

September 21
Ostara--Pagan
Yom Kippur begins at sunset (through sunset on Sept. 22)--Jewish

September 29
Homecoming

October 8-9
Fall break

October 12
Navaratri and Dussera (through Oct. 21)--Hindu

October 13
Eid al Fitr--Islam

October 15
Deadline for general deposit refund for students not returning for second semester, 2007-08

October 22-30
Academic advisement for second semester, 2007-08

October 26
Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of "W"

October 31
Samhain--Pagan

November 3
Family Day

November 5-14
Online registration

November 9
Diwali--Hindu, Sikh, Jain

November 21
Thanksgiving vacation begins. No classes. Residences close at 10 a.m. Last contract meal--breakfast.

November 25
Residences open at noon. First contract meal--dinner.

November 26
Classes resume at 8 a.m.

November 30
Last day of classes

December 3
Final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to return second semester, 2007-08. Remainder of general deposit forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

December 3-7
Final examinations

December 5
Hanukkah begins (through Dec. 12)--Jewish

December 7
Residences close at 7 p.m. Last contract meal--dinner.

Second Semester, 2007-08

January 20
Residences open at noon for all students. Orientation for entering first-year and new transfer students.

January 21
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. No classes.
Registration for entering first-year and new transfer students. First contract meal--dinner.

January 22
First day of classes. Final enrollment for all students.

January 29
Last day to drop and add a course

February 4
Last day to register for credit/no credit option. Last day to remove incomplete grade from first semester, 2007-08.

February 6
Ash Wednesday (Lent begins and goes through March 23)--Christian

February 7
Chinese New Year

February 8
Nirvana Day--Buddhist

March 6
Maha Shivaratri--Hindu

March 7
Mid-semester. Spring vacation begins at 5 p.m. Last contract meal--dinner. Residences close at 7 p.m.

March 16
Residences open at 10 a.m. First contract meal--dinner.

March 17
Classes resume at 8 a.m. Deadline for general deposit refund for students not returning for first semester, 2008-09

March 21
Good Friday--Christian.
Classes end at noon.

March 22
Holi--Hindu

March 23
Easter

March 24-April 1
Academic advisement for first semester, 2008-09

March 26
Khordad Sal--Zoroastrian

March 28
Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of "W"

March 31
Mahavir Jayanti--Jain

April 6
Hindu New Year and Ramayana begins (through April 14)--Hindu

April 7-17
Online registration

April 13 or 14
Baisakhi--Sikh

April 14
Ramanavami--Hindu

April 19
Pesach (Passover) begins at sunset (through April 26; major observance evening of April 19 through evening of April 20)--Jewish

April 20
Theravadin New Year begins (through April 23)--Buddhist
Hanuman Jayanti--Hindu

April 24
Honors Convocation. Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium.

April 25
Holy Friday--Orthodox Christian

May 1
Last day of classes

May 2
Reading day
Yom HaSha-ah--Jewish

May 3-7
Final examinations

May 7
Residences close to all underclass students at 9 p.m. Last contract meal for underclass students--dinner.

May 10
Commencement. Residences close to all students at 6 p.m.

Summer College, 2008

May 17
Residences open for summer residents at noon.

May 19-July 3
Summer College

August 1, 2008 is the final deadline for registered students to notify the College
of their intention not to return for first semester, 2008-09. The remainder of the
general deposit is forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

Dates in bold are religious holidays that may be cause for students to request an excused absence from class or other academic requirement. Dates in italics are during a weekend or break. They are important to note for purposes of scheduling class trips and extracurricular activities, as well as honoring campus diversity.