1.09¾COLLEGE
CALENDAR
2002-2003
Faculty Workshop August
14-15
Faculty/Staff Banquet August
15
Residence Halls Open for
New Students at 10 a.m. August
16
New Student Orientation
and Advisement August
16-19
Residence Halls Open for
Returning Students at 10 a.m. August
19
Registration for Returning
Students, 1:30-7:30 August
19
Registration for New Students August
19
Classes Begin (Mt. Vernon & External
Programs) August
19
Deadline for Dropping Courses
Without Receiving a Grade; August
26
Deadline for Registering or Adding Courses, 5 p.m.
Fall Academic Convocation August
27
Labor Day Holiday – Classes
Will Not Meet September
2
Administrative
Offices Will Be Closed
First Session Classes End October
14
Second Session Classes
Begin October
15
Deadline for Dropping Second
Session Courses With October
16
a
Grade of “W”; Deadline for Adding Second
Session
Courses, 5 p.m.
Fall Break – Classes Will
Not Meet October
25
Upper-Level Registration
for Spring – 1:30-7:30 November
4
Registration for Spring
– Classes Scheduled Prior November
5
to
5 p.m. Will Not Meet
Last Day to Selectively
Drop a Course November
20
Residence Halls Close at
10:00 a.m. November
23
External Programs Classes
Meet November
25
Thanksgiving Holiday -
Classes Will Not Meet Nov.
25-30
Administrative
Offices Close at Noon on Nov. 27
Residence Halls Open at
2 p.m. December
1
Last Class Day for Mt.
Vernon Classes December
6
Final Exams for Mt. Vernon & External
Program Classes Dec. 9-14
Residence Halls Close at
10 a.m December
14
Spring 2003
Residence Halls Open at
2 p.m. January
5
New Student Orientation;
Registration for All Students; January
6
Classes Begin at 5 p.m.
Deadline for Dropping Courses
Without Receiving a Grade; January
13
Deadline for Registering or Adding Courses, 5 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Holiday – Mt. Vernon and External January
20
Programs Classes Will Not Meet; Administrative Offices
Closed
Residence Halls Close at
10 a.m. March
1
Spring Break – Classes
Will Not Meet March
2-9
Residence Halls Open at
2 p.m. March
9
First Session Classes End March
9
Second Session Classes
Begin March
10
Deadline for Dropping Second
Session Courses March
11
With a Grade of “W”; Deadline for Adding Second
Session External Programs Courses, 5 p.m.
Registration for Summer
and Fall. Classes Scheduled April
1
Prior to 5 p.m. Will Not Meet
Last Day to Selectively
Drop a Class April
16
Good Friday – Classes Will
Not Meet April
18
Administrative Offices Will Be Closed
Honors Day – 11 a.m. April
21
Final Exams for External
Programs Classes April 29-May 5
Last Class Day for Mt.
Vernon Classes April
30
Final Exams for Mt. Vernon
Classes May
1-7
Residence Halls Close at
10:00 a.m. for All Students May
8
Except Those Who Will Graduate in the Class of 2002
Graduation – 10 a.m. May
10
Residence Halls Close at
5 p.m. May
10
Residence Halls Open at
2:00 p.m. May
25
Registration May
26
Classes Begin May
27
Deadline for Dropping Courses
Without Receiving a Grade May 28
Deadline for Registering or Adding Courses – 5 p.m.
Final Exams June
27
Residence Halls Close at
10 a.m. for Students June
28
Not Attending Session II or III
Independence Day Holiday. Administrative
Offices Closed July 4
Registration July
7
Residence Halls Open at
10 a.m. July
7
Classes Begin July
8
Deadline for Dropping Courses
Without Receiving a Grade July
9
Deadline for Registering or Adding Courses – 5 p.m.
Final Exams August
8
Residence Halls Close at
10:00 a.m. August
9
Residence Halls Open at
2:00 p.m. May
25
Registration May
26
Classes Begin May
27
Deadline for Dropping Courses
Without Receiving a Grade May 30
Deadline for Registering or Adding Courses – 5 p.m.
Independence Day Holiday.
Classes Will Not Meet. June 30-July5
Session III Classes Resume July
7
Final Exams August
3-9
Residence Halls Close at 10 a.m. August 9