Calendar

First Semester, 2003-04

August 1
Final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to return for first semester, 2003-04. Remainder of general deposit forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

August 22
Residences open for all first-year and new transfer students at 8 a.m. First contract meal—lunch.

August 23
Residences open for all upperclass students at 8 a.m. First contract meal—lunch.

August 25
First day of classes. Final enrollment for all students.

September 1
Labor Day. No classes.

September 2
Last day to drop and add a course

September 8
Last day to register for credit/no credit option

September 27-28
Rosh Hashanah

October 6
Yom Kippur

October 10
Mid-semester

October 11
Homecoming

October 15
Deadline for general deposit refund for students not returning for second semester, 2003-04

October 20
Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of “W”

October 20-21
Fall break

October 27
Ramadan begins (continues through November 26)

October 27-November 4
Academic advisement for second semester, 2003-04

November 10-17
Online registration

November 15
Family Day

November 26
`Id al Fitr

November 26
Thanksgiving vacation begins. No classes. Residences close at 10 a.m. Last contract meal—breakfast.

November 30
Residences open at noon. First contract meal—dinner.

December 1
Classes resume at 8 a.m. Final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to return second semester, 2003-04. Remainder of general deposit forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

December 11
Last day of classes

December 12
Reading day

December 13
Final examinations

December 15-17
Final examinations

December 17
Residences close at 7 p.m. Last contract meal—dinner.

Second Semester, 2003-04

January 10
Residences open at noon for all students.

January 11
Registration for entering first-year and new transfer students. First contract meal—lunch.

January 12
First day of classes. Final enrollment for all students.

January 19
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. No classes.

January 20
Last day to drop and add a course

January 26
Last day to register for credit/no credit option

February 2
`Id al Adha

February 8
Nirvana

February 9
Last day to remove an Incomplete grade from first semester, 2003-04

February 22
Hijra New Year

February 25
Ash Wednesday

February 27
Mid-semester

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

March 14
Residences open at 10 a.m. First contract meal—dinner.

March 15
Classes resume at 8 a.m. Deadline for general deposit refund for students not returning for first semester, 2004-05

March 19
Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of “W”

March 22-30
Academic advisement for first semester, 2004-05

April 5-12
Online registration

April 6-13
Passover

April 9
Good Friday. Classes end at noon.

April 11
Easter

April 22
Honors Convocation. Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium. No classes.

April 29
Last day of classes

April 30
Reading day

May 1
Final examinations

May 3-5
Final examinations

May 5
Residences close to all underclass students at 9 p.m. Last contract meal for underclass students—dinner.

May 8
Commencement. Residences close to all students at 6 p.m.

Summer College, 2004

May 18
Residences open for summer residents at noon.

May 18-July 3
Summer College

August 1, 2004 is the final deadline for registered students to notify the College of their intention not to return for first semester, 2004-05. The remainder of the general deposit is forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

Major religious holidays are listed on this calendar as a guide for the campus community. If students choose to miss class to observe a holiday, it is the student's responsibility to notify the instructor of the absence and to make up any work missed during the absence.