Calendar

First Semester, 2004-05

August 1
Final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to return for first semester, 2004-05. Remainder of general deposit forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

August 20
Residences open for all first-year and new transfer students at 8 a.m. First contract meal--lunch.

August 21
Residences open for all upperclass students at 8 a.m. First contract meal--lunch.

August 23
First day of classes. Final enrollment for all students.

August 26
Opening Convocation

August 30
Last day to drop and add a course

September 6
Labor Day. No classes.

September 7
Last day to register for credit/no credit option

September 16-17
Rosh Hashanah

September 25
Yom Kippur

October 11
Mid-semester

October 11-12
Fall break

October 15
Deadline for general deposit refund for students not returning for second semester, 2004-05

October 15
Ramadan begins (continues through November 14)

October 23
Homecoming

October 25- November 2
Academic advisement for second semester, 2004-05

November 13
Family Day

November 14
`Id al Fitr

November 24
Thanksgiving vacation begins. No classes. Residences close at 10 a.m. Last contract meal--breakfast.

November 28
Residences open at noon. First contract meal--dinner.

November 29
Classes resume at 8 a.m. Final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to return second semester, 2004-05. Remainder of general deposit forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

December 9
Last day of classes

December 10
Reading day

December 11
Final examinations

December 13-15
Final examinations

December 15
Residences close at 9 p.m. Last contract meal--dinner.

Second Semester, 2004-05

January 8
Residences open at noon for all students.

January 9
Registration for entering first-year and new transfer students. First contract meal--lunch.

January 10
First day of classes. Final enrollment for all students.

January 17
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. No classes.

January 18
Last day to drop and add a course

January 21-24
`Id al Adha

January 24
Last day to remove an Incomplete grade from first semester, 2004-05

January 24
Last day to register for credit/no credit option

February 8
Nirvana

February 9
Ash Wednesday

February 10
Hijra New Year

March 4
Mid-semester

March 4
Spring vacation begins at 5 p.m. Last contract meal--dinner. Residences close at 7 p.m.

March 13
Residences open at 10 a.m. First contract meal--dinner.

March 14
Classes resume at 8 a.m.

March 15
Deadline for general deposit refund for students not returning for first semester, 2005-06

March 18
Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of "W"

March 21-29
Academic advisement for first semester, 2005-06

March 25
Good Friday. Classes end at noon.

March 27
Easter

April 7-13
Online registration

April 21
Honors Convocation. Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium. No classes.

April 24-May 1
Passover

April 28
Last day of classes

April 29
Reading day

April 30
Final examinations

May 2-4
Final examinations

May 4
Residences close to all underclass students at 9 p.m. Last contract meal for underclass students--dinner.

May 7
Commencement. Residences close to all students at 6 p.m.

Summer College, 2005

May 15
Residences open for summer residents at noon.

May 16-July 1
Summer College

August 1, 2005 is the final deadline for registered students to notify the College of their intention not to return for first semester, 2005-06. 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.