First Semester, 2005-06
August 1
Final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to return for first semester, 2005-06. Remainder of general deposit forfeited for withdrawals after this date.
August 19
Residences open for all first-year and new transfer students at 8 a.m. First contract meal--lunch.
August 20
Residences open for all upperclass students at 8 a.m. First contract meal--lunch.
August 22
First day of classes. Final enrollment for all students.
August 25
Opening Convocation
August 29
Last day to drop and add a course
September 2
Last day to register for credit/no credit option
September 5
Labor Day. No classes.
September 22
Fall Equinox (Wicca)
October 1
Homecoming
October 4
Ramadan begins (through Nov. 3)
Rosh Hashanah begins (through Oct. 13)
October 10
Mid-semester
October 10-11
Fall break
October13
Yom Kippur
October 14
Deadline for general deposit refund for students not returning for second semester, 2005-06
October 24-November 1
Academic advisement for second semester, 2005-06
October 28
Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of "W"
October 29
Family Day
November 1
Diwali
November 3
Eid al Fitr
November 7-17
Online registration
November 23
Thanksgiving vacation begins. No classes. Residences close at 10 a.m. Last contract meal--breakfast.
November 27
Residences open at noon. First contract meal--dinner.
November 28
Classes resume at 8 a.m.
December 1
Final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to
return second semester, 2005-06. Remainder of general deposit forfeited for withdrawals after this date.
December 8
Bodhi Day
December 8
Last day of classes
December 9
Reading day
December 10-14
Final examinations
December 12
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 14
Residences close at 7 p.m. Last contract meal--dinner.
Second Semester, 2005-06
January 15
Residences open at noon for all students.
January 15
Registration for entering first-year and new transfer students. First contract meal--lunch.
January 16
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. No classes.
January 17
First day of classes. Final enrollment for all students.
January 24
Last day to drop and add a course
January 30
Last day to register for credit/no credit option
February 3
Last day to remove an Incomplete grade from first semester, 2005-06
March 1
Ash Wednesday
March 10
Mid-semester
March 10
Spring vacation begins at 5 p.m. Last contract meal--dinner. Residences close at 7 p.m.
March 15
Deadline for general deposit refund for students not returning for first semester, 2006-07
March 19
Residences open at 10 a.m. First contract meal--dinner.
March 20
Classes resume at 8 a.m.
March 20-28
Academic advisement for first semester, 2006-07
March 24
Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of "W"
April 3-13
Online registration
April 13
Baisakhi
Passover begins (through April 21)
April 14
Good Friday. Classes end at noon.
April 27
Honors Convocation. Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium. No classes.
May 4
Last day of classes
May 5
Reading day
May 6-10
Final examinations
May 10
Residences close to all underclass students at 9 p.m. Last contract meal for underclass students--dinner.
May 13
Commencement. Residences close to all students at 6 p.m.
Summer College, 2006
May 21
Residences open for summer residents at noon.
May 22-July 7
Summer College
August 1, 2006 is the final deadline for registered students to notify the College
of their intention not to return for first semester, 2006-07. The remainder of the
general deposit is forfeited for withdrawals after this date.
Major religious holidays that might affect a student's class attendance 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.
