2009 Spring Semester

January

Friday		9	-	Family Day
Monday		12	-	Spring registration for undergraduate students
Tuesday		13	-	Spring registration for graduate students; Level orientations for new and returning undergraduate students; Late registration ends
Wednesday		14	-	Classes begin
Friday		16	-	New graduate student orientation, graduate course orientations begin
Saturday		17	-	Graduate course orientations continue
Monday		19	-	Martin Luther King Holiday
Friday		23	-	CARE VII Block 4 ends
Tuesday		27	-	CARE VII Block 5 begins
Wednesday		28	-	Final date for converting an “I” to a grade; Final date to withdraw from a course without receiving a “W;” Final date for adding a course.

February

Saturday		1	-	Final date for receipt of postmark of application and supporting documents for Fall, 2009 admission
Tuesday		24	-	Mardi Gras Holiday

April

Tuesday		7	-	Spring Break begins at 7 PM
Thursday		9	-	CARE VIII Block 2 ends
Friday		10	-	Last date to withdraw from a course or to resign from university without receiving a failing grade; Final date for defense of theses and dissertations for May, 2009 commencement
Monday		13	-	CARE VIII Block 3 Begins
Tuesday		14	-	Classes resume at 7 AM
Thursday		16	-	General Examinations for doctoral candidacy.
Friday		17	-	General Examinations for doctoral candidacy; Final date for submitting final copy of approved theses and dissertations for May 2009 commencement.
Friday		24	-	Student health documents due to Student Health Office for Summer 2009 enrollment; Last date to withdraw from a course with a failing grade; CARE VII Block 5 ends
Wednesday		29	-	Classes end.
Thursday		30	-	Reading Day (no classes; no exams)

May

Friday		1	-	Final examinations begin
Tuesday		5	-	Graduating student’s grades due in Office of Student Affairs
Thursday		7	-	Final examinations end.
Friday		8	-	All grades due in Office of Student Records; semester ends
Saturday		16	-	Commencement