Spring Semester 2012
Residence Halls Open (2 p.m.)... Jan. 15 
Classes Begin... Jan. 17
Last Day to Register or Add Classes... Jan. 23  
Achievement Day... March 1
End of First Seven Weeks... March 5
Begin Second Seven Weeks... March 6
Spring Break (No Classes)... March 10-18
Classes Resume... March 19
Advising Day (No Classes)... April 3 
Good Friday (Campus Closed)... April 6
Easter Monday (No Classes)... April 9
Colloquium Day/Honor Convocation (No Classes)... April 20*
Family Weekend... April 21
Last Day of Classes... May 4
Finals Prep Day (No Classes)... May 7
Final Examinations... May 8-11
Baccalaureate/Commencement... May 12

*Previous Thursday classes will follow a Friday class schedule. 


Summer Session 2012
Classes Begin... June 4
Independence Day Holiday (Campus Closed)... July 4
Last Day of Classes... July 28

Fall Semester 2012 
Faculty/Admin. Workshops... Aug. 17
Residence Halls Open... Aug. 18
New Student Orientation... Aug. 18-21
Classes Begin... Aug. 22
Last Day to Register or Add Classes... Aug. 28
Labor Day (Campus closed)... Sept. 3
Opening Convocation... Sept. 5
Homecoming (home football)... Sept. 29
End of First Seven Weeks... Oct. 10
Fall Break (No Classes)... Oct. 11-14
Begin Second Seven Weeks (Classes Resume)... Oct. 15
Advising Days (Students meet with Advisors)... Oct. 30; Nov. 7
Thanksgiving Holiday (No Classes)... Nov. 21-25
Classes Resume... Nov. 26
Last Day of Classes... Dec. 7
Finals Prep Day (No classes)... Dec. 10
Final Examinations... Dec. 11-14
Christmas Holiday (Campus Closed)... Dec. 22-Jan. 1

Cardinal Term 2013 (free, non-credit seminars)... Jan. 7-18