Academic Calendar (2010 - 2011)

Fall Semester 2010
Law School Classes Begin	Monday, August 23
New Faculty Conference	Tuesday, August 24
Fall Faculty Conference	Thursday, August 26 and Friday, August 27
Residence Halls Open (New Students)	Friday, August 27 and Saturday, August 28
Residence Halls Open (Returning Students)	Sunday, August 29
New Student Orientation	Friday, August 27 - Monday, August 30
President's Reception and Welcome Mass	Sunday, August 29
Academic Convocation	Monday, August 30
New Students Meet with Assigned Advisors	Monday, August 30
Fall Validation Day	Monday, August 30
Classes Begin	Tuesday, August 31
Labor Day Observed	Monday, September 6
Last Day to Add	Wednesday, September 8
Last Day to Drop	Friday, September 10
Mass of the Holy Spirit (11:00am & Noon classes canceled)	Wednesday, September 15
Incompletes Revert to Provisional Grades	Friday, October 1
Student Learning Outcomes Day (Morning classes canceled)	Thursday, October 7
Founder’s Day Holiday	Monday, October 18
Mid-semester Grades Due in Registrar's Office	Wednesday, October 20
Fall Family Weekend	Friday, October 22 – Sunday, October 24
Last Day to Withdraw	Friday, November 12
Thanksgiving Holiday	Wednesday, November 24 - Friday, November 26
Prep Week	Monday, December 6 - Friday, December 10
Semester Examinations	Monday, December 13 - Thursday, December 16
Christmas Holiday Begins	Friday, December 17
Grades Due in Registrar's Office	Tuesday, December 21

Spring Semester 2011
Residence Halls Open	Sunday, January 9
New Student Orientation	Monday, January 10
Spring Faculty Conference	Monday, January 10
Spring Validation Day	Monday, January 10
Classes which meet on Mondays ONLY begin	Monday, January 10
Undergraduate, Graduate and Law Classes Begin	Tuesday, January 11
Martin Luther King Holiday	Monday, January 17
Last Day to Add	Wednesday, January 19
Last Day to Drop	Friday, January 21
Incompletes Revert to Provisional Grades	Friday, February 11
President's Day Holiday	Monday, February 21
Spring Vacation	Monday, March 7 - Friday, March 11
Mid-semester Grades Due in Registrar's Office	Tuesday, March 8
Last Day to Withdraw	Friday, March 25
Academic Honors Convocation (classes canceled 3:15-4:45 pm)	Tuesday, April 19
Good Friday Holiday	Friday, April 22
Easter Holiday	Monday, April 25
Prep Week	Monday, April 25 - Friday, April 29
Semester Examinations (100/200 classes)	Monday, May 2 - Friday, May 6
Semester Examinations (300/400 classes)	Monday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 4
Senior Week Activities	Wednesday, May 4 - Friday, May 6
Graduate School Commencement	Saturday, May 7
Baccalaureate Mass	Saturday, May 7
Graduate School Mass	Saturday, May 7
Undergraduate Commencement	Sunday, May 8
School of Law Commencement	Saturday, May 14
Grades Due in Registrar’s Office	Tuesday, May 10