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Catalog/Bulletin 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Calendar 2015-2016

 

Fall 2015 Semester

August 2015
Wednesday-Friday 5-7 Fall  2015 Semester New Undergraduate Student Orientation
Saturday 8 Ceremony Honoring August 2015 Candidates for Degrees
Monday 10 Fall 2015 Semester New Graduate Student Orientation
Monday 10 BSN candidates for December 2015 graduation special orientation
Tuesday 11 Fall semester Undergraduate Level Orientation non-graduating students
Wednesday 12 Fall  2015 Semester classes Begin
Wednesday 26 Last Day to Add Courses for Fall 2015 Semester
Wednesday 26 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawals without a “W” on Transcript
Wednesday 26 “I” Grades from Summer Semester convert to “F”

 

September
Monday 7 Labor Day Holiday

 

October
Wednesday 14  Priority Deadline for Financial Aid for Spring
Thursday 29  Advisory Deadline for Late Financial Aid Application

 

November
Thursday - Friday 5-6 General Exams for Doctoral  Candidacy - DNS Students
Friday 6  Last Date for Defense of Theses, Dissertations and Scholarly Inquiry Projects for December 2014 Graduation
Wednesday 18  Pre-Registration for Spring 2016 begins
Wednesday 20 Last Day to withdraw from a Course or Term and receive a “W”
Wednesday 25 Last Day to Complete Financial Aid Exit Interviews for Graduating Students. Students Service Blocks: All obligations to institution must be cleared for graduation
Monday-Tuesday 23-24 SR II final exams
Tuesday 24 Pre-Registration ends for Spring 2016
Wednesday 25 Non graduating Undergraduate Students Reading Day
Wednesday 25 Last Day to Complete Financial Aid Exit Interview for Graduating Students. Service Blocks: All obligations to institution must be cleared for graduation
Thursday 26 Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday 27 Thanksgiving Holiday
Monday 30 Grades due for all graduating students by 4pm

 

December
Monday (Nov 30) -Thursday (Dec 3) 30-3 Undergraduate Student Final Exams
Tuesday 1 Tuesday
Friday 4 Last Day of Fall 2015 Semester
Friday 4 All grades due for non-graduating students
Monday 7 Last day for non-graduating students to complete end of course evaluations
Wednesday 9 Pre-Commencement Rehearsal December 2015 Graduates
Thursday 10 Awards Program, Degree Conferral for December 20145Graduates

Spring 2016 Semester

January
Monday 11 Spring Semester New Graduate Student Orientation
Monday 11 SR II and CARE XIV candidates for May 2016 Commencement special orientation and level orientation
Monday 11 Last day for graduate Students to register for Spring 2015 Semester
Monday 11 White coat Ceremony for CARE XV and SOPH I students entering clinical courses
Tuesday 12 Spring 2016 Semester Undergraduate Student Level Orientation
Wednesday 13 Spring 2016 Semester Classes Begin
Monday 18 Martin Luther King Holiday
Wednesday 27 Last Day to Add Course for Spring 2016 Semester
Wednesday 27 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawals without a “W” on Transcript
Wednesday 27 “I” Grades from Fall 2014 Semester convert to “F”

 

February    
Tuesday 9  Mardi Gras Holiday
     

 

March
Tuesday 15 Priority Deadline for Financial Aid for Summer 2016
Tuesday 22 Spring Break begins at 7pm
Friday 27 Easter Holiday
Tuesday 29 Spring Break ends and Classes resume at 7am
Wednesday 30 Pre-registration for Summer and Fall 2015 Semesters

 

April
Thursday 7 Advisory Deadline for Late Financial Aid Application
Thursday-Friday 7-8 General Exams for Doctoral Candidacy - DNS students
Friday 8 Last Day for Defense of Theses, Dissertations and Scholarly Inquiry Projects for May 2016 Commencement
Monday 11 pre-registration for summer 2016 ends
Tuesday-Thursday 19-21 SR II and CARE XIV Final Exams
Friday 29 Last day to Complete Financial Aid Exit Interview for Graduating Students. Service Blocks: All obligations to institution must be cleared for May 2016 graduation
Friday 29 Last Day to Withdraw from Course or Term
Friday 29 Undergraduate Student Reading Day

 

May
Monday 2 Last day for May 2016 graduating students to complete end of course evaluations
Monday - Thursday 9-12 Undergraduate Student Final Exams
Friday 13 Last Day of Spring 2016 Semester
Monday 16 Grades due for non-graduating students
Monday 16 Last day for non-graduating students to complete end of course evaluations
Tuesday 17 Rehearsal for May 2016 Graduating Students
Wednesday 18 Pre-Commencement Awards Ceremony
Thursday 19 Commencement
Wednesday-Thursday 25-26 DNP Seminar. Full day on 25the 1/2 day on 26th

Summer 2016 Semester

 

May    
Wednesday 25 Summer 2016 Semester Begins

 

June
Wednesday 8 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawal without a “W” on Transcript
Wednesday 8 Last Day to Add Course for Summer 2016 Semester
Wednesday 8 “I” Grades from Spring 2016 Semester Convert to “F”
Thursday 23 Advisory Deadline for Late Financial Aid Application
Friday 24 Last Date for Defense of Theses, Dissertations and Scholarly Inquiry Projects for August 2016 Graduation

 

July
Monday 4 Independence Day Holiday
Friday 24 Last Day to Withdraw from Course or Term
Friday 24 Last Day to Complete Financial Aid Exit Interviews for Graduating Students. Service Blocks: All obligations to the institution must be cleared for August 2016 graduation
Friday 29 Grades due for all graduating students by 4pm

 

August
Monday 1 Last day for August 2016 graduating students to complete end of course evaluations
Friday 5 Last Day of Summer 2016 Semester
Wednesday 10 Grades due for non-graduating students
Thursday 11 Last day for non-graduating students to complete end of course evaluations
Saturday 13 Ceremony honoring August 2015 Graduates