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Catalog/Bulletin 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Calendar 2015-2016

August 2015
Monday 10 Fall Semester Student Orientation
Tuesday 11 Fall Semester Student Orientation
Tuesday 11 Last Day for Fall Semester Registration
Wednesday 12 Fall Semester Classes Begin
Wednesday 26 Last Day to Add Courses
Wednesday 26 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawals without “W” on Transcript
Thursday 27 “I” Grades from Summer Semester Convert to “F”

 

September 2015
Monday 7 Labor Day Holiday

 

November 2015
Friday 6 Last Day to Defend Theses and Dissertations
Friday 14 Priority Date for Financial Aid for Spring Enrollment
Wednesday 18 Pre-Registration Begins for Spring Semester
Friday 20 Last Day to Withdraw from a Course or Term with a Grade of “W”
Wednesday 25 Last Day to Complete Financial Aid Exit Interview for Graduating Students
Wednesday 25 All Obligations to Institution Must Be Cleared for Graduation
Thursday 26 Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday 27 Thanksgiving Holiday

 

December 2015
Friday 4 Last Day of Semester
Monday 7 All Grades Due
Thursday 10 Degrees Conferred; No Commencement Exercises

 

January 2016
Monday 11 Spring Semester Student Orientation
Tuesday 12 Last Day for Spring Semester Registration
Wednesday 13 Spring Semester Classes Begin
Monday 18 Martin Luther King Holiday
Wednesday 27 Last Day to Add Courses
Wednesday 27 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawals without “W” on Transcript
Thursday 28 “I” Grades from Fall Semester Convert to “F”

 

February 2016
Tuesday 9 Mardi Gras Holiday

 

March 2016
Tuesday 15 Last Application Date to Obtain Financial Aid at the Beginning of Summer Term
Friday 25 Spring Break
Monday 28 Summer Practice Experience Proposals Due
Wednesday 30 Pre-Registration Begins for Summer Semester

 

April 2016
Friday 15 Last Day to Defend Theses and Dissertations
Friday 29 Last Day to Complete Financial Aid Exit Interview for Graduating Students
Friday 29 Last Day to Withdraw from a Course or Term with a Grade of “W”

 

May 2016
Friday 8 Last Day of Semester
Monday 11 All Grades Due
Wednesday 18 Pre-Commencement Ceremony and Reception
Thursday 19 Commencement
Monday 23 Summer Semester Student Orientation
Tuesday 24 Last Day for Summer Semester Registration
Wednesday 25 Summer Semester Classes Begins

 

June 2016
Wednesday 8 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawals without “W” on Transcript
Wednesday 8 Last Day for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty
Thursday 9 “I” Grades from Spring Semester Convert to “F”
Wednesday 15 Fall Practice Experience Proposals Due
Friday 17 Pre-Registration Begins for Fall Semester

 

July 2016
Friday 4 Independence Holiday
Friday 8 Final Date for to Submission of Approved Theses and Dissertations  
Friday 8 Last Day to Defend Dissertation  
Friday 15 Last Day of Semester Courses for MD/MPH students  
Friday 22 Last Day to Complete Financial Ad Exit interview for Graduating Students  

 

August 2016
Wednesday 10 All Grades Due
Friday 12 Degrees Conferred; No Commencement Exercises