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Catalog/Bulletin 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Calendar 2016-2017

August 2016
Monday 15 Fall Semester Student Orientation
Tuesday 16 Fall Semester Student Orientation
Tuesday 16 Last Day for Fall Semester Registration
Wednesday 17 Fall Semester Classes Begin
Wednesday 17 Last Day to Add Courses
Wednesday 31 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawals without “W” on Transcript
Wednesday 31 “I” Grades from Summer Semester Convert to “F”

 

September 2016
Monday 5 Labor Day Holiday

 

October 2016
Monday 15 Priority Deadline for Financial Aid for Spring

 

November 2016
Friday 4 Last Day to Defend Theses and Dissertations
Wednesday 16 Pre-Registration Begins for Spring Semester
Wednesday 16 Spring Practice Experience Proposals Due
Friday 18 Last Day to Withdraw from a Course or Term with a Grade of “W”
Wednesday 23 Last Day to Complete Financial Aid Exit Interview for Graduating Students
Wednesday 23 All Obligations to Institution Must Be Cleared for Graduation
Thursday 24 Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday 25 Thanksgiving Holiday
Monday 28 Classes resume

 

December 2016
Friday 2 Last Day of Semester
Monday 5 All Grades Due
Thursday 8 Degrees Conferred; No Commencement Exercises

 

January 2017
Monday 9 Spring Semester Student Orientation
Tuesday 10 Last Day for Spring Semester Registration
Wednesday 11 Spring Semester Classes Begin
Monday 16 Martin Luther King Holiday
Wednesday 25 Last Day to Add Course
Wednesday 25 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawals without “W” on Transcript
Wednesday 25 “I” Grades from Fall Semester Convert to “F”

 

February 2017
Tuesday 28 Mardi Gras Holiday

 

March 2017
Wednesday 15 Last Application Date to Obtain Financial Aid at the Beginning of Summer Term
Wednesday 29 Pre-Registration Begins for Summer Semester
Wednesday 29 Summer Practice Experience Proposals Due

 

April 2017
Thursday 13 Last Day to Defend Theses and Dissertations
Friday 14 Easter Holiday
Wednesday 28 Last Day to Withdraw from Course or Term with a Grade of “W”
Wednesday 28 Last Day to Complete Financial Aid Exit Interview for Graduating Students

 

May 2017
Friday 12 Last Day of Semester
Monday 15 All Grades Due
Wednesday 17 Pre-Commencement Ceremony and Reception
Thursday 18 Commencement
Monday 22 Summer Semester Student Orientation
Tuesday 23 Last Day for Summer Semester Registration
Wednesday 24 Summer Semester Classes Begin

 

June 2017
Wednesday 7 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawals without “W” on Transcript
Wednesday 7 Last Day for Adding Courses
Wednesday 7 “I” Grades from Spring Semester Convert to “F”
Friday 16 Fall Practice Experience Proposals Due
Friday 16 Pre-Registration Begins for Fall Semester

 

July 2017
Tuesday 4 Independence Day Holiday
Friday 7 Last Day to Defend Theses and Dissertations
Friday 21 Last Day to Complete Financial Aid Exit Interview for Graduating Students
Friday 21 Last Day to Withdraw from a Course or Term with a Grade of “W”

 

August 2017
Friday 4 Last Day of Semester
Wednesday 9 All Grades Due
Saturday 12 Degrees Conferred; No Commencement Exercises