Fall 2008 Academic Calendar
Fall 2008
| AUG 19 | Orientation check-in for new undergraduate admits with fewer than 30 credits (9am - 4pm) |
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| AUG 21 | Last day to register or drop/add using MAX. MAX closes at 11pm |
| AUG 23 | Residence halls open for check-in for new undergraduate admits with 30+ credits, transfers, readmits and returning students (9am - 5pm) |
| AUG 24 | Residence halls open for check-in for returning students (11am - 4pm) |
| AUG 25 | Classes begin Late registration in person at Lyle with faculty signatures on drop/add cards Drop/add period begins with drop/add cards (MAX is not available) |
| AUG 29 | Last day to drop a course without a grade (signed drop/add card must be in the Registrar's Office by 4:30pm) |
| SEP 01 | Holiday -- NO CLASSES and University offices are CLOSED |
| SEP 02 | W grade period begins |
| SEP 03 | Last day to add a course (signed drop/add card must be in the Registrar's Office by 4:30pm) Last day to submit a request to take a course on a pass/fail or audit basis (requests must be in the Registrar's Office by 4:30pm) |
| SEP 17 | Application deadline for Fall degree (applications must be filed in the Registrar's Office by 4:30pm) Applications for the master's degree (graduation) must be filed in the Graduate Studies Office |
| OCT 03 | Fall recess begins after last class |
| OCT 08 | Fall recess ends at 7am Winter/Spring 2009 registration materials available |
| OCT 10 | Deadline for making up a Summer 2008 incomplete grade for an undergraduate course |
| OCT 29 | Registration for Winter 2009 begins |
| OCT 31 | Last day to withdraw from a course and receive a W grade (signed withdrawal card must be in the Registrar's Office by 4:30pm) |
| OCT 31-NOV 02 | Homecoming |
| NOV 01 | Family/Community Day |
| NOV 11 | Graduate degree-seeking registration for Spring 2009 term |
| NOV 12 | Graduate non-degree seeking registration for Spring 2009 term |
| NOV 13-21 | Winter/Spring 2009 undergraduate registration |
| NOV 25 | Thanksgiving recess begins after last class |
| DEC 01 | Thanksgiving recess ends at 7am |
| DEC 06 | Orientation of new full-time undergraduate students admitted for Spring 2009 |
| DEC 08 | Last day to change a pass/fail grade to a regular grade Last day for graduate students to make up a Spring or Summer 2008 incomplete grade |
| DEC 08 | Deadline for submitting graduate theses and grades for research reports to the Graduate Studies Office |
| DEC 09-13 | Evaluation period -- Special class schedule Classes will meet during this period for regular instruction or for examinations |
| DEC 14 | Fall 2008 term ends |
| DEC 14 | Commencement begins at 2pm |
| DEC 15 | MAX academic transcript & DARS will not be available beginning at 4:30pm |
| DEC 19 | Fall 2008 grades are available to students via MAX after 4:30pm |
