2008-2009 Dentistry Academic Calendar

For Faculty:

Dates of Academic Year for Faculty: August 18, 2008 - May 17, 2009

Faculty Contracts:

Dates of Annual Faculty Contracts: July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009

FALL TERM 2008-2009

ACADEMIC CALENDAR KEY

Session 1: 16 weeks 8/25/08 - 12/13/08 (semester)

Session 2: 8 weeks 8/25/08 - 10/18/08

Session 3: 8 weeks 10/20/08 - 12/13/08

August 2008
25	Monday	Classes begin for Fall Sessions 1 & 2

September 2008
1	Monday	Labor Day holiday; classes excused
2	Tuesday	Registration for Fall Sessions 1 & 2 ends

October 2008
3	Friday	Final day for withdrawal with grade of W and to apply for audit grading for Session 2
3	Friday	Deadline for Dentistry to code students for December graduation
18	Saturday	Fall session 2 ends
20	Monday	Fall Session 3 begins
28	Tuesday	Registration for Fall Session 3 ends

November 2008
3	Monday	Early Registration for Spring Term 2008-2009 begins
14	Friday	Final day for withdrawal with grade of W and to apply for audit grading for Session 1
26-30	Wednesday-Sunday	Thanksgiving holiday; classes excused for Sessions 1 & 3

December 2008
1	Monday	Sessions 1 & 3 classes resume

1	Monday	Final day for withdrawal with grade of W and to apply for audit grading for Session 3
13	Saturday	Fall Sessions 1 & 3 end
14	Sunday	Winter Commencement
14-Jan. 4	Sunday-Sunday	Christmas holiday; classes excused
30	Tuesday	December trustee list due & Diploma date

January 2009
5	Monday	Classes begin for Spring Session 1
13	Tuesday	Registration for Spring Session 1 ends
12	Monday	Classes begin for Spring Session 2
19	Monday	Martin Luther King Day; classes excused
20	Tuesday	Registration for Spring Session 2 ends
30	Friday	Deadline for Dentistry to code students for May 2009 graduation

February 2009
20	Friday	Final day for withdrawal with grade of W and to apply for audit grading for Session 2

March 2009
2	Monday	Registration for summer term begins
7	Saturday	Spring Session 2 ends
8-15	Sunday-Sunday	Spring break
16	Monday	Classes resume for Session 1
16	Monday	Session 3 begins
23	Monday	Registration for fall term 2009 begins
24	Tuesday	Spring Session 3 registration ends


April 2009
9-13	Thursday – Monday	Easter Holiday

14	Tuesday	Classes resume Session 1 & 3
14	Tuesday	Final day for withdrawal with grade of W and to apply for audit grading for Session 1
24	Friday	Final day for withdrawal with grade of W and to apply for audit grading for Session 3


May 2009
9	Saturday	Classes end for Sessions 1 & 3
15	Friday	May Trustee list due at noon
16-17	Saturday-Sunday	Baccalaureate and Commencement

SUMMER 2009

ACADEMIC CALENDAR KEY

Session 1: 5/11/09 – 8/8/09

Session 2: 5/18/09 - 8/8/09

May 2009
11	Monday	Summer Session 1 begins
18	Monday	Summer Session 2 begins
19	Tuesday	Summer Session 1 registration ends
25	Monday	Memorial Day observed; classes excused
26	Tuesday	Registration for Session 2 ends

June 2009
12	Friday	Deadline for Dentistry to code students for August graduation

July 2009
28 June – 5 July	Sunday-Sunday	Independence Day holiday; classes excused
6	Monday	Classes resume for Summer Sessions 1 & 2
17	Friday	Final day for withdrawal with grade of W and to apply for audit grading for Summer Sessions 1 & 2

August 2009
8	Saturday	Summer Session 1 & 2 ends
8	Saturday	Dental Clinic Closed
20	Thursday	August Trustee list due at noon; August diploma date

2008-2009 DENTISTRY ACADEMIC CALENDAR