December 22, 2004

TO: ALL FACULTY AND STAFF

FROM: Jack Bermingham, Vice President for Academic Affairs

SUBJECT: OFFICIAL Calendar: 2005-06

and

PROPOSED Calendar: 2006-07

Attached is the OFFICIAL College calendar for 2005-06 and the PROPOSED College calendar for 2006-07. Distribution of the 170 days in the 2005-06 calendar is as follows:

	Fall	Winter	Spring	Total
Faculty Days	6	1	1	8
Instructional Days	56	52	54	162
Total	62	53	55	170

JB:sah

Calendars

Official Proposed

Summer 2005-2006 2006-2007

Classes begin	June 20	June 19
Independence Day Holiday	July 4	July 4
End of five-week session	July 22	July 21
End of six-week session	July 29	July 28
End of eight-week session	August 12	August 11
End of ten-week session	August 26	August 25
End of twelve-week session	September 9	September 8
Final exams	-- Last scheduled class time --

Fall

Faculty orientation	September 13-16	September 12-15
Classes begin	September 19	September 18
Last day for an automatic "W"	October 7	October 6
Professional faculty day (no classes)	October 21	October 20
Midterm	October 24-26	October 23-25
Veterans' Day Holiday	November 11	November 10
Last day to withdraw officially	November 23	November 22
Thanksgiving Day Holiday	November 24-25	November 23-24
Last day of classroom instruction	December 5	December 4
Final exams	December 6-9	December 5-8
Faculty workshop	December 10	December 9

Winter

Classes begin	January 3	January 2
Martin Luther King's Birthday Holiday	January 16	January 15
Last day for an automatic "W"	January 24	January 23
Midterm	February 6-8	February 5-7
President's Day Holiday	February 20	February 19
Last day to withdraw	March 3	March 2
Last day of classroom instruction	March 13	March 12
Final exams	March 14-17	March 13-16
Faculty workshop	March 18	March 17

Spring

Classes begin	March 27	March 26
Last day for an automatic "W"	April 14	April 13
Midterm	May 1-3	April 30 – May 2
Last day to withdraw officially	May 25	May 24
Memorial Day Holiday	May 29	May 28
Last day of classroom instruction	June 5	June 4
Final exams	June 6-9	June 5-8
Commencement	June 8	June 7
Faculty workshop	June 10	June 9

Faculty days 8 8

Instructional days 162 162

Total 170 170