December 9, 2005

TO: ALL FACULTY AND STAFF

FROM: Jack Bermingham, Vice President for Academic Affairs

SUBJECT: OFFICIAL Calendar: 2006-07

and

PROPOSED Calendar: 2007-08

Attached is the OFFICIAL College calendar for 2006-07 and the PROPOSED College calendar for 2007-08. Distribution of the 170 days in the 2006-07 calendar is as follows:

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

JB:sah

Calendars

Official Proposed

Summer 2006-2007 2007-2008

Classes begin	June 26	June 25
Independence Day Holiday	July 4	July 4
End of five-week session	July 28	July 27
End of six-week session	August 4	August 3
End of eight-week session	August 18	August 17
End of ten-week session	September 1	August 31
End of twelve-week session	September 15	September 14
Final exams	-- Last scheduled class time --

Fall

Faculty orientation	September 19-22	September 18-21
Classes begin	September 25	September 24
Last day for an automatic "W"	October 13	October 12
Professional faculty day (no classes)	October 20	October 19
Midterm	October 30-November 1	October 29-31
Veterans' Day Holiday	November 10	November 12
Thanksgiving Day Holiday	November 23-24	November 22-23
Last day to withdraw officially	December 1	November 30
Last day of classroom instruction	December 11	December 10
Final exams	December 12-15	December 11-14
Faculty workshop	December 16	December 15

Winter

Classes begin	January 8	January 7
Martin Luther King's Birthday Holiday	January 15	January 21
Last day for an automatic "W"	January 29	January 28
Midterm	February 12-14	February 11-13
President's Day Holiday	February 19	February 18
Last day to withdraw	March 9	March 7
Last day of classroom instruction	March 19	March 17
Final exams	March 20-23	March 18-21
Faculty workshop	March 24	March 22

Spring

Classes begin	April 2	March 31
Last day for an automatic "W"	April 20	April 18
Midterm	May 7-9	May 5-7
Memorial Day Holiday	May 28	May 26
Last day to withdraw officially	May 31	May 29
Last day of classroom instruction	June 8	June 6
Final exams	June 11-14	June 9-12
Commencement	June 14	June 12
Faculty workshop	June 15	June 13

Faculty days 8 8

Instructional days 162 162

Total 170 170