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Fall Semester 2016
August 2016
1–5
New Faculty Orientation
8–10
Academic Leadership Group Meeting
11
Faculty/Staff Picnic
12
Faculty/ Staff Sessions and Service Awards
Program
15
Academic Division Meeting
16–18
Department/School Retreats
19–21 Getting Started Weekend (meal contract starts
at 5 p.m. on Friday)
22–25
Fall Bible Conference
24
Instruction Begins at 8 a.m.
29
Convocation Chapel at 10 a.m.
September 2016
5
Labor Day (no classes)
28–29 Trustee Meetings
30
Homecoming
October 2016
1
Homecoming
13–16 Fall Break (no classes)
17
Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m.
20
Majors Assemblies
24
Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Student-
Athletes
25–26
Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Seniors
27–28
Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Juniors
November 2016
1–3
Advising/Early Registration for Spring:
Sophomores
15–17 Advising/Early Registration for Spring:
Freshmen
21–12/5 Student Evaluation of Faculty for Fall Semester
2016
23–28 Thanksgiving Break Begins at 1 p.m.
(residence halls open; dining hall closed)
29
Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m.
December 2016
13–16 Final Exams*
21
Grades Due at 3 p.m.
Spring Semester 2017
January 2017
9
New Student Orientation and Preparation
(meal contract starts at 5 p.m.)
10
Instruction Begins at 8 a.m.
10–12 Missions Conference
26-27 Trustee Meetings
February 2017
2
Majors Assemblies
March 2017
4–12
Spring Break (residence halls open; dining hall
closed)
13
Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m.
15
Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Student-
Athletes
16–17
Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Seniors
20–21 Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Juniors
22–24
Advising/Early Registration for Fall:
Sophomores
28–30
Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Freshmen
April 2016
11
Academic Honors Day
14–17 Easter Break
18
Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m.
19–5/1 Student Evaluation of Faculty for Spring
Semester 2016
May 2016
2–5
Final Exams*
4–5
Trustee Meetings
6
121th Annual Commencement
(residence halls close at 5 p.m. for
undergraduates, 8 p.m. for walking seniors)
10
Grades due at 3 p.m.
*Final exam schedules are published at the beginning of each
semester. Please be sure that your travel arrangements do not
confl ict with your final exams.
Summer Sessions 2017
May Session: May 9–May 26, 2017
June Session: June 12–June 23, 2017
Summer Online Courses: May 30–August 18, 2017
(online only)
Summer Non-Traditional: May 8–August 18, 2017
(online only)
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