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Fall Semester 2017
August 2017
1–4
New Faculty Orientation
7–9
Academic Leadership Group Meeting
10
Faculty/Staff Picnic
11
Faculty/ Staff Sessions and Service Awards
Program
14
Academic Division Meeting
15–17
Department/School Retreats
18–20 Getting Started Weekend (meal contract starts
at 5 p.m. on Friday)
21–24
Fall Bible Conference
23
Instruction Begins at 8 a.m.
September 2017
4
Labor Day (no classes)
October 2016
4–5
Trustee Meetings
6–7
Homecoming
19–22 Fall Break (no classes)
23
Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m.
23
Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Priority
Registration
24–25
Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Seniors
26–27
Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Juniors
26
Majors Assemblies
31–11/2 Advising/Early Registration for Spring:
Sophomores
November 2017
14–16 Advising/Early Registration for Spring:
Freshmen
20–12/4 Student Evaluation of Faculty for Fall Semester
22–27 Thanksgiving Break Begins at 1 p.m.
(residence halls open; dining hall closed)
28
Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m.
December 2017
12–15 Final Exams*
20
Grades Due at 3 p.m.
Spring Semester 2018
January 2018
8
New Student Orientation and Preparation
(meal contract starts at 5 p.m.)
9
Instruction Begins at 8 a.m.
9–11
Missions Conference
25–26 Trustee Meetings
February 2018
1
Majors Assemblies
March 2018
3–11
Spring Break (residence halls open; dining hall
closed)
12
Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m.
16
Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Priority
Registration
19–20 Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Seniors
21–22 Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Juniors
23–26 Advising/Early Registration for Fall:
Sophomores
27–29
Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Freshmen
30–4/2 Easter Break
April 2018
3
Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m.
16–30 Student Evaluation of Faculty for Spring
Semester
May 2018
1–4
Final Exams*
3–4
Trustee Meetings
5
122nd Annual Commencement
(residence halls close at 5 p.m. for
undergraduates, 8 p.m. for walking seniors)
9
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 2018
May Session: May 8–May 25, 2018
June Session: June 11–June 22, 2018
Summer Online Courses: May 29–August 17, 2018
(online only)
Summer Non-Traditional: May 7–August 17, 2018
(online only)
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