2015-2016 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Fall Semester 2015 August 2015 3–6 New Faculty Orientation 3–5 Academic Leadership Group Meeting 6 Faculty/Staff Picnic 7 Faculty/ Staff Sessions and Service Awards Program 10 Academic Division Meeting 14-16 Getting Started Weekend ( meal contract starts at 5 p.m. on Friday) 17–20 Fall Bible Conference 19 Instruction Begins at 8 a.m. 24 Convocation Chapel at 10 a.m. September 2015 7 Labor Day (no classes) 30 Trustee Meetings October 2015 1 Trustee Meetings 2-3 Homecoming 15–18 Fall Break (no classes) 19 Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m. 19 Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Student- Athletes 20–21 Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Seniors 22–23 Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Juniors 22 Majors Assemblies 27–30 Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Sophomores November 2015 10–12 Advising/Early Registration for Spring: Freshmen 23-12/7 Student Evaluation of Faculty for Fall Semester 2015 25–30 Thanksgiving Break Begins at 1 p.m. ( residence halls open; dining hall closed ) December 2015 1 Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m. 8–11 Final Exams* 16 Grades due at 3 p.m. Spring Semester 2016 January 2016 11 New Student Orientation and Preparation ( meal contract starts at 5 p.m. ) 12 Instruction Begins at 8 a.m. 12–14 Missions Conference 28-29 Trustee Meetings February 2016 4 Majors Assemblies March 2016 5–13 Spring Break ( residence halls open; dining hall closed) 14 Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m. 18 Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Student- Athletes 2–22 Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Seniors 23–24 Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Juniors 25–28 Easter Break 29 Instruction Resumes at 8 a.m. 29–30 Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Sophomores 31–4/1 Advising/Early Registration for Fall: Freshmen April 2016 11 Academic Honors Day 20–5/2 Student Evaluation of Faculty for Spring Semester 2016 May 2016 3–6 Final Exams* 5–6 Trustee Meetings 7 120th Annual Commencement (residence halls close at 5 p.m. for undergraduates, 8 p.m. for walking seniors) 11 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 2015 Session I: May 10–May 27, 2016 Session II: June 13–June 24, 2016 Session III: May 31–August 19, 2015 (online only) Session IV: May 9–August 19, 2015 (online only) ACADEMIC QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE