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Academic Calendar

2011-2012
Includes start/stop dates for standard semester, degree completion, and weekend college schedules

FALL SEMESTER 2011

 August 15  Degree Completion Block I begins (i.e. online degree
 programs)
 August 15    Meetings for academic program directors
 and department chairs
 August 16  President’s Breakfast and all-campus opening activities
 August 17  Fall faculty meeting and faculty development
 workshops
 August 17  Residence halls open for students attending New
 Student Registration on August 18
 August 18  Final registration session for new students
 August 18  Residence halls open for new students who registered
 in summer
 August 19-21     New Student Orientation (Arch Ceremony on Aug. 19)
 August 20  Residence halls open for upperclassmen
 August 22  Classes begin for standard semester session 
 August 22  Degree Completion Block I begins (i.e. online degree
 programs)
 August 29  Last day to add a class or section for standard
 semester session
 September 5  Labor Day, no classes
 September 9-10-11  Fall Weekend College begins
 September 23-24-25  Fall Weekend College
 October 7-8-9  Fall Weekend College
 October 10-11  Mid Fall Recess: No classes for standard semester
 sections; degree completion continues online
 October 14  Degree Completion Block I ends
 October 18  Report grades less than “C” in standard semester
 session classes
 October 19  Degree Completion Block II begins
 October 21-22-23       Fall Weekend College
 November 2  Last day to withdraw from standard semester session
 classes
 November 4-5-6    Fall Weekend College
 November 18-19-20  Fall Weekend College, final meetings of session
 November 23-27  Thanksgiving Recess (No classes) 
 December 9  Deadline for seniors to apply for May 2012 Graduation
 December 9  Final class day for standard semester session
 December 12-15  Final exams for standard semester session
 December 16  Degree Completion Block II ends
 December 17  Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement
 December 21  Final grades due for all sessions by 9 a.m.

SPRING SEMESTER 2012

 January 6-7-8        Winter Weekend College begins          
 January 8  Residence Halls open
 January 9  Classes begin for standard semester session and
 Degree Completion Block I 
 January 16  Martin Luther King Day - No classes except for online
 degree completion
 January 17  Last day to add a class or section for standard
 semester session
 January 20-21-22  Winter Weekend College 
 February 3-4-5  Winter Weekend College
 February 17-18-19  Winter Weekend College
 March 2  Degree Completion Block I ends
 March 2-3-4  Winter Weekend College
 March 5-9  Spring Break for standard semester session classes
 March 7  Degree Completion Block II begins
 March 12  Report grades less than “C” in standard semester
 session classes
 March 16-17-18  Winter Weekend College, final meetings of session
 March 26  Last day to withdraw from classes for standard
 semester session classes
 March 30-31, Apr. 1  Spring Weekend College begins
 April 6-9  Easter Holiday-No classes
 April 12  Classes will not be held from 12-5 p.m., students are
 expected to attend the Symposium for Scholarship and
 Creativity
 April 13-14-15  Spring Weekend College
 April 27  Final class day for standard semester session
 April 27-28-29  Spring Weekend College
 April 30-May 1-3  Final exams for standard semester session
 May 4  Degree Completion Block II ends
 May 5  Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement
 May 9  Final grades due for standard semester and degree
 completion courses by 9 a.m.
 May 11-13  Spring Weekend College 
 May 18-20  Spring Weekend College
 June 1-3  Spring Weekend College, final meetings of session
 
SUMMER SESSION 2012

 Graduate Classes Only
 May 7-June 1  Pre-session                                             
 June 4-29   4 week II
 July 5-31    4 week II

 Degree Completion
June 4-July 27      8 weeks                                                    
    
 Summer Day/Evening
 May 7-July 27  12 weeks                                             
 June 4-July 27  8 weeks
 May 7-June 15  6 weeks
 June 18-July 27  6 weeks

 Summer Weekend 
 June 15-16-17  Summer Weekend                                           
 June 22-23-24  Summer Weekend
 June 29-30, July 1  Summer Weekend
 July 13-14-15  Summer Weekend
 July 20-21-22  Summer Weekend
 July 27-28-29  Summer Weekend
  
 August 1   Summer Graduation Conferral Date (no ceremony)

Notes: Unless a holiday recess is identified for all sessions or for a specific session (i.e. standard semester, degree completion, or weekend college offerings), classes will be held as scheduled between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.  

Operations during inclement weather are reported at http://www.findlay.edu/academics/weather/default.htm. In most instances, inclement weather does not interrupt online class delivery.