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

FALL SEMESTER 2011

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

SPRING SEMESTER 2012

Jan. 6-8	Winter Weekend College begins
Jan. 8	Residence Halls open
Jan. 9	Classes begin for standard semester session and  Degree Completion Block I
Jan. 16	Martin Luther King Day - No classes except for online  degree completion
Jan. 17	Last day to add a class or section for standard  semester session
Jan. 20-22	Winter Weekend College
Feb. 3-5	Winter Weekend College
Feb. 17-19	Winter Weekend College
Mar. 2	Degree Completion Block I ends
Mar. 2-4	Winter Weekend College
Mar. 5-9	Spring break for standard semester session classes
Mar. 7	Degree Completion Block II begins
Mar. 12	Report grades less than “C” in standard semester  session classes
Mar. 16-18	Winter Weekend College, final meetings of session
Mar. 26	Last day to withdraw from classes for standard  semester session classes
Mar. 30-Apr. 1	Spring Weekend College begins
Apr. 6-9	Easter Holiday-No classes
Apr. 12	Classes will not be held from 12-5 pm, students are  expected to attend the Symposium for Scholarship and  Creativity
Apr. 13-15	Spring Weekend College
Apr. 27	Final class day for standard semester session
Apr. 27	Deadline for seniors to apply for Dec. 2012 Graduation
Apr. 27-29	Spring Weekend College
Apr. 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 am
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

May 7-June 1	Four-week Summer Block I
May 7-June 15	Six-week Summer Block I
June 4-June 29	Four-week Summer Block II
June 4-July 27	Eight-week Summer Block and Degree Completion Summer  Term
June 15-16-17	Summer Weekend College begins
June 18-July 27	Six-week Summer Block II
June 22-24	Summer Weekend College
July 5-31	Four-week Summer Block III
June 29-July 1	Summer Weekend College
July 13-15	Summer Weekend College
July 20-22	Summer Weekend College
July 27-29	Summer Weekend College, final meetings of session
Aug. 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 am and 10 pm.  

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.