The University of Findlay

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.