The University of Findlay

Includes start/stop dates for standard semester, degree completion, and weekend college schedules. Subject to revision through January 1, 2012.

FALL SEMESTER 2012

August 13	Meetings for academic program directors and department chairs
August 14	President’s Breakfast and all-campus opening activities
August 15	Fall faculty meeting and faculty development workshops
August 15	Residence halls open for students attending New Student Registration on August 16
August 16	Final registration session for new students
August 16	Residence halls open for new students who registered in summer
August 17-18-19	New Student Orientation (Arch Ceremony on August 17)
August 18	Residence halls open for upperclassmen
August 20	Classes begin for standard semester session
August 20	Degree Completion Block I begins (i.e. online degree programs)
August 27	Last day to add a class or section for standard semester session
September 3	Labor Day, no classes
September 7-8-9	Fall Weekend College begins
September 21-22-23	Fall Weekend College
October 5-6-7	Fall Weekend College
October 8-9	Mid Fall Recess: No classes for standard semester sections; degree completion continues online
October 12	Degree Completion Block I ends
October 16	Report grades less than “C” in standard semester session classes
October 17	Degree Completion Block II begins
October 19-20-21	Fall Weekend College
October 31	Last day to withdraw from standard semester session classes
November 2-3-4	Fall Weekend College
November 16-17-18	Fall Weekend College, final meetings of session
November 21-25	Thanksgiving Recess (No classes)
December 7	Deadline for seniors to apply for May 2013 Graduation
December 7	Final class day for standard semester session
December 10-13	Final exams for standard semester session
December 14	Degree Completion Block II ends
December 15	Winter Graduation Conferral date (no ceremony)
December 19	Final grades due for all sessions by 9 a.m.

SPRING SEMESTER 2013

January 4-5-6	Winter Weekend College begins
January 6	Residence Halls open
January 7	Classes begin for standard semester session and Degree Completion Block I
January 14	Last day to add a class or section for standard semester session
January 21	Martin Luther King Day - no classes except for online degree completion
January 18-19-20	Winter Weekend College
February 1-2-3	Winter Weekend College
February 15-16-17	Winter Weekend College
March 1	Degree Completion Block I ends
March 1-2-3	Winter Weekend College
March 4-8	Spring Break for standard semester session classes
March 6	Degree Completion Block II begins
March 11	Report grades less than “C” in standard semester session classes
March 15-16-17	Winter Weekend College, final meetings of session
March 25	Last day to withdraw from classes for standard semester session classes
April 5-6-7	Spring Weekend College begins
March 29-April 1	Easter Holiday-No classes
April 19-20-21	Spring Weekend College
April 26	Final class day for standard semester session
April 26-28	Spring Weekend College
April 29-30-May 1-2	Final exams for standard semester session
May 3	Degree Completion Block II ends
May 4	Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement
May 8	Final grades due for standard semester and degree completion courses by 9 a.m.
May 10-11-12	Spring Weekend College
May 17-18-19	Spring Weekend College
May 31-June 1-2	Spring Weekend College, final meetings of session

SUMMER SESSIONS 2013

Graduate Classes Only

May 6-31	Pre-session
June 3-28	4 weeks I
July 1-26	4 weeks II

Degree Completion

June 3-July 26

8 weeks

Summer Day/Evening

May 6-July 26	12 weeks
June 3-July 26	8 weeks
May 6-June 14	6 weeks
June 17-July 26	6 weeks

Summer Weekend

June 14-15-16	Summer Weekend
June 21-22-23	Summer Weekend
June 28-29-30	Summer Weekend
July 12-13-14	Summer Weekend
July 19-20-21	Summer Weekend
July 26-27-28	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.