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Academic Calendar

Go to spring term


Fall 2009
June 29 - July 24   Advance Registration for freshmen
       
       

September

3

Thurs

Move-in for first-year students; NSO activities begin

 

3-8

Thurs – Tues

Placement exams

 
4
Fri
Welcome to the College for incoming freshmen

 

6

Sun

Penn Reading Project (check the NSO calendar)

 

7

Mon

Labor Day

 

8

Tues

Advising, Opening Exercises, Freshman Convocation

 

9

Wed

First day of class

 

18

Fri

Last day to add writing or language courses below 200-level

 

25

Fri

Last day to add a course

October

16

Fri

Last day to drop a course or change grade type

 

16 – 19

Fri – Mon

Fall term break (begins at close of classes on Friday)

 

20

Tues

Classes resume at 8:00 a.m.

 

23 – 25

Fri – Sun

Family Weekend

November

7

Sat

Homecoming

 

9 – 22

Mon – Sun

Advance Registration for spring term

 

20

Fri

Last day to withdraw from a course

 

25 –29

Wed – Sun

Thanksgiving break (begins at close of classes on Wednesday)

 

30

Mon

Classes resume at 8:00 a.m.

December

10

Fri

Fall term classes end

 

11 – 14

Fri – Mon

Reading days

 

15 – 22

Tues – Tues

Final examinations

 

22

Tues

Fall term ends

Spring Term 2010

January

13

Wed

Spring term classes begin

 

18

Mon

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observed

 

22

Fri

Last day to add a writing or language course below 200-level

February

1

Mon

Last day to add a course

 

19

Fri

Last day to drop a course or change grade type

March

5 – 14

Fri – Sun

Spring term break (begins at close of classes on Friday)

 

15

Mon

Classes resume at 8:00 a.m.

Mar 22 –

April 4

Mon – Sun

Advance Registration for fall and summer classes

April

2

Fri

Last day to withdraw from a course

 

27

Tues

Spring term classes end

April 28 –

30

Wed – Fri

Reading days

May

 2 – 11

Mon – Tues

Final examinations

 

15

Sat

Alumni Day

 

16

Sun

Baccalaureate, College Graduation

 

17

Mon

Commencement

Summer Sessions 2010

May

24

Mon

Memorial Day (no classes)

 

31

Mon

12-week evening session and first summer session begin

July

2

Fri

First summer session classes end

 

5

Mon

Independence Day observed (no classes)

 

6

Tues

Second summer session classes begin

August

13

Fri

12-week evening session and second summer session end