2008 Academic Calendar

	July
	4	INDEPENDENCE DAY - NO CLASSES (HOLIDAY)
	August
	21	PRESIDENT’S CONVOCATION - Auditorium
		Residence halls open - new students
		New student orientation begins
	23	Residence halls open - returning students
	25	DAY & EVENING - FULL SEMESTER CLASSES BEGIN
		WEC EVENING - ALTERNATE A WEEK EVENING CLASSES BEGIN (see # below)
		WEC EVENING – 1ST HALF FALL SEMESTER CLASSES BEGIN (see # below)
		GRADUATE – 1ST HALF AND FULL FALL SEMESTER CLASSES BEGIN
	29	Day & Evening - Add/Drop period ends at 5 p.m. for Day/Evening courses
		No more changes to registration
	September
	1	LABOR DAY - NO CLASSES; Graduate classes check for replacement dates
	2	WEC EVENING - ALTERNATE B WEEK EVENING CLASSES BEGIN (see # below)
	5-7	*WEC - ALTERNATING WEEKEND CLASSES BEGIN (see # below)
	6	GRADUATE BUSINESS - ALTERNATING SATURDAY CLASSES BEGIN
	9	Maryville Reaches Out Day
	15	Last day to apply for December Degree Completion
	30	*** Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
	October
	9	*** Yom Kippur begins at sundown
	15	Book orders due for Spring Semester
	17	WEC EVENING – 1ST HALF FALL SEMESTER CLASSES END
		GRADUATE BUSINESS – 1ST HALF FALL SEMESTER CLASSES END
	20	WEC EVENING - 2ND HALF FALL SEMESTER CLASSES BEGIN (see # below)
		GRADUATE BUSINESS - 2ND HALF FALL SEMESTER CLASSES BEGIN
	23	Day & Evening - Mid-term deficiency grades due
		WEC - Mid-term deficiency grades due for alternating weekend classes
		WEC/GRADUATE – 1ST HALF FALL SEMESTER GRADES DUE
	27	Spring 2009 Registration begins
	November
	7	Last day to withdraw (W). After this date students will receive the letter grade earned in the class.
		Pass/No Pass grading changes for full semester classes must occur prior to this session.
	17	Last day to apply for May Graduation 2008
	24-30	Day, full-semester Evening - No Classes THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS
	27-30	8-week Evening - No Classes THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
		Graduate classes check for replacement dates
	December
	5	WEC EVENING - ALTERNATE A WEEK EVENING CLASSES END
	5-7	WEC - ALTERNATING WEEKEND CLASSES END
	6	GRADUATE BUSINESS - ALTERNATING SATURDAY CLASSES END
	11	Final grades due for classes ending by December 7
	12	DAY, EVENING, WEC and GRADUATE CLASSES END
	18	Thursday – Final grades due for classes ending December 8-12

 * FALL 2008 WEC alternating weekends:
9/5**, 9/12**, 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/7, 11/21, 12/5
** These sessions dates are consecutive
*** Offices will not be closed, Jewish faculty, staff, and students may observe Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur without penalty.
# NO CHANGES AFTER THE START OF THE DESIRED CLASS.