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2015-2016 Academic Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Academic Calendar



Fall Semester • 2015

August

Monday 10 Faculty Report
Thursday 13 New Faculty Orientation
Tuesday 18 Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Begin, 6:00 p.m.
Thursday 20 Faculty/Staff Workshop
Saturday 22 New Students Arrive and Check In
Saturday-Monday 22-24 New Students Follow Student Life Schedule
Sunday 23 Returning Students Arrive
Monday 24 Returning Students Check In
Monday 24 Students Meet with Advisors
Tuesday 25 Undergraduate Day Classes Begin, 8:00 a.m.
Tuesday 25 Graduate School Classes Begin, 6:00 p.m.

September

Tuesday 1 Last Day to Add Classes
Monday 7 Classes Meet on Labor Day
Wednesday 9 Academic and Founders’ Day Convocation, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday 15 Last Day to Drop Classes without a Record
Monday 28 Taylor Religious Heritage Lecture, 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday 30 Taylor Religious Heritage Lecture, 11:00 a.m.

October

Saturday 3 Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Wednesday 7 Fall Break Begins at Conclusion of Classes
Thursday 8 Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Monday 12 Classes Resume, 8:00 a.m.
Friday 16 Mid-term Grades Due, 12 noon
Tuesday 20 Students Meet with Advisors (No Undergraduate Day Classes)
Monday 26 Pre-registration for Spring Semester Begins
Tuesday 27 Last Day to Drop Classes with a W
Saturday 31 Homecoming

November

Saturday 7 Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Tuesday 24 Thanksgiving Holiday Begins at Conclusion of Classes
Monday 30 Classes Resume, 8:00 a.m.

December

Monday 1 Classes Resume, 8:00 a.m.
Tuesday 8 Final Exams Begin for Graduate School and Adult Degree Completion Program
Wednesday 9 Reading Day
Thursday 10 Final Exams Begin for Undergraduate Day
Thursday 10 Final Exams End for Graduate School and Adult Degree Completion Program
Monday 15 Final Exams End for Undergraduate Day
Wednesday 16 Final Grades for All Students Due, 12 noon

Spring Semester • 2016

January

Sunday 10 New Students Arrive and Check In
Sunday-Monday 10-11 New Students Follow Student Life Schedule
Monday 11 Returning Students Arrive and Check In
Monday 11 Students Meet with Advisors
Tuesday 12 Undergraduate Day Classes Begin, 8:00 a.m.
Tuesday 12 Graduate School and Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Begin, 6:00 p.m.
Monday 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No Classes)
Tuesday 19 Last Day to Add Classes

February

Tuesday 2 Last Day to Drop Classes without a Record
Saturday 6 Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet

March

Friday 4 Mid-term Grades Due, 12 noon
Friday 4 Spring Break Begins at Conclusion of Classes
Tuesday 8 Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Thursday 10 Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Monday 14 Classes Resume, 8:00 a.m.
Thursday 17 Passport to Fall (No Undergraduate Day Classes)
Tuesday 22 Last Day to Drop Classes with a W
Friday 25 Good Friday (No Classes)
Monday 28 Pre-registration for Fall Semester Begins
Thursday 31 Twenty-second Annual Mary Frances Hobson Lecture and Prize Conferral

April

Saturday 2 Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Monday 4 Pre-registration for Summer Session Begins
Thursday-Wednesday 14-20 The Chowan Academic Forum: A Celebration of the Intellectual and Artistic Life of the University
Monday 18 Twelfth Annual Faculty Interdisciplinary Symposium
Tuesday 19 Eighteenth Annual Chowan University Student Research Conference
Wednesday 20 Awards Day Convocation, 11:00 a.m.
Thursday 28 Follow MWF Class Schedule
Thursday 28 Final Exams Begin for Graduate School and Adult Degree Completion Program
Friday 29 Reading Day
Saturday 30 Final Exams Begin for Undergraduate Day

May

Tuesday 3 Final Exams End for Graduate School and Adult Degree Completion Program
Wednesday 4 Final Exams End for Undergraduate Day
Thursday 5 Final Grades for Graduating Seniors and Graduate Students Due, 12 noon
Friday 6 Final Grades for All Other Students Due, 12 noon
Saturday 7 Commencement, 10:00 a.m.

Summer Session • 2016

May

Monday 16 Registration and Class Changes
Tuesday 17 Undergraduate Day and Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Begin, 8:00 a.m.
Friday 20 Last Day to Add Classes
Friday 27 Last Day to Drop Classes without a Record
Monday 30 Memorial Day (No Classes)

June

Friday 3 Last Day to Drop Classes with a W
Tuesday 21 Final Exams for Undergraduate Day
Thursday 23 Final Grades for Undergraduate Day Due, 12 noon

July

Monday 4 Independence Day
Tuesday 26 Final Exams Begin for Adult Degree Completion Program
Thursday 28 Final Exams End for Adult Degree Completion Program
Friday 29 Final Grades for Adult Degree Completion Program Due, 4:00 p.m.