The 2012-2013 Academic Calendar

August 23, Thursday	Residence halls open at 9 a.m. for new students. Check-in is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
August 24, Friday	Residence halls open at 9 a.m. for all students. Convocation at 3 p.m.
August 28, Tuesday	Fall semester classes begin.
September 10, Monday	Last day to add classes.
October 6-9	Midsemester break; no classes.
October 10, Wednesday	Last day to withdraw from classes or the college without record.
October 19-21	Family Weekend.
November 2, Friday	Final day to withdraw from classes or the college with W grades. Close of P-D-F registration period.
November 1-7	Spring semester preregistration period.
November 16, Friday	Thanksgiving vacation begins at 6 p.m., Friday, and ends at 8 a.m. Monday, November 26. All residence halls remain open.
December 7, Friday	Last day of classes, fall semester. Honors theses due in library for December ’12 candidates.
December 10-14	Final examination period.
December 14, Friday	Fall semester ends. All residence halls close at noon Saturday, December 15.

January 11, Friday	Orientation for new students and parents begins.
January 13, Sunday	Residence halls open at 9 a.m. for returning students.
January 14, Monday	Spring semester classes begin.
January 21, Monday	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no classes.
January 28, Monday	Last day to add classes.
February 18, Monday	Presidents’ Day; no classes.
February 22, Friday	Last day to withdraw from classes or the college without record.
March 8, Friday	Spring vacation begins at 6 p.m., Friday (all residence halls close at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 12) and ends at 8 a.m., Monday, March 25. (All residence halls open at noon, Sunday, March 27).
April 5, Friday	Final day to withdraw from classes or the college with W grades. Close of P-D-F registration period.
April 9, Tuesday	Whitman Undergraduate Conference; no classes.
April 19-26	Preregistration period for the fall semester 2013.
May 7, Tuesday	Last day of classes, spring semester.
May 8, Wednesday	Reading day; no classes. Honors theses due in library for May ’13 candidates.
May 9-14	Final examination period.
May 19, Sunday	Commencement. Residence halls close at 6 p.m.