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2008 - 2009 Academic Calendar

Fall Semester, 2008
August 28, Thursday Residence halls open at 9 a.m. for new students. Check-in is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
August 29, Friday Residence halls open at 9 a.m. for all students. Convocation begins at 10:00 a.m. in Cordiner Hall.
September 2, Tuesday Fall semester classes begin.
September 15, Monday Last day to add classes.
October 13-14 Mid-semester break; no classes.
October 15, Wednesday Last day to withdraw from classes or the college without record.
October 24-26 Family Weekend.
November 7, Friday Final day to withdraw from classes or the college with W grades. Close of P-D-F registration period.
November 7-14 Spring semester registration period.
November 21, Friday Thanksgiving vacation begins at 6 p.m., Friday and ends at 8 a.m., Monday, December 1. All residence halls remain open.
December 12, Friday Last day of classes, fall semester.
December 15-19 Final examination period.
December 19, Friday Fall semester ends. All residence halls close at noon Saturday, December 20.

Spring Semester, 2009
January 16, Friday Orientation for new students and parents begins.
January 18, Sunday Residence halls open at 9 a.m. for returning students.
January 19, Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no classes.
January 20, Tuesday Spring semester classes begin.
January 30, Friday Last day to add classes.
February 16, Monday Presidents’ Day; no classes.
February 27, Friday Last day to withdraw from classes or the college without record.
March 13, Friday Spring vacation begins at 6 p.m., Friday (all residence halls close at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 14) and ends at 8 a.m., Monday, March 30 (all residence halls open at noon, Sunday, March 29).
April 7, Tuesday Whitman Undergraduate Conference; no classes.
April 10, Friday Final day to withdraw from classes or the college with W grades. Close of P-D-F registration period.
April 17-24 Registration period for the fall semester 2009.
May 12, Tuesday Last day of classes, spring semester.
May 13, Wednesday Reading day; no classes.
May 14-19 Final examination period.
May 24, Sunday Commencement. Residence halls close at 6 p.m.