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Volume 29 Issue 16

October 18, 2007

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University Calendar

 

2007 FALL 

 

August              10                    Fall Faculty/Staff Conference  20071018/

                        12                    Dormitories Open to Freshmen

                        13-14               Freshmen Orientation and Advisement

                        14                    Registration at Vicksburg (3:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.)

                        15                    Registration at Natchez (9:30 a.m.)

                        16                    Freshmen Registration (Lorman)

                        17                    Upperclassmen Registration

                        20                    Classes Begin

                                               Begin Accepting Applications for Degree for May       
                                                Commencement

September        3                      Labor Day Holiday

                        7                      Last Day for All Registration

                                                Last Day for Adding New Courses

                        14                    Last Day to Drop a Course Without a Grade

                        17                    Grades of WP/WF in Effect

October           11                    Graduate English Proficiency Examination

                        12                    Undergraduate English Proficiency Examination

                        15-18               Mid-Semester Examination Week

                        19                  Mid-Semester Grade Reports Due in Registrar’s Office

November        9                      Begin Registration for Second Semester

                        14                   Last Day to Drop a Course by Any Means; End WP/WF

                        16                   Last Day for Submitting Application for Degree to Registrar’s Office (December Completion)

                        19                    Graduate CORE Examination

                        20                    End Early Registration for Second Semester

                        22-23               Thanksgiving (Holiday)

December        6-7                   Reading and Review Periods

                        10-13               Final Examinations

                        14                    Grades Due in Registrar’s Office

                                                Semester Ends

 

SPRING 2008 

 

January            2                  Registration at Vicksburg (3:00 p.m.-6:00 pm.)

                                              Dormitories Open 

                         3                    Registration at Natchez (9:30 a.m.) 

                         4                    Registration on Campus (9:00 a.m.) 

                         7                    Classes Begin 

                         8                    Drop/Add Begins 

                        18                   Last Day for All Registration 

                        21                   Holiday (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday) 

                        22                   Last Day for Submitting Application for Degree to

                                               Graduate Office (May Graduation)  

                        25                   Last Day to Drop a Course without a Grade 

                        30                   Grades of WP/WF in Effect 

                                               

 February           1                    Undergraduate English Proficiency Examination 

                        25-28              Mid-Semester Examinations       

                        29                    Mid-Semester Grade Reports Due in Registrar’s
                                                Office                         

March              10-14              Spring Vacation 

                        17                    Classes Resume

                                                Early Registration for Fall Semester

                                                Graduate CORE Examination

                                                Last Day to Drop a Course by Any Means; End
                                                WP/WF 

                        21                    Holiday (Good Friday) 

April                  2                    Last Day to Place an Order for Cap and Gown in the Office of Academic Affairs (May Graduation) 

                          3                    End Early Registration for Fall Semester 

7-8                   Early Registration First Summer Session 

                        23-24               Final Examinations for Graduating Seniors 

                        25                    Grades for Graduating Graduate Students Due in Graduate Office                

May                 1-2                   Reading and Review Periods 

                        5-8                   Final Examinations 

                        10                    Commencement  

12                    Grades Due in Registrar’s Office by 12:00 Noon 

                       Semester Ends

 

SUMMER SCHOOL 2008 

First Term 

May                 21                Registration at Vicksburg (3:00 p.m.-6:30
                                             pm.)                                              

                        22                   Registration at Natchez (9:30 a.m.) 

                        25                   Dormitories Open  

                        26                   Memorial Day 

                        27                   Registration-Graduate and Undergraduate 

                        28                   Classes Begin                                               

 

June                 2                      Registration Ends/Last Day to Add a Class 

                        10                    Undergraduate English Proficiency       

                        11                    Graduate English Proficiency Examination
                                                Begin Payment of Fees for Pre-Registered
                                                Students (Fall  2008 Semester) 

18                     Graduate CORE Examination 

18-20                Early Registration for Second Summer Session 

27                     Final Examinations – Term Ends 

                        30                    Grades Due in Registrar’s Office by 12:00 Noon

                       

Second Term              

 

June                 30                    Registration for Second Summer Session

                

July                 1                       Classes Begin 

                        4                       Holiday (Independence Day) 

                        7                       Registration Ends 

11                     Graduate English Proficiency Examination 

15                      Undergraduate English Proficiency 

17                     Graduate CORE Examination 

23                     Undergraduate English Proficiency
                          Examination                      

23-25                 Early Registration for Fall Semester, 2008

 

August             1                        Final Examinations                    

4                       Grades Due in Registrar’s Office by 9:00 a.m.

 

  Term Ends  

 

University Relations Staff 

Lljuna Grennell Weir, Interim Director
Elena Dobrynina, Staff Writer/International Student Recruiter

 Mail: P.O. Box 389, Alcorn State, MS 39096-7500  ~  Phone: (601) 877-6130  ~  Email: elenad@alcorn.edu
 
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