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University Relations
Volume 30 Issue 18
July 24, 2008
Spotlight on Excellence
Communiversity News
Calendar of
Events
Job Announcements
University Calendar
SUMMER SCHOOL 2008
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
Examination23-25 Early Registration for Fall Semester, 2008
August 1 Final Examinations
4 Grades Due in Registrar’s Office by 9:00 a.m.
Term Ends
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2008 FIRST SEMESTER (FALL)
August 7-8 Fall Faculty/Staff Conference
13 Registration at Vicksburg (3:00 p.m. -6:30 p.m.)
14 Registration at Natchez (9:30 a.m.)
Graduate Registration at Natchez16 Residence Halls Open for FRESHMEN ONLY
17-18 Freshmen Orientation
18 Residence Halls Open for UPPERCLASSMEN
19 Open Registration
20 Classes Begin
20 Drop/Add without Penalty
29 Drop/Add with Penalty
September 1 Labor Day Holiday (no classes)
2-9 Classes Added with Instructor's Approval
9 Last Day for ALL Registration
Last Day for Adding New Courses
19 Last Day to Drop a Course Without a Grade
22 Grades of WP/WF in Effect
October 9 Graduate English Proficiency Examination
10 Undergraduate English Proficiency Examination
13-16 Mid-Semester Examination Week
20 Mid-Semester Grade Reports Due in Registrar’s Office
November 10 Last Day to Drop a Course by Any Means
Last Day to Drop WP/WF12 Begin Early Registration for Second Semester (Spring 2009)
14 Last Day to Submit Application for Degree to Registrar’s
Office (December Completion)25 Graduate CORE Examination
27-28 Holiday (Thanksgiving)
December 1 End Early Registration for Second Semester
4-5 Reading and Review Periods
8-11 Final Examinations
15 Grades Due in Registrar’s Office
Semester Ends
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2009 SECOND SEMESTER (SPRING)
January 5 Registration at Vicksburg (3:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.)
Dormitories Open
6 Registration at Natchez (9:30 a.m.)
7 Registration on Campus (9:00 a.m.)
8 Classes Begin
9 Drop/Add Begins
19 Holiday (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday)
20 Last Day for All Registration
Last Day for Adding New Courses
23 Last Day for Submitting Application for Degree to Registrar’s
Office (May Graduation)
23 Last Day for Submitting Application for Degree to Graduate
Office (May Graduation)26 Last Day to Drop a Course Without a Grade
Graduate English Proficiency Examination
27 Grades of WP/WF in Effect
February 2 Undergraduate English Proficiency Examination
25-27 Mid-Semester Examinations
March 2 Mid-Semester Grade Reports Due in Registrar’s Office
9-13 Spring Vacation
16 Classes Resume
Early Registration for Fall Semester
Graduate CORE Examination
Last Day to Drop a Course by Any Means; End WP/WF
April 10 Holiday (Good Friday)
15 Last Day to Place an Order for Cap & Gown in the Office of
Academic Affairs (May Graduation)
16 End Early Registration for Fall Semester
20-21 Early Registration for First Summer Session
22-24 Final Examinations for Graduating Seniors
27 Grades for Graduating Seniors Due in Registrar’s Office
Grades for Graduating Graduate Students Due in Graduate
Office30-May 1 Reading and Review Periods
May 4-7 Final Examinations
9 Commencement
11 Grades Due in Registrar’s Office by 12:00 Noon
Semester 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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Office: WWACB, Suite 511
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