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Spring Semester 2012

January 9–May 10, 2012

January 6Last Day for New Students to Initially Register for Spring Semester Classes
January 6Residence Halls Open for New Students
January 6–7New Student Orientation
January 8Residence Halls Open for Continuing/Re-enrolling Students
January 9Spring Semester and Quad 3 Classes Begin
January 13Last Day for Continuing/Reenrolling Students to Initially Register for Spring Semester-Length Classes
January 16No Classes—Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 17Last Day to Add Quad 3 Classes
January 17Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 3 Classes Without Transcript Notation
January 23Last Day to Add Spring Semester-Length Classes
January 23Last Day to Withdraw from Spring Semester-Length Classes Without Transcript Notation
February 13Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 3 Classes
February 29*Quad 3 Classes End
March 1–11No Classes - Mid-Semester Break
March 12Quad 4 Classes Begin
March 19Last Day to Add Quad 4 Classes
March 19Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 4 Classes Without Transcript Notation
March 28Last Day to Withdraw from Spring Semester-Length Classes
April 3Summer Registration Opens for Graduating Seniors
April 6–9No Classes—Easter Recess
April 10Summer Registration Opens to All Students
April 18Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 4 Classes
April 19Advising and Assessment Day—no daytime classes; evening classes meet
April 20Fall Semester Registration Begins for Continuing/Returning Students
April 24Day of Prayer and Service—no daytime classes; evening classes meet
May 3Spring Semester-Length and Quad 4 Classes End
May 4No Classes—Study Day
May 7–10Spring Semester and Quad 4 Final Examinations
May 12Commencement
*Quad 3 final examinations are held on the last class day.