Official Student Handbook 1993-94
Section 1 - CALENDAR OF EVENTS, DATES AND DEADLINES

JUNE
  29
    New Student Orientation Phase I begins.

JULY
  1
    Deadline for graduate admission applications for Fall semester, 1993.
  5
    Holiday.  Classes suspended; University offices closed.
  16
    Undergraduate readmission application deadline for Fall semester.
  28
    New Student Orientation Phase I ends.

AUGUST
  2
    Fee payment deadline for Fall Semester.
  23-27
    Textbooks for first semester available.  Avoid the rush and shop
      early.  Bookstore open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday -
      Friday.
  30-31
    Bookstore open from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
    Computer Warehouse open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  30
    Residence Halls check-in for new students: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    New Student Orientation Phase II begins.
  31
    Deadline for admission to doctoral candidacy for degrees to be
      conferred in December 1993.
    Residence halls check-in for returning students: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00
      a.m.
    New Student Convocation.

SEPTEMBER
  1-2
    Bookstore open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
    Computer Warehouse regular hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday -
      Friday.
  1
    Late Registration and Change of Registration begins.
    New Student Orientation Phase II ends.
    Student Activities Night.  Perkins Student Center.  7:00 p.m.
  2
    Fall semester classes begin at 8:00 a.m.
  3
    Bookstore open from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  4
    Bookstore open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  6
    Holiday.  Classes suspended; offices closed.
  7-9
    Bookstore open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  10
    Regular Bookstore hours resume.
        Monday-Friday: 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
        Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  16
    Last day to register or to add courses.  No tuition rebates after
      this date.  Grades of "W" recorded and tuition charged for
      courses dropped after this date.
    Deadline for completion of deferred examinations and incomplete
      work (grade I) from Spring semester, 1992-93 and 1993 Summer
      Sessions - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.
    Last day for first semester textbook refunds.
  17
    Deadline for filing application for graduate degrees to be
      conferred in December 1993.
  25
    Concert: The Bobs.  Zany, a cappella quartet with impeccable
      technique.  Master class same day with a cappella groups from
      campus.  Mitchell Hall.  Time TBA.

OCTOBER
  13
    Registration begins for Winter Session.
    Deadline for completion of deferred examinations and incomplete
      work (grade I) from Spring Semester 1992-93 and 1993 Summer
      Sessions - GRADUATE STUDENTS.
  14
    Last day to change registration or to drop courses without
      academic penalty, except First Semester Freshman Students.
  15
    Freshman mid-term marking period ends.
    Buy needed textbooks now.  The Bookstore will soon begin returning
      unsold books to publishers.
  21
    Musical: Sunday in the Park with George.  Musical by Stephen
      Sondheim.  Mitchell Hall.  Time TBA.
    If you are graduating in December, you should order your cap and
      gown at the Bookstore.
  25
    Fall break.  Classes suspended.
  28
    Last day to change registration or to drop courses without
      academic penalty - FIRST SEMESTER FRESHMEN ONLY.

NOVEMBER
  6
    Concert: Charlie Haden's Quartet West.  Hot jazz group.  Mitchell
      Hall.  Time TBA.
  8
    Deadline for receipt of doctoral dissertations and executive
      position papers for degrees to be conferred in December 1993.
  13
    Concert: Musicians from Marlboro.  Nine-piece wind group from
      famous summer festival in Vermont.  Mitchell Hall.  Time TBA.
  15
    Deadline for receipt of master's theses for degrees conferred in
      December 1993.
    Undergraduate admission application deadline for freshmen and
      transfer students entering Spring Semester, 1994.
  18
    Registration begins for Spring Semester.
  24
    Thanksgiving recess begins at 5:00 p.m.  Classes starting at or
      after 5:00 p.m. will not meet.
    Residence halls close at 7:00 p.m.
  25 - 26
    Holiday.  Classes suspended; University offices closed.
  28
    Residence halls re-open at 2:00 p.m.
  29
    Classes resume following Thanksgiving recess.

DECEMBER
  1
    Deadline for graduate admission applications for Spring 1994.
  3
    Fee payment deadline for Winter Session.
  9-11, 13-18, and 20-22
    Cash for unwanted used textbooks.  The bookstore will buy back
      needed quantities of readopted books at 50% of the current
      price.  Books not readopted will also be bought at wholesale
      prices.
  12
    Concert:  Holiday Gala.  Sounds of the season by University Music
      faculty.  Loudis Recital Hall.  Time TBA.
  13
    Last day of classes.
  14
    Reading Day (no examinations scheduled).
  15
    Final examinations begin; grades due in Registrar's Office 72
      hours after scheduled examination or last class meeting when no
      final examination is given.
  18 - 19
    Reading Day (no examinations scheduled).
  22
    Final examinations end.
    Residence halls close at 10:00 p.m.

JANUARY
  2
    Residence halls check-in for Winter Session: 2:00 p.m. to 9:00
      p.m.
  3
    Winter Session classes begin at 8:00 a.m.
    Late registration for Winter Session begins.  Change of
      registration for advance registered students begins.
    Undergraduate readmission application deadline for Spring
      Semester, 1994.
    Bookstore open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  4
    Bookstore open from 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  6
    Last day to register or to add courses for Winter Session.  No
      tuition rebates after this date.  Grades of "W" recorded and
      tuition charged for courses dropped after this date.
    Last day for Winter Session textbook refunds.
  7
    Fee payment deadline for Spring Semester, 1994.
  8
    Winter Commencement.
    Concert: Winter String Institute.  Mendelssohn String Quartet and
      guest artists Robert Mann and Bonnie Hampton.  Loudis Recital
      Hall.  Time TBA.
  14
    Deadline for graduate admission recommendations from departments
      for Spring Semester 1994.
  17
    Martin Luther King Holiday.  Classes suspended; University offices
      closed.
  18
    Last day to change registration or to drop Winter Session courses
      without academic penalty.
  19-20
    New Student Orientation Phase I.
  31
    Deadline for admission to doctoral candidacy for degrees conferred
      in May 1994.

FEBRUARY
  1-4
    Textbooks for second semester available.  Avoid the rush and shop
      early.  Bookstore open from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday -
      Friday.
  4, 5 and 7
    Cash for unwanted used textbooks.  The Bookstore will buy back
      needed quantities of readopted books at 50% of the current
      price.  Books not readopted will also be purchased at wholesale
      prices.
  4
    Last day of Winter Session classes.
  5
    Final examinations for Winter Session.  Grades due in Registrar's
      Office 72 hours after scheduled examination or last class
      meeting when no final examination is given.
    Bookstore open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  6
    Residence halls check-in for Spring semester: 2:00 p.m. to
      9:00 p.m.
  7-8
    Bookstore open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  7
    New Student Orientation Phase IIbegins.
    Late registration for Spring semester begins.  Change of
      Registration for advance registered students begins.
  8
    Spring semester Classes begin at 8:00 a.m.
  9-10
    Bookstore open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  11
    Bookstore open from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  12
    Bookstore open from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  14-17
    Bookstore open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  15
    Deadline for filing application for graduate degrees to be
      conferred in May 1994.
  18
    Regular Bookstore hours resume.
        Monday - Friday: 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
        Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  19
    Concert: Nexus Ensemble.  Master percussionists performing global
      music with incredible ensemble.  Time and location TBA.
  21
    Last day to register or to add courses for Spring semester.  No
      tuition rebates after this date.  Grades of "W" recorded and
      tuition charged for courses dropped after this date.
    Deadline for completion of deferred examinations and incomplete
      work (grade I) from Fall Semester, 1993-94, and 1994 Winter
      Session - UNDERGRADUATESTUDENTS.
    Last day for Spring semester textbook refunds.

MARCH
  1
    Undergraduate admission application deadline for freshmen and
      transfer students entering Fall Semester 1994-95.
  10
    If you are graduating in May, you should order your cap and gown
      at the Bookstore.
  21
    Last day to change registration or to drop courses without
      academic penalty, except First Semester Freshmen students.
    Deadline for completion of deferred examinations and incomplete
      work (grade I) from Fall Semester 1993-94 and 1994 Winter
      Session - GRADUATE STUDENTS.
    Buy needed textbooks now.  The Bookstore will soon begin returning
      unsold textbooks to publishers.
  25
    Freshman mid-term marking period ends.
    Spring recess begins after last scheduled class.  Residence halls
      close at 7:00 p.m.

APRIL
  1
    Deadline for graduate admission applications for June 1994.
  3
    Residence halls re-open at 2:00 p.m.
  4
    Classes resume after Spring recess at 8:00 a.m.
  11
    Deadline for receipt of doctoral dissertations and executive
      position papers for degrees conferred in May 1994.
    Last day to change registration or to drop courses without
      academic penalty - FIRST SEMESTER FRESHMEN ONLY.
  15
    Graduation announcements available in the Bookstore.
  18
    Deadline for receipt of master's theses for degrees conferred in
      May 1994.
  23
    Performance: Ko-Thi Dance Company.  Exciting African dance troupe
      with singing, drumming and dancing.  Part of state-wide
      residency planned through Arts Council.  Mitchell Hall.  Time
      TBA.
  25
    Registration for Fall Semester 1994-95 begins.
  29
    Deadline for admission to doctoral candidacy for degrees to be
      conferred in August 1994.

MAY
  6
    Honors Day.  Modified class schedule.
  16
    Deadline for filing application for graduate degrees to be
      conferred in August 1994.
  17-21, and 23-28
    Cash for unwanted textbooks.  The Bookstore will buy back needed
      quantities of readopted books at 50% of the current price.
      Books not readopted will also be purchased at wholesale prices.
  19
    Last day of Spring semester classes.
  20
    Final examinations begin.  Grades due in Registrar's Office 72
      hours after scheduled examination or last class meeting when no
      final examination is given.
  21 - 22
    Reading Day.  No classes scheduled.
  27
    Final examinations end.  Residence halls close at 10:00 p.m. for
      non-graduates.
  28
    Commencement.  Residence halls close at 5:00 p.m. for graduates.
    Bookstore open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.