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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 19, Feb. 13, 1997
1998-99 Academic Year Calendar
                                   

                        Fall Semester 1998

Aug. 29   Saturday  Residence halls open; New Student Orientation begins.
Aug. 31   Monday    Residence halls open for upperclassmen.
Sept. 1   Tuesday   Classes begin at 8 a.m.
Sept. 7   Monday    Labor Day holiday: Offices are closed.
Oct. 16   Friday    Freshman mid-term marking period ends.
Nov.  3   Tuesday   Election Day: Classes are
                    suspended and offices are closed.
Nov. 25   Wednesday Thanksgiving recess begins at 5 p.m.
Nov. 30   Monday    Classes resume following Thanksgiving recess.
Dec. 9    Wednesday Last day of classes
Dec. 10   Thursday  Reading Day: No examinations are scheduled.
Dec. 11   Friday    Final examinations begin.
Dec. 12   Saturday  Reading Day: No examinations are scheduled.
Dec. 13   Sunday    Reading Day: No examinations are scheduled.
Dec. 18   Friday    Final examinations end.
Jan. 9    Saturday  Commencement
                                   
                          Winter Session 1999

Jan.3     Sunday    Residence halls open.
Jan. 4    Monday    Classes begin at 8 a.m.
Jan. 18   Monday    Martin Luther King holiday: Classes are suspended.
Feb. 5    Friday    Last day of classes
Feb. 6    Saturday  Final examinations
                                   
                         Spring Semester 1999

Feb. 7    Sunday    Residence halls open; New Student Orientation begins.
Feb. 8    Monday    Classes begin at 5 p.m.
March 26  Friday    Freshman mid-term marking period ends.
March 26  Friday    Spring recess begins after last class.
April 5   Monday    Classes resume after spring recess.
May 7     Friday    Honors Day: Modified class are schedule
May 19    Wednesday Last day of classes
May 20    Thursday  Reading Day: No examinations are scheduled.
May 21    Friday    Final examinations begin.
May 22    Saturday  Reading Day: No examinations are scheduled.
May 23    Sunday    Reading Day: No examinations are scheduled.
May 28    Friday    Final examinations end.
May 29    Saturday  Commencement