Senate Document SD 00-11

(Approved, 3/26/2001)

(Amended and Approved, 1/13/2003)

TO: Fort Wayne Senate

FROM: Educational Policy Committee

L. DeFonso, Chair

SUBJECT: Academic Calendar, 2003-2004

DATE: February 23, 2001

DISPOSITION: To the Presiding Officer for implementation

WHEREAS, The policy in the current academic calendar formula (SR No. 98-18) for make-up days during Thanksgiving week causes confusion for faculty and students; and

WHEREAS, The current fall break encompassing Thursday and Friday classes, but not Weekend College classes, causes confusion for faculty and students; and

WHEREAS, The Fall Semester contains one more class day than the Spring Semester because there is no make-up day for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday; and

WHEREAS, The Calendar Subcommittee has proposed a 2003-2004 Academic Calendar addressing these issues; and

WHEREAS, The Calendar Subcommittee is proposing a substitute formula for SR No. 98-18;

BE IT RESOLVED, That the Senate approve the attached calendar for 2003-2004.

Senate Document SD 00-11

(Approved, 3/26/2001)

(Amended and Approved, 1/13/2003)

Academic Calendar for 2003-2004

Fall Semester, 2003

Monday 25 August Classes Begin

Friday 29 August Classes Suspended at 4:30 PM (Labor Day Recess)

Tuesday 2 September Classes Resume

Mon.-Tues. 13-14 October Fall Recess

Tuesday 25 November Thanksgiving Recess Begins After Last Class

Monday 1 December Classes Resume

Mon.-Sun. 15-21 December Final Exam Week/Last Week of Classes

Spring Semester, 2004

Monday 12 January Classes Begin

Monday 19 January Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Monday 8 March Spring Recess Begins

Monday 15 March Classes Resume

Friday 9 April Classes Suspended at 4:30 PM

Monday 12 April Classes Resume

Mon.-Sun. 3-9 May Final Exam Week/Last Week of Classes

Wednesday 12 May Tentative Date of Commencement

Summer Session I, 2004

Friday 14 May Classes Begin at 4:30 p.m.

Friday 28 May Memorial Day Recess Begins at 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday 1 June Classes Resume

Friday 25 June Classes End at 4:30 p.m. (Except for classes extending

beyond six weeks)

Summer Session II, 2004

Friday 25 June Classes Begin at 4:30 p.m.

Friday 2 July Independence Day Recess Begins at 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday 6 July Classes Resume

Friday 6 August Classes End at 4:30 p.m. (Except for classes extending

beyond six weeks)