Senate Document SD 08-6
(Approved, 2/9/2009)
(Amended and Approved, 9/13/2010)
(Amended and Approved, 9/12/2011)
ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2011-2012
Fall Semester, 2011
Monday 22 August Classes Begin
Friday 2 September Classes Suspended at 4:30 p.m. (Labor Day Recess)
Tuesday 6 September Classes Resume
Mon.-Tues. 10 – 11 October Fall Recess
Wednesday 12 October Classes Resume
Tuesday 22 November Thanksgiving Recess Begins After Last Class
Monday 28 November Classes Resume
Mon.-Sun. 12-18 December Final Exam Week/Last Week of Classes
Winter Inter-session, 2011-2012
Monday 19 December Classes Begin
Fri. and Mon. 23 and 26 December Classes Suspended (Christmas Holiday)
Tuesday 27 December Classes Resume
Friday 30 December Classes Suspended (Presidents’ Designated Holiday)
Monday 2 January Classes Suspended (New Year’s Day Observed)
Tuesday 3 January Classes Resume
Sunday 8 January Last Day of Classes
Spring Semester, 2012
Monday 9 January Classes Begin
Monday 16 January Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Mon.-Sun. 5-11 March Spring Recess
Monday 12 March Classes Resume
Friday 6 April Classes Suspended at 4:30 p.m.
Monday 9 April Classes Resume
Mon.-Sun 30 April - 6 May Final Exam Week/ Last Week of Classes
Wednesday 9 May Tentative Date of Commencement
Summer Semester, 2012
Monday 7 May Summer Semester Begins
Monday 14 May Summer Session I: Classes Begin
Friday 25 May Memorial Day Recess Begins at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday 29 May Classes Resume
Friday 22 June Summer Session I: Classes End at 4:30 p.m.
Monday 25 June Summer Session II: Classes Begin
Tuesday 3 July Classes Suspended at 4:30 p.m. (Independence Day Holiday Recess)
Wednesday 4 July Independence Day Holiday Observed
Thursday 5 July Classes Resume
Friday 3 August Summer Session II: Classes End at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday 19 August Summer Semester Ends