Academic Calendar
Includes start/stop dates for standard semester, degree completion, and weekend college schedules. FALL SEMESTER 2009 August 17 Degree Completion Block I begins (i.e. online degree programs) August 17 Meetings for academic program directors and department chairs August 18 President’s Breakfast and All-Campus Opening Activities August 19 Fall faculty meeting and faculty development workshops August 20 Final registration session for new students August 21 Residence halls open for new students who registered in summer August 22-23 New Student Orientation (Arch Ceremony on August 23) August 23 Residence halls open for upperclassmen August 24 Classes begin for standard semester session August 31 Last day to add a class or section for standard semester session September 4-5-6 Fall Weekend College begins September 18-19-20 Fall Weekend College October 2-3-4 Fall Weekend College October 8-9 Mid Fall Recess: No classes for standard semester sections; degree completion continues online October 11 Degree Completion Block I ends October 12 Degree Completion Block II begins October 16-17-18 Fall Weekend College October 21 Report D's and F's in standard semester session classes Oct. 30-Nov. 1 Fall Weekend College November 4 Last day to withdraw from standard semester session classes November 13-14-15 Fall Weekend College, final meetings of session November 26-29 Thanksgiving Recess (No classes) December 4 Deadline for seniors to apply for May 2010 Graduation December 4 Final class day for standard semester session December 7-10 Final exams for standard semester session December 11 Degree Completion Block II ends December 12 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement December 16 Final grades due for all sessions by 9:00 am SPRING SEMESTER 2010 January 3 Residence Halls open at 2:00 pm January 6 Classes begin for standard semester session and Degree Completion Block I January 8-9-10 Winter Weekend College begins January 13 Last day to add a class or section for standard semester session January 18 Martin Luther King Day - No classes except for online degree completion January 22-23-24 Winter Weekend College Feb 5-6-7 Winter Weekend College February 19-20-21 Winter Weekend College March 1-7 Spring Break for standard semester session classes March 2 Degree Completion Block I ends March 3 Degree Completion Block II begins March 5-6-7 Winter Weekend College March 10 Report D's and F's in standard semester session classes March 19-20-21 Winter Weekend College, final meetings of session March 24 Last day to withdraw from classes for standard semester session classes March 26-27-28 Spring Weekend College begins April 2-4 Easter Holiday - No classes April 9-10-11 Spring Weekend College April 23-24-25 Spring Weekend College April 23 Deadline for seniors to apply for December 2010 Graduation April 23 Final class day for standard semester session April 26-29 Final exams for standard semester session April 30 Degree Completion Block II ends May 1 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement May 5 Final grades due for standard semester and degree completion courses by 9:00 am May 7-8-9 Spring Weekend College May 14-15-16 Spring Weekend College May 28-29-30 Spring Weekend College, final meetings of session SUMMER SESSIONS 2010 May 3-28 Four-Week Summer Block I May 3-June 11 Six-Week Summer Block I June 1-June 28 Four-Week Summer Block II June 7- July 30 Eight-week Summer Block and Degree Completion Summer Term June 11-12-13 Summer Weekend College begins June 14-July 23 Six-Week Summer Block II June 18-19-20 Summer Weekend College June 25-26-27 Summer Weekend College June 29-July 26 Four-Week Summer Block III July 9-10-11 Summer Weekend College July 16-17-18 Summer Weekend College July 23-24-25 Summer Weekend College August 1 Summer Graduation Conferral Date (no ceremony) Notes: Unless a holiday recess is identified for all sessions or for a specific session (i.e. standard semester, degree completion, or weekend college offerings), classes will be held as scheduled between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm. Operations during inclement weather are reported at http://www.findlay.edu/academics/weather/default.htm. In most instances, inclement weather does not interrupt online class delivery. Revised 3-09