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