ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Click here for a full Shorter College Calendar of Events.

2008 Summer Sessions

July 2008

June 30, Monday - Registration
July 1 , Tuesday - Classes begin
July 4, Friday - Holiday
July 7, Monday - Final Date to Add or Drop a July Term course
July 14-15, Monday-Tuesday - SUMMIT new student orientation
July 21-22, Monday-Tuesday - SUMMIT new student orientation
July 25, Friday - Final Date to Withdraw from a July Term course
July 30, Wednesday - Final Exams

Fall Semester 2008

August 2008

August 12, Tuesday - Faculty report
August 16, Saturday - Residence halls open to new students
August 17-19, Sunday - Tuesday - "Camp Hawk" orientation for new students
August 20, Wednesday - Classes begin
August 20-29, Wednesday - Friday - Drop/Add (online)
August 22, Friday - Opening Convocation (required of all freshmen)

September 2008

September 1, Monday - Labor Day Holiday
September 2, Tuesday - Final date to remove incompletes from Spring 2008
September 5, Friday - Final date to exercise Pass/Fail Option
September 12, Friday - Final date for December graduates to file application for degree
September 15-18, Monday - Thursday - Christian Focus Week

October 2008

October 13-14, Monday - Tuesday - Fall Holidays
October 17, Friday - Midsemester
October 27, Monday - Registration for Spring 2009 - ENROLLED STUDENTS ONLY

November 2008

November 3, Monday - Final date to withdraw from classes with an Automatic W
November 6, Thursday - Faculty Meeting
November 14, Friday - Registration for Spring 2009 ends
November 17, Monday - Final date to withdraw from classes
November 26-28, Wednesday - Friday - Thanksgiving Holidays
November 24-28 - Pre-exam Week

December 2008

December 1, Monday - Final date for May graduates to file application for degree
December 1, Monday - Final day of classes
December 1, Monday - Final date to remove incompletes from Summer 2008
December 2, Tuesday - Final Examinations begin
December 9, Tuesday - Final Examinations end
December 13, Saturday - Commencement

Spring Semester 2008

January 2009

January 5, Monday - Residence halls open
January 5-6, Monday - Tuesday - Orientation and Registration
January 7, Wednesday - Classes begin
Janaury 7-16, Wednesday - Friday - Drop/Add (online)
January 19, Monday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 23, Friday - Final date to exercise Pass/Fail Option
January 23-24, Friday - Saturday - Faculty Retreat

February 2009

February 9-10, Monday - Tuesday - Winter Holidays
February 12, Thursday - Faculty Meeting
February 20, Friday - Midsemester

March 2009

March 9-13, Monday - Friday - Spring Vacation
March 16, Monday - Classes resume
March 23, Monday - Final date to withdraw from classes with Automatic W
March 23, Monday - Registration begins for Summer and Fall 2009 - ENROLLED STUDENTS ONLY

April 2009

April 1, Wednesday - Celebrate Shorter!
April 3, Friday - Registration ends
April 6, Monday - Final date for August graduates to file application for degree
April 6, Monday - Final date to withdraw from classes
April 7, Tuesday - Final date to remove incompletes from Fall 2008
April 9, Thursday - Faculty Meeting
April 10, Friday - Good Friday Holiday
April 20-27, Monday - Monday - Pre-exam week
April 27, Monday - Final day of classes
April 28, Tuesday - Final Examinations begin

May 2009

May 5, Tuesday - Final Examinations end
May 8, Friday - Baccalaureate (6:30 pm)
May 9, Saturday - Commencement