Academic Calendar 2012-2013

Fall 2012

Registration (for students not pre-registered) Aug 31
Labor Day (holiday) Sept 3
Classes Begin Sept 4
Paryushan Sept 13-19
Rosh Hashanah Sept 16-18
Yom Kippur Sept 25-26
Sukkot Sept 30-Oct 2
Shemini Atzeret Oct 7-9
Fall Study Break Oct 15-16
Id al-Adha Oct 26
Diwali Nov 13-17
Thanksgiving recess, 5:00 p.m. Nov 21
Classes Resume, 8:00 a.m. Nov 26
Classes End Dec 11
Study Days Dec 12, 15-16
Examinations Dec 13-14, 17-20
Commencement Dec 16
Christmas Dec 25

Winter 2013

Feast of the Epiphany
Jan 6
Eastern Orthodox Christmas (Julian Calendar) Jan 7
Registration (for students not pre-registered) Jan 8
Classes Begin Jan 9
Sankranti Jan 14
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day University Symposia. No regular classes Jan 21
Chinese New Year & Tet Feb 10
Ash Wednesday Feb 13
Vacation begins, 12:00 p.m. March 2
Classes resume, 8:00 a.m. March 11
University Honors Convocation March 17
Eastern Orthodox Beginning of Lent March 18
Passover (Pesach) March 25-April 2
Good Friday March 29
Baisakhi April 14
Classes End April 23
Study Days April 24, 27-28
Examinations April 25-26, April 29-May 2
Commencement May 2-5
Eastern Orthodox Good Friday May 3
Eastern Orthodox Easter May 5

Spring/Summer 2013

Registration (for students not pre-registered) May 6
Classes Begin May 7
Ascension Day May 9
Shavuot May 14-16
Memorial Day (holiday) May 27
Eastern Orthodox Ascension Day June 13
Classes end (Spring Half Term) June 21
Study Days June 22-23
Examinations June 24-25
Spring Half Term ends June 25
Registration (Summer Half Term) June 26
Classes begin (Summer Half Term) June 27
Independence Day (holiday observed) July 4
Classes end, 5:00pm Aug 13
Study Day Aug 14
Examinations Aug 15-16
Full & Summer Half Terms end Aug 16

Students enrolling in Business Administration, Dentistry, Law and Medicine should check with their respective schools for academic calendar information, including registration. This calendar is subject to change.