Nursing 2008-2009 Academic Calendar

SUMMER/FALL TERM 2008  
   
July 1 Mail in registration/fee payment DEADLINE for all BSN, MSN, DNP and Ph.D. students (EXCEPTION:  NEW PhD)
July 7 Academic year begins for all RETURNING PhD students
July 7 Academic year and classes begin for all RETURNING BSN students
July 7 Academic year and classes may begin for all RETURNING MSN, DNP students
July 7-11 New BSN students - ORIENTATION - MANDATORY ATTENDANCE
July 14 Classes begin for all NEW BSN students
July 18 NEW MSN Anesthesia students on campus
July 21 New student orientation - University and College of Nursing (MSN/DNP students)
July 21-25 ON CAMPUS SESSION (classes may begin after Orientation) - All MSN/DNP/PhD students (EXCEPTIONS: Entering PhD students and DNP December graduates)
July 21-25 Reed Distinguished Visiting Professor (DVP) - Day and Time TBD
July 24 Last day to drop/add classes - RETURNING STUDENTS
July 31 Last day to drop/add classes - (NEW BSN students)
August 7 Last day to drop/add classes - (NEW MSN/DNP students)
August 14 New Student Orientation and Registration - College of Graduate Health Sciences - (NEW PhD Students)
August 18 Academic year begins for NEW PhD students
August 29 Deadline for new course proposals for Spring semester - (PhD students)
September 1 Application deadline for Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) Option
September 1 Labor Day Holiday
September (Dates TBD) CRNA on-campus interviews
October 1 Credentials Committee Deadline (PhD students)
October 1 Graduate Admissions Committee decisions regarding CRNA applicants
October 6 CRNA applicants contacted regarding admission decisions
October 31 CRNA acceptance decisions and guaranteed enrollment deposits (GED) due in Enrollment Services
November 1 Dissertation deadline (PhD students) - Noon deadline
November 1 DNP Project Deadline
November (Date TBD) Cashdollar Distinguished Visiting Professor (DVP) - 9 a.m. to Noon
November 26 Classes end for all graduating BSN students
November 27-28 Thanksgiving Holiday Break
December 1-5 On campus session - ALL MSN/DNP/PhD Students
December 3 Grades due for all graduating BSN students
December 4 Classes end, final exams completed, and grades posted for all MSN/DNP graduating students
December 4 Completion date for all graduating MSN/DNP students
December 5 Graduation (Attendance is mandatory)
December 5 Classes end (for students NOT graduating - (BSN/MSN/DNP)
December 11 Grades due (for students NOT graduating - BSN/MSN/DNP)
December 16 Graduate Progression Committee Meeting
December 17 Undergraduate Progression Committee Meeting
December 22 End of Fall Term (PhD Students)
December 22-26 University closed - Holiday Break (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
   
WINTER/SPRING TERM 2009  
   
January 1 New Year's Day HOLIDAY
January 2 Mail In Registration/Fee Payment Deadline for ALL Returning Students
January 5 Spring term begins for all returning MSN/DNP students
January 5 Spring term begins for RETURNING BSN students
January 15 Application deadline for MSN-CNL (Clinical Nurse Leader) Program
January 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday - University Closed
January 26-30 On campus session for all MSN/DNP/PhD Students
January 26-30 Bowns Distinguished Visiting Professor (DVP) - Day and Time TBD
February 1 Application deadline for MSN/DNP/PhD students (EXCEPTION: Nurse Anesthesia applicants)
February 6 Admissions Committee decisions regardingMSN-CNL applicants
February 20 MSN-CNL applicants contacted regarding admission decisions
March 1 Credentials Committee deadline - (PhD Students)
March 9 DNP/PhD applicants contacted for interviews
March 16 MSN-CNL acceptance decisions and guaranteed enrollment deposits (GED) due in Enrollment Services
March 16-20 Spring Break (ALL STUDENTS)
March - 23-27 DNP applicant interviews
March - 23-27 PhD applicant interviews
March 31 Deadline for new course proposals for Fall Semester (PhD Students)
April 3 DNP/PhD applicants contacted regarding admission decisions
April 10 Good Friday Holiday - University Closed
April 30 DNP acceptance decisions due in Enrollment Services
May 1 DNP Project Deadline
May 4-8 All MSN/DNP/PhD students on campus
May 7-8 Morris Distinguished Visiting Professor (DVP) - Exact Day and Time TBD (in conjunction with Alumni Day)
May 22 Classes End (For all graduating MSN/DNP/PhD students)
May 27 Grades Due (For all graduating MSN/DNP/PhD students)
May 28 Completion Date (For all graduating MSN/DNP/PhD students)
May 29 Graduation (Attendance is mandatory)
May 29 Classes End (For all returning BSN and MSN/DNP students NOT graduating)
June 5 Grades Due (For all returning BSN and MSN/DNP students NOT graduating)
June (Day - TBD) Graduate Progression Meeting (TENTATIVE)
June (Day - TBD) Undergraduate Progression Meeting (TENTATIVE)
June 26 Academic year ends for non-graduating PhD students
   
   
Updated: mc-6/10/08  
   

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