JANUARY 2008 |
January 1 |
Final date to apply online to the Graduate School for the spring semester |
January 7 |
International Student Orientation |
January 8 - 10 |
Freshman and Transfer Orientation |
January 14 |
Classes begin 7:30 a.m. |
January 20 – 24 |
Meteorological Society, NOLA |
January 21 |
Martin Luther King holiday |
January 22 |
Final date for dropping courses without receiving a grade of "W" |
January 24 |
Final date for adding courses for credit and making section changes |
January 24 |
Final date for adding thesis and dissertation research; final date for
“degree only” registration |
January 25 |
Final date for submitting to Graduate School applications for master’s and
doctoral degrees to be awarded at spring commencement |
January 25 |
Faculty Meeting (2:30 p.m.—Founders Room) |
FEBRUARY 2008 |
February 1 |
Final date for departments to recommend to Graduate School appointment of examining committees (requests for final examinations) for degrees to be awarded at spring commencement |
February 1 |
Final date for submitting to Graduate School general examination reports
for doctorates to be awarded at summer commencement |
February 4 – 6 |
Mardi Gras holiday |
February 15 |
Faculty Meeting (2:30 p.m.—Founders Room) |
February 15 – 17 |
Maya Weekend, Tulane University |
February 18 – 23 |
Forensics Meeting |
February 25 – March 2 |
Maya Meeting, Austin, TX |
MARCH 2008 |
March 3 – 8 |
Mid-semester exams |
March 7 |
Faculty Meeting (2:30 p.m.—Founders Room) |
March 11 |
Mid-semester grades due, 9:00 a.m. |
March 13 – 16 |
SAS, Stauton, VA |
March 17 - 23 |
Spring Break |
| March 26-30 |
SAA, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| March 28 |
Annual Pruitt Lecture, Guest Speaker Judith Carney, UCLA (details forthcoming) |
March 30 |
Course scheduling for Fall Semester and Summer Intersession begins, 5:00 p.m. |
APRIL 2008 |
| April 2 |
Guest speaker: Dr. A.J.M. Smits, Director, Center for Water and Society, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands. "Towards a Sustainable Land Use of River Delta: Waal River, The Netherlands" |
April 7 |
Final date for resigning from the University and/or dropping courses |
April 7 |
Final date to request rescheduling a final examination when three
examinations are scheduled in 24 hours |
April 7 |
Final date for submitting to Graduate School the “Program of Study” for
current semester to be counted toward the doctoral residence requirement |
April 10 – 12 |
Physical Anthropology Meeting |
April 11 |
Final date for submitting to Graduate School committee examination reports and approved theses and dissertations, including the Graduate School corrections (noon deadline) |
April 15 – 19 |
AAG, Boston, MA |
April 25 |
Faculty Meeting (2:30 p.m.—Founders Room) |
April 30 – May 4 |
Concentrated Study Period--no meetings, social activities, athletic events, other extracurricular activities requiring student participation will be scheduled; no major examinations will be given in academic courses other than labs |
MAY 2008 |
May 3 |
Classes end |
May 5 – 10 |
Final Examinations |
May 13 |
Final Grades (degree candidates) due, 9:00 a.m. |
May 14 |
Final Grades (non-degree candidates) due, 9:00 a.m. |
May 16 |
Commencement Day |
