CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT DATES
   Spring 2003
October 1 Spring Term registration and graduation application period begins for April 2003 graduates ONLY
Oct 15 - Dec 6 Spring Term registration period for returning full-time students
Oct 24 - Jan 6 Spring Term registration for part-time students
January 2 All University offices and buildings reopen
January 6 Spring Term classes begin
January 17 Final date to resign or drop a course for the Spring Term with no tuition charge
January 17 Last day to add a course
January 17 Last day to drop a course with no record on the transcript.  Courses dropped after this date but prior to the ninth week of the term will receive a W grade on the transcript.
January 17  Last day to submit Buckley Amendment Refusal to Permit the Release of "Directory Information" forms to the Registrar.
January 18 The course instructor must approve courses dropped beginning this date*
January 20 University Holiday (Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday)
January 30 Last day to exercise credit/audit grade option (contact the Office of the Registrar)
January 31 Last day to apply for April 2003 graduation. Applications received after this date will be assessed a $15 late fee
February 26 Summer and Fall Term registration begins for August 2003 and December 2003 graduates ONLY
February 26 Last day to withdraw from a course without the Vice-President for Academic Affair's permission to receive a W grade on the transcript*
February 27 The Vice-President for Academic Affairs will approve courses dropped beginning this date through the end of the term only in exceptional circumstances; W grades are shown on the transcript*
March 2 – 9 Spring Recess for students (no classes); All University buildings and offices will remain open and staffed except on Great Americans' Day
March 7 University Holiday (Great Americans Day)
March 14 Last day to resign for the Spring Term with a 60% tuition charge.  Thereafter, tuition charge is100%
Mar 17 – Apr 4 Summer and Fall registration period for returning full-time students to meet with Faculty Advisors
Mar 17 – Apr 25 Summer and Fall registration period for returning full-time students to meet with Academic Affairs Advisors
April 4 Last day for returning full-time students to register with Faculty Advisors
April 18 Last session for all day classes (Monday – Friday) except for make-ups
April 19 – 20 Reading period for all day classes
April 19 – 25 Final exam period for all classes
April 19 – 25 Evening and Saturday classes will continue to meet during this period and final exams will be held during the last scheduled class meeting
April 26 Spring Term ends
April 26 Commencement
April 28 Final grades are due in the Office of the Registrar no later than 12 noon
April 28 – 30 No course registration or add-drops will be processed in the Office of the Registrar
· NOTE:  Failure to attend a class does not constitute official resignation or dropping of the class.  In order to drop a class or resign officially, students must complete an add/drop, Monitored Withdrawal Request (available in the Office of the Registrar) or a Resignation form (available in the Business Office) before the respective deadlines listed on above. Failure to complete the appropriate forms will result in an F grade and financial obligation for all courses. 
Spring Term Make-up Days

The period of April 19 – 20 is part of a built-in reserve time period that can be used either as a reading period (for day classes) or as a make-up period for day classes.  Saturday and evening classes may use all Friday evenings in March, as well as April 4, 11 and 18, as make-up days.