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2012-2013 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

SECOND SEMESTER

January 2013

January 3, Thursday - Residence Halls Open for New and Transfer Students
January 4, Friday - Orientation and Late Registration
January 6, Sunday - Residence Halls Open for Current Students after 2 pm
January 7, Monday - Classes Begin
January 11, Friday - Full Term and Online Session I Drop/Add Deadline
January 17, Thursday - Faculty Meeting at 11 a.m. in Chorale Room
January 21, Monday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 26, Saturday - Saturday at Shorter - Preview Day for prospective students and parents - For more information or to RSVP, contact the Office of Admissions at 800-868-6980, ext. 7319 or email admissions@shorter.edu.

February 2013

February 11-12, Monday – Tuesday - Winter Holidays

March 2013

March 1, Friday - Online Session One Ends
March 1, Friday - Midsemester
March 4-8, Monday – Friday - Spring Vacation
March 11, Monday - Online Session Two Begins
March 15, Friday - Online Session II Drop/Add Deadline
March 28 , Thursday - Faculty Meeting at 11 a.m. in Chorale Room
March 29, Friday - Good Friday Holiday

April 2013

April 3, Wednesday - Celebrate Shorter
April 13, Saturday - Saturday at Shorter - Preview Day for prospective students and parents - For more information or to RSVP, contact the Office of Admissions at 800-868-6980, ext. 7319 or email admissions@shorter.edu.
April 22, Monday - Final day of classes
April 23 – May 1, Tuesday – Wednesday - Final Examinations

May 2013

May 3, Friday - Online Session Two Ends
May 3, Friday - Commencement

SUMMER TERMS 2013

May 2013

May 6, Monday - Online Session One Begins
May 8-29 - Maymester Begins
May 27, Monday - Memorial Day

June 2013

June 3-28 - June Term
June 24, Monday - Online Session Two Begins
June 28, Friday - Online Session One Ends

July 2013

July 1-29 - July Term
July 4, Thursday - Independence Day

August 2013

August 16, Friday - Online Session Two Ends

FALL SEMESTER 2013

August 2013

August 12 - Residence Halls Open for Approved Student Athletes and Student Organizations
August 12-16 - Faculty Orientation Week
August 15, Wednesday - Residence Halls Open for All Freshman and Transfer Students
August 15-17 - Camp Hawk
August 17, Saturday - Residence Halls Open for All Returning Students
August 19, Monday - Classes Begin Full Term and Online Session One
August 20, Tuesday - Convocation

September 2013

September 2, Monday - Labor Day

October 2013

October 4, Friday - Midsemester
October 7-8 - Fall Holidays
October 11, Friday - Online Session One Ends
October 14, Monday - Online Session Two Begins

November 3013

November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Holidays

December 2013

December 3, Tuesday - Final Day of Full-Term Classes
December 5-12 - Final Examinations
December 6, Friday - Online Session Two Ends
December 13, Friday - Commencement

SPRING SEMESTER 2014

January 2014

January 3, Friday - Residence Halls Open
January 3, Friday - Orientation
January 6, Monday - Classes Begin Full Term and Online Session One
January 20, Monday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

February 2014

February 28, Friday - Midsemester
February 28, Friday - Online Session One Ends

March 2014

March 3-7 - Spring Vacation
March 3, Monday - Online Session Two Begins

April 2014

April 2, Wednesday - Celebrate Shorter
April 18, Friday - Good Friday Holiday
April 21, Monday - Final Day of Full-Term Classes
April 23-30 - Final Examinations for Full-Term Classes
April 25, Friday - Online Session Two Ends

May 2014

May 2, Friday - Commencement (tentative)