DIVINITY CALENDAR 2008-2009

Fall Semester 2008


Thursday and Friday August 21-22 – Orientation for new students –Advising for first year/first semester students will be done by faculty as assigned on Thursday.
August 22 – fall registration period concludes at 4:00 p.m.
August 25– classes begin
September 1, Monday– last day to add a course in Divinity 
September 3, Wednesday – last day to change from graded to audit status and from graded to pass/fail for Divinity students 
September 3, Wednesday – syllabi due to Sherry Willis and MAT Trotter (library)
October 20-21 – Fall break
October 23-24 – Homecoming/Cole Lectures
October 27-November 7, Monday–Friday, Divinity registration spring 2009 semester 
November 22-30, Saturday–Sunday   Thanksgiving holidays 
December 9, Tuesday – Classes end in Divinity 
December 10, Wednesday – Reading day in Divinity 
December 11–18, Thursday-Thursday – Final examinations in Divinity 
December 20, Saturday – Final grades must be posted by 4:00 p.m.  

Spring Semester 2009
January 5, Monday – Classes begin in Divinity 
January 7, copies of syllabi for Spring 2009 classes are due to Sherry Willis in the administrative suite and to MAT Trotter in the library.
January 12, Monday – last day to add a course in Divinity 
January 14, Wednesday – last day to change from graded to audit status and from graded to pass/fail for Divinity students 
January 19, Monday –  The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday/no classes in the Divinity School 
February 28 – March 8, Saturday–Sunday    Spring holidays 
March (TBA)     Antoinette Brown Lecture
March 30–April 9, Monday-Friday   Divinity registration for the fall semester 
April 10, Friday – Good Friday/no classes in the Divinity School 
April 21, Tuesday – Classes end in Divinity 
April 22, Wednesday – Reading day in Divinity 
April 23-30, Thursday-Thursday – Final examinations in Divinity 
May 1, Friday – Final grades must be posted by 4:00 p.m. 
May 7, – Baccalaureate
May 8, Friday – Commencement