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Academic Calendar for 2011-2012
First Semester
September 3 Welcome Week begins
September 6 Classes begin
September 8 4:30PM: Inauguration of Edwin G. Clausen, Ph.D. as the fifth President of Daemen College.
Classes will be cancelled from 4:00 - 6:30PM.
September 13 Last day for making changes in schedule (Adds and Drops)
October 7 Application for Degree forms must be filed with the Registrar’s office for all prospective January
2012 and May 2012 graduates
October 8-11 Fall Break — classes will not meet
October 12 Classes resume
October 24 Mid-semester deficiencies due at NOON
November 9 Last day for authorized withdrawal from courses (or change to audit)
November 14 Advance Registration begins for Intersemester and Spring Semester 2012
November 23-26 Thanksgiving Recess — classes will not meet
November 28 Classes resume
December 9 Last day of classes (Last day of classes for courses offered at the IAA location is December 10)
December 12 Final Examinations begin (NOTE: Exams for select courses may be scheduled for December 10 and/or 11.)
December 16 Final Examinations and Fall ‘11 Semester end
December 20 Semester grades due at NOON
Intersemester Session
January 3 Classes begin
January 12 Last day for authorized withdrawal from courses (or change to audit)
January 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance — classes will not meet
January 19 Last day of classes
January 20 Final Examinations are held (if no exam, class is held on this day)
January 23 Intersemester grades due
Second Semester
January 25 Classes begin
February 1 Last day for making changes in schedule (Adds and Drops)
February 20 President’s Day — classes will not meet
March 9 Mid-semester deficiencies due at NOON
March 12-16 Spring Break — classes will not meet
March 19 Classes resume
April 4 Last day for authorized withdrawal from courses (or change to audit)
April 6 - 10 Spring Holiday - classes will not meet
April 11 Classes resume
April 11 Advance Registration begins for Summer and Fall Semester 2012
TBA Academic Festival
April 16 Last day for submission of application to Upper Division/Professional Phase of Major for all departments
May 4 Last day of classes
May 7 Final Examinations begin (NOTE: Exams for select courses may be schedule for May 5 and/or 6.)
May 11 Final Examinations and Spring 2012 semester end
May 15 Grades due AT NOON for: prospective May ‘12 graduates, non-graduating ceremony “walkers,” and candidates for admission to professional phase studies in Athletic Training, and Physical Therapy
May 18 Baccalaureate Awards Ceremony
May 19 Commencement (held at Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY) 2:30 PM
May 22 Semester grades due at NOON for all other students
June 1 Application for Degree forms must be filed for all prospective September 2012 graduates
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