Academic Calendar - 2011/2012

FALL 2011

Friday, September 2:

Registration continues for all students

Saturday, September 3: Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON:

Welcome Week Begins:

Check-in for new freshmen and transfer resident students; Location: Wick Campus Center Lobby

12:00 PM - 4:30 PM Certain offices are open including:

Academic Support Services, Academic Computing Center , Admissions, Bookstore, Financial Aid, Health & Insurance Services, ITS (for student IDs), Registrar, Registration, Student Accounts

Sunday, September 4 Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM:

Check-in for new freshmen commuter students (only those students new to Daemen - not new to commuting); Location:Wick Campus Center Lobby

Sunday, September 4 Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM:

Residence halls open for returning resident students-Check in at Wick Campus Center Lobby                                                                                                                                 First meal served: Dinner

Sunday, September 4 Time: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM:

Required Freshmen meetings (see new student check-in packet for details)

Monday, September 5:

Labor Day Holiday - Offices closed

Tuesday, September 6:

CLASSES COMMENCE

Tuesday, September 6 - Tuesday, September 13:

Late Registration                                                                                                             Throughout late registration, Admissions, Academic Support Services, Financial Aid, Registration AND Student Accounts Offices are open 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM daily with the exception of Friday, September 9.

Thursday, September 8 Time: 4:30 PM

Inauguration of Edwin G. Clausen, Ph.D. as Daemen's Fifth President                  Reception to follow. Classes scheduled to begin at 4:00 pm to 5:55 pm are cancelled and will have an extended drop/add period. Classes scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm on Thursday, September 8, will be delayed until 6:30 pm.

Tuesday, September 13:

Last day for making changes in schedule (DROP/ADD) - may be done on-line on WebAdvisor.                                                                                                                       AND                                                                                                                                   Last day for students to file a Declaration for S (Satisfactory)/U (Unsatisfactory) Grading Form with the Registration Office, DS120. NOTE: Forms cannot be submitted online. On/about August 15, the form may be downloaded at:www.daemen.edu/office/registrar/forms.

Classes with Special Dates have adjusted drop/add and authorized withdrawal dates. A complete listing can be accessed by clicking here. 

And

Registration Office holds evening hours (8:30 AM - 7:00 PM)

Wednesday, September 14:

Preliminary SPRING Course Schedule available on the web for

faculty review and final changes by Department Chairs

AND

Proposed INTERSEMESTER course materials sent to Department Chairs

Thursday, September, 29:

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM                                                                                                    Departmental Meetings with students are held. Location of meetings posted on the web (click here for link to flyer) and in faculty offices and Registration/Registrar's Offices (DS 120 & 123)

Monday, October 3:

INTERSEMESTER Proposed course materials returned to Registrar’s Office

Friday, October 7:

Application for Degree forms submitted to the Registrar's Office by prospective January 2012 and May 2012 graduates. Obtain and print online form: www.daemen.edu/office/registrar/graduationinfo.

Saturday, October 8- Tuesday, October 11:

Fall Break -- Classes will not meet. On Monday, October 10 offices will be closed.

Wednesday, October 12:

Classes Resume

Monday, October 17:

SPRING Preliminary Course Schedule with final changes due in the Registrar's Office

AND

INTERSEMESTER Preliminary Course Schedule available on the web for faculty and final changes by Department chairs

Monday, October 24: 12 NOON:

Undergraduate Students:                                                                                                     Mid-Term Deficiency grades submitted on WebAdvisor by faculty

AND

Graduate Students:                                                                                                  Graduate faculty submit unauthorized withdrawal grades on WebAdvisor

Monday, October 31:

INTERSEMESTER with final changes returned to Registrar's Office

Thursday, November 3:

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Departmental Meetings with students are held. Location of meetings posted on the web (click here for link to flyer) and in faculty offices and Registration/Registrar's Offices (DS 120 & 123)

Monday, November 7:

The Registration site on the Registrar's web page is activated. The site will include the Time Schedule for the opening of the registration windows for Intersemester and Spring Registration.

The Intersemester and Spring Course Schedules are available on Webadvisor for registration planning.

Wednesday, November 9:

Last day for authorized withdrawal from classes and/or change of status from credit to audit-- must be submitted to Registration office (DS 120); cannot be submitted on-line. (ANY REQUESTS FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM ANY OR ALL COURSES AFTER THIS DATE MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC STANDARDS)

Classes with Special Dates: For Drop/Add and Authorized Withdrawal dates, click here.

AND

Registration Office holds evening hours (8:30 AM - 6:30 PM)

Monday, November 14:

SPRING AND INTERSEMESTER 2012 ADVANCE REGISTRATION BEGINS

Registration office holds evening hours (8:30 AM - 6:30 PM) on the following ADVANCE REGISTRATION days: Tuesday, November 15    Monday, November  28                    Thursday, December 1

Monday, November 21:

Fall Proposed course offerings materials sent to Department Chairs

Tuesday, November 22:

Thanksgiving recess begins AFTER last class

Wednesday, November 23 Time: 10:00 AM:

Residence halls close for Thanksgiving Recess

Last meal served: Breakfast

Wednesday, November 23:

Offices close at Noon

Wednesday, November 23 - Saturday, November 26:

Thanksgiving holiday -- Classes will not meet

Sunday November 27 Time: 12:00 NOON:

Residence halls re-open

First meal served: Dinner

Monday, November 28:

Classes Resume - Offices re-open

Friday, December 9:

Last day of classes for Fall semester

AND

Last day for students to submit outstanding work for Spring and Summer 2011 "Incomplete" (I) grades. (Extensions are granted ONLY if they are approved by the Committee on Academic Standards)

Monday, December 12- Friday, December 16:

Examinations are held. Examination schedule is accessible on the Daemen website AND in the Registrar/Registration Offices (DS 123, 120 respectively) NOTE: Examinations for select courses may be scheduled for December 10 and/or 11. Consult the complete exam schedule, accessible on the Daemen website, for complete details.

Friday, December 16:

Examinations end and intersemester recess begins AFTER last exam

Saturday, December 17 Time: 10:00 AM:

Residence halls close for Holiday recess                                                                           Last meal served: Breakfast

Monday, December 19:

Registration Office holds evening hours (8:30 AM - 6:30 PM)

NOON:TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20:

GRADES DUE FROM FACULTY (enter on WebAdvisor)

Wednesday, December 21:

Fall Proposed Course materials returned to Registrar's Office

Friday,December 23:

Offices close at Noon for Holiday recess

Monday, December 28 - Monday, January 2:

Offices closed for Holiday recess

INTERSEMESTER 2012

Tuesday, January 3:

Offices re-open

Tuesday, January 3:

INTERSEMESTER CLASSES COMMENCE

AND                                                                                                                   Registration office holds evening hours (8:30 AM - 6:30 PM)

Wednesday, January 4:

Intersemester classes dropped after 1/3/12 will be 100% tuition liable

Thursday, January 12:

Last day for authorized withdrawal from Intersemester classes

Monday, January 16:

Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance - Offices are closed. Classes will not meet.

Thursday, January 19:

Last day of classes for Intersemester

Friday, January 20:

Intersemester Examinations are held. (If no examination held, class will meet on this day)

Monday, January 23:

INTERSEMESTER GRADES DUE FROM FACULTY (enter on WebAdvisor)

SPRING 2012

Thursday, January 5 Time: 9:30 AM:

Meeting of the Committee on Academic Standards

Friday, January 6 Time: 9:30 AM:

Meeting of the Graduate Committee on Academic Standards

Sunday, January 22 Time: 12:00 NOON:

Residence halls re-open for all students

First meal served: Dinner                                                               

Tuesday, January 24:

REGISTRATION continues for all students. Financial Aid, Registration, Student Accounts offices hold evening hours (8:30 AM - 7:00 PM)

Wednesday, January 25:

CLASSES COMMENCE

Wednesday, January 25 - Wednesday, February 1:

Late Registration                                                                                                Throughout the late registration period, the Registration and Student Accounts Offices are open 8:30 A.M. - 7:00 PM with the exception of Friday, January 27 (8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.)

Wednesday, February 1:

Last day for making changes in schedule (DROP/ADD) -- may be done on-line on WebAdvisor AND Last day for students to file a Declaration for S (Satisfactory)/U (Unsatisfactory) Grading form with the Registration Office, DS 120. Forms cannot be submitted online. The form may be downloaded at: www.daemen.edu/offices/registrar/forms.

Classes with Special Dates have adjusted drop/add and authorized withdrawal dates.  A complete listing can be accessed by clicking here.

 

Thursday, February 2:

FALL Preliminary Course Schedule available on the web for faculty review and final changes by Department Chairs and SUMMER Proposed course materials sent to Department Chairs

Wednesday, February 15:

SUMMER proposed course materials returned to the Registrar's Office

Thursday, February 16:

11:30 AM -12:30 PM                                                                                                 Departmental Meetings with students are held. Location of meetings are posted on the web (click here for link to flyer) and in faculty offices and Registration/Registrar's Offices (DS 120 & 123)

Monday, February 20:

President's Day -- Classes will not meet/Offices will be closed

Thursday, March 1:

FALL Preliminary course schedule with final changes due in the Registrar's Office and SUMMER Preliminary course schedule available on the web for faculty review and final changes by Department Chairs.

NOON: Friday, March 9:

Undergraduate Students: Mid-term deficiency grades submitted on WebAdvisor by faculty

AND

Graduate Students: Graduate faculty submit unauthorized withdrawal grades on WebAdvisor

Saturday, March 10 Time: 10:00 AM:

Residence halls close for Spring Break

Last meal served: Breakfast             

Monday, March 12- Friday, March 16:

Spring Break -- Classes will not meet

Sunday, March 18 TIME: 12:00 NOON:

Residence halls re-open                                                                                                  First meal served: Dinner

Monday, March 19:

Classes Resume

Tuesday, March 20:

SUMMER Preliminary with final changes returned to Registrar's Office

Thursday, March 29:

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM                                                                                                         Departmental Meetings with  students are held . Location of meetings posted on the web (click here for link to flyer) and in faculty offices and Registration/Registrar's offices (DS 120 $ 123)

Friday, March 30:

Last day for non-completing seniors or graduate students to submit application to walk in the Commencement ceremony. See http://daemen.edu/registrar, Graduation Info link for eligibility requirements and application.

Monday, April 2:

The Registration site on the Registrar's webpage is activated. The site will include the Time Schedule for the opening of registration windows for Summer and Fall '12 registration AND Summer and Fall Course schedules available on Webadvisor for registration planning.

Wednesday, April 4:

Last day for authorized withdrawal from classes and/or change of status from credit to audit - must be submitted to Registration office (DS 120); cannot be submitted on-line. (ANY REQUESTS FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM ANY OR ALL COURSES AFTER THIS DATE MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC STANDARDS).

Classes with Special Dates: For Drop/Add and Authorized Withdrawal dates, click here AND Registration Office holds evening hours (8:30 AM - 6:30 PM)

Thursday, April 5:

SPRING Proposed Course offerings material sent to Department Chairs.

Friday, April 6 - Tuesday, April 10:

Spring Holiday -- Classes will not meet

Wednesday, April 11:

SUMMER AND FALL ADVANCE REGISTRATION BEGINS

Registration office holds evening hours (8:30 AM - 6:30 PM) on the following ADVANCE REGISTRATION days Thursday, April 12, Tuesday, April 17, Friday, April 20

Monday, April 16:

Last day for students to submit a letter of application and/or other required materials for admission to upper division/professional phase for all departments. Required materials are to be submitted to the appropriate academic Department Chair.

April TBA:

Academic Festival Keynote Speaker: TBA, Wick Center, Wick Social Room

Wednesday, April 18:

Academic Festival: All day, campus-wide event. Students, college personnel and the general public are invited to attend the Festival in lieu of classes normally held 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

Friday, April 27:

Spring Proposed Course offerings returned to the Registrar's Office.

Friday, May 4:

Last day of classes for Spring

AND

Last day for students to submit outstanding work for Fall 2011 and Intersemester 2012 "Incomplete" (I) grades. (Extensions are granted ONLY if they are approved by the Committee on Academic Standards).

Monday, May 7 - Friday, May 11:

Examinations are held. Examination schedule is accessible on the Daemen website AND in the Registrar/Registration office (DS123, 120 respectively).                                                                                                                    NOTE: Examinations for select courses may be scheduled for May 5 and/or 6. Consult the complete exam schedule, accessible on the Daemen website, for complete details.

Friday, May 11:

Semester ends AFTER last exam

Saturday, May 12 TIME: 10:00 AM:

Residence halls close for all students NOT participating in Commencement

Last meal served: Breakfast

Monday, May 14 - Saturday, May 19:

Graduation week celebration

Monday, May 14:

Registration office holds evening hours (8:30 AM - 6:30 PM)

NOON:Tuesday May 15:

Grades due from faculty for all prospective May '12 graduates and prospective non-graduating ceremony participants, along with Athletic Training, Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant majors who are applicants for professional phase studies in the Fall '12 semester. Grades are submitted on WebAdvisor by faculty.

Friday, May 18:

Baccalaureate Awards Ceremony

Saturday, May 19 Time: 2:30 PM

COMMENCEMENT  

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3 Symphony Circle

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Sunday, May 20 TIME: 12:00 NOON:

Residence Halls close for all remaining students

NOON: Tuesday, May 22:

Grades due from faculty for all other students. Grades are submitted on WebAdvisor by faculty.

Thursday, May 31 Time: 9:30 AM:

Meeting of the Committee on Academic Standards

Friday, June 1 Time: 9:30 AM

Meeting of the Graduate Committee on Academic Standards

Friday, June 1:

Application for Degree forms submitted to the Registrar's office by prospective September 2012

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