13 D. Min New Student Orientation 9-5

20-25 Registration and Schedule changes for returning students

22-23 Faculty Retreat

24-25 New student Orientation and Registration

3 Labor Day Holiday

4 First day of classes in Track I

4 Late registration and Drop/Add period begins

7 First day of classes in Track II

8 First day of classes in the Diploma Program

10 D. Min students meet 9-5

15 Late registration and Drop/Add period ends

20 Opening Convocation 7:00 p.m. (mandatory for students)

4-5 Speaks Lecture Series

8 D. Min students meet 9-5

13 Last day to withdraw from course with “W”

13 Last day for removal of Incomplete from transcripts

30-Nov. 10 Pre-Registration for J-Term and Spring Semester

12 D. Min students meet 9-5

16-20 AAR/SBL Annual meeting

19-24 Thanksgiving holiday/Reading Week (no classes)

27 Classes resume

7 Carol Service and Christmas Dinner

10 D. Min students meet 9-5

11-15 Final examinations and end of Fall semester

21 Seminary closes at 5:00 p.m. for Christmas

27 Offices re-open with reduced staff

31 Seminary closed

Notes:

1.There will be no mid-semester break or examination period. Faculty may schedule such assessments in keeping with what they deem best for the courses and the students.

2. The instructional period of the semester contains 13 weeks, plus a reading and a week for final examinations. Faculty attending the AAR/SBL meeting are to arrange appropriate coverage for their classes during their absence.

3. Grades are due in the Office of the Registrar no later than January 4th .

2 Offices re-open at 8:00 a.m.

2 January Term begins

2-5 Registration and schedule changes for returning Spring semester students

5 Orientation and registration for new students

7-11 D. Min Intensive Term & J - Term Intensive

11-12 Diploma Students Retreat

14-18 J - Term Intensive

21 Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Observance (Seminary Closed)

22 J-Term ends

29 First day of classes in Track I

29 Late Registration and Drop/Add period begins

1 First day of classes Track II

2 First day of classes in the Diploma Program

6 Hood’s Endowment Convocation

7 Heritage Lecture Series

9 End of late registration and Drop/Add period

11 D. Min students meet 9-5

29 J- Term Grades due in Registrar's office by 5:00 p.m.

1 D.Min. Service of Candidacy 10:00 a.m.

3-4 Board of Trustees on campus for retreat and winter business meeting

4-15 Pre-registration for Fall Semester and for Summer Term

8 Last day to withdraw from a course with “W” and last day for removal of “I” (incomplete) from transcripts

10 D. Min students meet 9-5

17-22 Holy Week/Reading Week (no classes)

21 Good Friday (Seminary Closed)

24 Easter Monday Holiday (Seminary closed)

25 Classes resume and offices re-open at 8:00 a.m.

25-29 Exit clearance interviews with the Dean for all candidates for graduation

14 D. Min students meet 9-5

22-26 Evaluation of courses by students due in the Dean’s office

22-26 Examination period for graduating candidates

29-May 3 Final examination period for other students

2 Grades for graduating candidates due in Registrar’s Office by 5:00 p.m.

9 Honors Awards and Closing Convocation 7:00 p.m.

9 Commencement Practice (TBA)

10 Worship service with Communion for graduates 8:30 a.m.

10 Commencement at 10:30 a.m.

12 D. Min students meet 9-5

16 All other grades due in Registrar’s office by 5:00 p.m.

19 Summer Term begins

26 Memorial Day Observance (Seminary closed)

19 Summer Term ends

14-18 D. Min Intensive Week

25 Summer Term grades due in Registrar's office by 5:00 p.m.