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Faculty Calendar 2009-2010
 
First Semester Second Semester
 
First Semester 2009
Date Event
Aug. 11 STAR Day
Aug. 11 Adjunct In-Service
Time: 5:30 p.m.; Location: Donnelly Center
Aug. 19 STAR Day

Aug. 19 & 20

New Faculty Orientation
Aug. 20 New Student Orientation
Aug. 20 Freshman Convocation
Time: 4 p.m.; Location: Field House
Aug. 21 Fall Institute
Time: 8:00 a.m.; Location: Donnelly Center
Aug. 23 Welcome Mass
Time: 8 p.m.; Location: Bukowski Chapel
Aug. 24 Classes begin at 8 a.m.
Aug. 24 - 28 Class registration and changes for students. Faculty must be available to sign add slips for closed classes. 
Aug. 28 Last day to add a semester or first quad class. It is understood that student must be in the second class (for classes meeting one time per week).
Aug. 28 & 29 First session of Directed Study class
Sept. 2 Mass of the Holy Spirit
Time: 4:30 p.m.; Location: Bukowski Chapel
Sept. 2 Staff Assembly
Time: 11 a.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
Sept. 4 Last day to drop first quad or semester class with no financial penalty (No refund after noon.)
Sept. 4 Office Hours Forms due to Provost
Sept. 7 Labor Day - No Classes
Sept. 8 - 14 No show attendance records due to Registrar from all faculty 
Sept. 9 Faculty Assembly
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
Sept. 15 Academic Affairs & Policies Committee Meeting of the Board of Trustees 
Time: 3:30 p.m.; Location: Holmdene Conservatory
Sept. 16 Student Senate 
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
Sept. 16 Chairpersons' Meeting
Time: 12:30 p.m.; Location: Loutit Room
Sept. 16 Advisory Council for General Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH 106 
Sept. 18 Spring 2010 Schedule from Department Chairs due to Registrar
Sept. 18 Last day to drop a first quad class with no academic penalty
Sept. 18 Last day to drop a Directed Study class with no financial penalty
Sept. 18 & 19 Second session of Directed Study class
Sept. 23 Committee on Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH 106
Sept. 30 Student Senate 
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
Sept. 30 Annual Professional Development & Assessment Plan forms due to Department Chairpersons
Oct - Nov - Dec Class visitations by Academic Chairpersons, Academic Deans, and Provost for first-and second-year faculty, those requesting Promotion, or those eligible for Tenure decision
Oct. 1 Begin to submit revisions for the 2010 - 2011 Academic Catalog
Oct. 1 - 31 Consultation between faculty and Department Chairpersons regarding Annual Professional Development and Assessment Plan 
Oct. 2 - 4 Aquinas Homecoming Weekend
Oct. 3 Dean's List Recognition Ceremony
Time: 10 a.m.; Location: Performing Arts Center
Oct. 3 Aquinas Homecoming Mass 
Time: 5 p.m.; Location: Bukowski Chapel 
Oct. 7

Staff Assembly
Time: 11 a.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 

Oct. 7 Faculty Assembly
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
Oct. 9 & 10 Third session of Directed Study class
Oct. 9 Fall Progress Reports due to Registrar's Office (Satisfactory, Marginal or Unsatisfactory)
Oct. 14 Advisory Council for General Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location:  JLH 106
Oct. 14 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
Oct. 14 Deadline for "incomplete" work from students to faculty for Spring 2009 & Summer 2009
Oct. 14 Software adoption forms due to ITS. 
Forms Available: campus.aquinas.edu/its/forms/software_request.html (On campus Access Only)
Oct. 16 Textbook Adoption Forms for second semester, including third and fourth quads, due to the Bookstore.
Oct. 17 Last Monday evening class date for first quad as make-up for Labor Day - held on Saturday
Oct. 17 First Quad ends
Oct. 19 - 23 Mid-Term Break for 16-week classes
Due to the Labor Day holiday, Monday classes in the first quad format meet on October 17 (Saturday).
Additionally, due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Thursday classes in the second quad format meet on December 19 (Saturday).
Oct. 21 Grades for 1st quad due in Registrar's Office by 3 p.m.
Oct. 21 Deadline for Faculty to turn in "incomplete" grades for Spring 2009, Summer 2009, or to grant extensions - by 4 p.m. 
Oct. 23 Computer accounts for non-registered students and graduated students disabled
Oct. 23 Evaluation of second-year faculty due in Provost's Office 
Oct. 26 Classes resume at 8 a.m. 
Oct. 26

Deadline for submitting Sabbatical Leave proposals to Provost's Office by 4:30 p.m.

Oct. 28 Committee on Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH 106
Oct. 28 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
Oct. 30 Annual Professional Development and Assessment Plan forms due from Department Chairs to academic dean and to the Provost by 4:30 p.m. 
Oct. 30 Deadline for faculty requesting Promotion to have written requests to Academic Chairperson and to the Provost by 4:30 p.m. 
Oct. 30 Last day to add second quad course
Oct. 30 Last day to drop a semester long class without academic penalty
Oct. 30 & 31 Fourth session of Directed Study class
Nov. 4 Staff Assembly
Time: 11 a.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
Nov. 4 Chairpersons' Meeting
Time: 12:30 p.m.; Location: Donnelly Center
Nov. 6 Last day to drop a second quad class without financial penalty (No refunds after 4 p.m.)
Nov. 9 - 13 No show attendance records due to Registrar from all faculty
Nov. 11 Faculty Assembly
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Donnelly Center
Nov. 18 Advisory Council for General Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH 106
Nov. 18 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
Nov. 19 Summer Schedule due to Director of Instructional Services
Nov. 20 Last day to drop a second quad class without academic penalty
Nov. 20 & 21 Final session of Directed Study class
Nov. 25 Thanksgiving vacation begins after last class for 16-week classes (evening quad classes meet)
Nov. 30 Classes resume at 8 a.m. 
Dec. 2 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
Dec. 2 Committee on Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH 106
Dec. 4 Letters of support/concern for Promotion or Tenure cases due in Provost's Office by 4:30 p.m. 
Dec. 7 December Graduates Recognition Ceremony
Time: 5:30 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom and Loutit Room
Dec. 11 All cases for Promotion or Tenure due in Provost's Office by 4:30 pm 
Dec. 14 - 18 Final examinations according to printed schedule.
NOTE: Faculty are required to give final exams at the times designated on the semester schedule.
Any variations from this schedule must be approved by the Provost. 
Dec. 19 Second Quad ends
Dec. 23 Grades due in Registrar's Office
 
Second Semester 2010
Date Event
Jan. 11 Classes begin at 8 a.m. 
Jan. 11 - 18 Class registration and changes for students - Faculty must be available to sign add/drop slips
Jan. 13 Faculty Assembly
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
Jan. 15 Last day to add a semester or third quad class (It is understood that student must be in the second class (for classes meeting one time per week)
Jan. 15 & 16 First session of Directed Study class
Jan. 20 Chairpersons' Meeting
Time: 12:30 p.m.; Location: Loutit Room
Jan. 20 Advisory Council for General Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH106
Jan. 20 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
Jan. 22 Last day to drop a third quad class without financial penalty
Jan. 25 - 29 No show attendance records due to Registrar from all faculty
Jan. 25 - 31 St. Thomas Aquinas Week
Jan. 27 Committee on Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH106
Jan. 27 Dominican Heritage Mass
Time: 4:30 p.m.; Location: Bukowski Chapel
Jan. 31 Mass of St. Thomas Aquinas
Time: Noon; Location: Wege Ballroom 
Feb. - March - April  Class visitation by Academic Chairpersons and Academic Deans for Mid-Tenure and first year faculty
Feb. 3 Staff Assembly
Time: 11 a.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
Feb. 3 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
Feb. 5 Fall 2010 Schedules from Department Chairpersons due to Registrar
Feb. 5 Last day to drop a third quad class without academic penalty
Feb.5 & 6 Second session of Directed Study class
Feb. 12 Hardware requests due to ITS. 
Forms Available: campus.aquinas.edu/its/forms/hardware_request.html (On campus Access Only)
Feb. 10 Faculty Assembly
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
Feb. 17 Advisory Council for General Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH106
Feb. 17 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
Feb. 17 Ash Wednesday Masses
Time: 12:15 and 4:30 p.m.; Location: Bukowski Chapel
Feb. 24 Committee on Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH106
Feb. 26 & 27 Third session of Directed Study class
Feb. 27 Spring Progress Reports Due to Registrar's Office
March 1 Evaluation of first-year faculty due in Provost's Office
March 3 Deadline for "incomplete" work from students to faculty for Fall 2008
March 3 Staff Assembly
Time: 11 a.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
March 3 Chairpersons' Meeting
Time: 12:30 p.m.; Location: Donnelly Center
March 3 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
March 5 Third quad ends
March 5 Textbook Adoption Forms for summer due to Bookstore. 
March 8 - 12 Mid-Term Break 
March 10 Grades for third quad due in Registrar's Office by 3 p.m. 
March 10 Deadline for faculty to turn in "incomplete" grades for Fall 2009 or to grant extensions by 4 p.m.
March 12 Software adoption forms due to ITS. 
Forms Available: campus.aquinas.edu/its/forms/software_request.html (On campus Access Only)
March 15 Classes resume at 8 a.m.
March 15 Fourth quad begins
March 17 Faculty Assembly
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
March 19 Last day to drop a semester long class without academic penalty
March 19 Last day to add a fourth quad class
March 19 All cases for Mid-Tenure Review due in Provost's Office by 4 p.m. 
March 19 & 20 Fourth session of Directed Study class
March 24 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
March 24 Advisory Council for General Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH106
March 25 Evaluations due for third-, fourth-, and fifth-year faculty
March 26 Textbook Adoption Forms for fall due to the Bookstore.
March 26 Last day to drop a fourth quad class without financial penalty (No refunds after 4 p.m.)
March 29 -
April 2
No show attendance records due to Registrar from all faculty
March 31 Committee on Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH106
April 1 Holy Thursday Mass
Time: 4:30 p.m.; Location: Bukowski Chapel
April 1 Easter vacation begins after the last class
April 5 Classes resume at 6 p.m. 
April 7 Staff Assembly
Time: 11 a.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
April 7 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
April 9 Last day to drop a fourth quad class without academic penalty
April 9 & 10 Final session of Directed Study class
April 14 Faculty Assembly
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Donnelly Center
April 21 Chairpersons' Meeting
Time: 12:30 p.m.; Location: Donnelly Center
April 21 Advisory Council for General Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH106
April 21 Student Senate
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom
April 28 Committee on Studies
Time: 3 p.m.; Location: JLH106
May 3 - 7 Final examinations according to printed schedule.
NOTE: Faculty are required to give final exams at the times designated on the semester schedule. Any variations from this schedule must be approved by the Provost. 
May 5 Staff Assembly (includes lunch)
Time: 11 a.m.; Location: Wege Ballroom 
May 7 Fourth quad ends
May 8 Baccalaureate Mass
Time: 10 a.m.; Location: Cathedral of St. Andrew
May 8 Commencement
Time: 2 p.m.; Location: Fieldhouse
May 12 Grades for second semester and fourth quad due in Registrar's Office by 3 p.m. 
May 14 Directed Study Summer Session begins
May 14 & 15 First session of Directed Study class
May 17 Mini I and First Eight Week Summer I begins
May 28 Last day to drop a Mini I or Eight Week Summer I without financial penalty
May 28 Last day to drop a Mini I without academic penalty
June 4 Last day to drop Directed Study course without financial penalty
June 11 Last day to drop a Summer I without academic penalty
June 14 Mini II and second Eight Week Summer II begins
June 25 Last day to drop a Mini II or Eight Week Summer II without financial penalty
June 25 Last day to drop a Mini II without academic penalty
July 9 Last day to drop an Eight Week Summer II without academic penalty