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Academic Year Calendar
2009 - 2010


Last updated 9/24/09
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SEPTEMBER
Tue - Mon   15-21   Wildcat Welcome
Mon   21   Bienen School BBQ, Regenstein Lawn, 5:00 p.m.
Tue   22   Fall Quarter classes begin
Thu   24   FACULTY MEETING, Pick-Staiger Rehearsal Room, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Mon   28   Late registration ends; last day to ADD any course
OCTOBER
Fri   2   DEAN'S RECEPTION, Guild Louge (Scott Hall), 6 - 8 p.m.
Fri   2   Faculty Teaching Load Reports due to Lynn Kendall
Wed   7   Music Studies faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m.
Fri   9   Deadline to submit faculty travel requests to Associate Dean Machado
Wed   21   Music Performance faculty meeting, 8:15 a.m.
Wed   21   Music Studies faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m.
Fri   23   Deadline to submit course proposals for Summer Session to Dorothy Wyandt
Fri   30   Last day to DROP any course
Fri-Sun   30-Nov 1   Family Weekend
NOVEMBER
Mon   2   Third-Year Review candidate(s)'s dossier(s) due to Dean's Office
Wed   4   Music Studies faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m.
Mon-Wed   9-11   Stephen Hough Residency
Tue   10   FACULTY MEETING, Lutkin Hall, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Mon   16   Advance registration for Winter Quarter begins
Mon   16   Third-Year Review letters from eligible faculty due in Dean's Office
Wed   18   Music Studies faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m.
Wed   25   Thanksgiving vacation begins, 6:00 p.m.
Thu-Fri   26-27   Thanksgiving Holiday
Mon   30   Classes resume
DECEMBER
Tue   1   Deadline for MM, CP & DM applications (Bienen School of Music)
Wed   2   Music Studies Faculty Meeting, 4:00 p.m.
Fri   4   Dept. Chair /Co-Chair letter(s) regarding Third-Year Review candidate(s) due to Dean
Sat   5   Last day of Fall Quarter classes
Mon   7   Fall Quarter exams begin
Mon   7   Faculty/Staff Holiday Potluck, Pick-Staiger Lobby, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Fri   11   Winter vacation begins, 6:00 p.m.
Mon   14   Final grades due for Fall Quarter, 3:00 p.m.
Thu   31   Deadline for PhD Applications
JANUARY
Fri   1   Postmark deadline for undergraduate applications (University)
Mon   4   Winter Quarter classes begin
Fri   8   Late registration ends; last day to ADD any course
Fri   8   University Research Grant applications due (12:00 noon)
Fri   8   Alumnae Grant applications due (12:00 p.m.)
Wed   13   Music Studies faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m.
Fri   15   Faculty Teaching Load Reports due to Lynn Kendall
Mon   18   Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (all classes, lessons, and ensembles cancelled)
Tue   19   Faculty Meeting, Pick-Staiger Rehearsal Room, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Wed   27   Music Studies faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m.
Fri-Sat   29-30   On-Campus Audition Weekend (Undergrad & MM)
FEBRUARY
Wed   10   Music Studies faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m.
Fri   12   Last day to DROP any course
Fri-Sat   12-13   On-Campus Audition Weekend (Undergrad & MM)
Mon   15   RTP Committee Review due
Fri-Sat   19-20   CP and DM performance auditions
Mon   22   Advance registration for Spring Quarter begins
Wed   24   Music Studies faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m.
Fri-Sat   26-27   On-Campus Audition Weekend (Undergrad & MM)
MARCH
Mon-Tue   1-2   MM & DM orchestral and wind conducting auditions
Mon-Tue   8-9   MM & DM choral conducting auditions
Wed   11   FACULTY MEETING, Lutkin Hall, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Sat   13   Last day of Winter Quarter classes
Mon   15   Winter Quarter exams begin
Fri   19   Spring vacation begins, 6:00 p.m.
Mon   22   Final grades due, 3:00 p.m.
Mon   29   Spring Quarter classes begin
Wed   31   Music Studies faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m.
APRIL
Thu   1   Application deadline for all 4-summer MM in Music Education
Fri   2   Late registration ends; Last day to ADD any course
Fri   2   University Research Grant applications due (12:00 noon)
Fri   9   Deadline for budget and capital equipment requests for 2010-11 to Associate Dean Machado
Fri   9   Deadlline to submit Faculty Teaching Load Reports to Lynn Kendall
Mon   13   Deadline to submit Faculty Activity Reports to Judi Ungashick
Tue-Fri   10-13   Kaija Saariaho Residency
Wed   14   Music Studies faculty meeteing at 4:00 p.m.
Thu   22   Music Performance faculty meeeting, 8:15 a.m.
Sat   24   Thaviu piano competition, Lutkin Hall, 3 p.m.
Sun   25   Thaviu piano competition, Lutkin Hall, 3 p.m.
Mon   26   Faculty Conflict of Interest forms for 2009-10 due to Judi Ungashick
Tue   27   Faculty Meeting, Pick-Staiger Rehearsal Room, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Wed   28   Music Studies faculty meeting at 4:00 p.m.
Tue-Fri   27-30   Stephen Hough Residency
MAY
Fri   7   Last day to DROP any course
Sat   15   GA/TA requests for 2010-11 due to Ryan O'Mealey
Mon   17   Advance registration for Fall Quarter 2010 begins
Wed   19   Music Studies faculty meeting at 4:00 p.m.
Mon   31   Memorial Day Holiday (no classes)
JUNE
Wed   2   FACULTY MEETING, Pick-Staiger Rehearsal Room, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Sat   5   Last day of Spring Quarter classes
Mon   7   Spring Quarter exams begin
Mon   14   Final grades due, 3:00 p.m.
Fri   18   Commencement, Ryan Field, 6:00 p.m.
Sat   19   Bienen School of Music Convocation, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 9:00 a.m.
Mon   21   Summer Session begins
Sun   27   NHSMI begins (to July 30)
JULY
Mon   5   Independence Day Holiday
Fri   31   Deadline to submit 2009-10 invoices for payment to Associate Dean Machado
Sat   31   Summer Session ends

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