BENEDICT COLLEGE
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
2008-2009
♦♦♦♦♦SPRING SEMESTER 2009♦♦♦♦♦
1 Thursday New Year's Day Holiday
2 Friday College opens for Spring Semester
(Staff report as necessary to prepare for registration)
Staff prepare for opening of semester
3 Saturday Residence Halls and Welcome Center open for new students
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Freshman Orientation Opening Seminar- 11:00 a.m.
Academic Orientation and Registration of new students
Departmental locations, HRC Arena and B C CARES –
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Freshman Placement Testing
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. LRC PO-A and PO-B
4 Sunday Worship Service
10:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
Welcome Center and Registration for new students
12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.
5 Monday Registration
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
HRC and BC CARES
6 Tuesday Welcome Center and Residence Halls open for returning students
–9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Registration for all students (continuing, new freshmen, readmits and
transfer)
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. HRC Arena and BC CARES
Drop/Adds Begin
Freshman Placement Testing
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon LRC PO A & PO B
7-8 Wednesday-Thursday Registration for all students (continuing, new freshmen,
readmits and transfer)
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. HRC Arena and BC CARES
9 Friday Classes begin
Registration – 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
10 Saturday Registration – 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
11 Sunday Welcome Center and Registration
12:00 noon -4:00 p.m.
12-16 Monday-Friday Registration continues
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. HRC Arena and BC CARES
15 Thursday Last day to drop a course and receive and monetary
adjustment
19 Monday Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
Birthday Holiday (Observed)
19 – Mar. 6 Monday-Friday Jerry Pickney Exhibition
Ponder Fine Arts Gallery
20 Tuesday Late Registration begins for a fee of $75.00
22 Thursday Junior/Senior Job Readiness Seminar "Resume Writing"
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Swinton Campus Center
Service Learning New Partners Meeting
10:30 a.m. Swinton Campus Center
26-Feb. 20 Monday-Friday Service Learning Spring Registration
Gressette Student Leadership Center 2nd Floor
(See Office of Service-Learning for Registration Times)
27 Tuesday Freshman and Sophomore Seminar LEAD Series Leadership Enrichment and Academic Development Seminar Series Student Leadership Development
11:00 a.m.
29 Thursday Meetings of the Academic Schools 11:00 a.m.
30 Friday Late Registration ends
Last day to register and add classes
30 Friday Last day to add a Block I Course
Athletic Hall of Fame Induction
3:00 p.m.
30-31 Friday-Saturday Athletic Reunion Weekend
1-28 Sunday-Saturday Black History Month
Students' Sexual Responsibilities Awareness Month Activities
Counseling & Testing Services
1 Sunday Worship Service
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
2 Monday Faculty Development and Student Research Day
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Swinton Campus Center
KAPLAN Graduate School Practice Tests
3 Tuesday All College Assembly
Black History and Culture Commemoration Program
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
5 - 6 Thursday-Friday Mid-Winter Meeting of the Board of Trustees
5 Thursday FAFSA FEST
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Starks Computer Lab
Departmental Meetings with Majors
Georgia Southern University
Visitation (Career Services)
9 Monday Last day to move out of the dorm and receive a monetary
adjustment
10 Tuesday All College Assembly
Black History and Culture Commemoration Program
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
Financial Aid Exit Counseling for Spring Graduates
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
12 Thursday FAFSA FEST
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Starks Computer Lab
SC Independent Colleges and Universities Consortium "Interview
Day" May Graduates Only – Must be Pre-selected to participate.
All Day – Embassy Suites, Columbia, S.C.
Departmental Meetings – 11:00 a.m.
15 Sunday Worship Service
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
16 - 19 Monday-Thursday Mid-Term for Block I Courses
16 - 19 Monday-Thursday Alumni/Students Annual Phone-A-Thon Campaign
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
17 Tuesday All College Assembly
Black History and Culture Commemoration Program
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
Black History Teleconference Reception and Dinner
6:30 p.m. Embassy Suites Hotel
18 Wednesday Black History Teleconference
8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
19 Thursday FAFSA FEST
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Starks Computer Lab
Faculty Forum
11:00 a.m. Little Theater
20 Friday Benedict-Allen Annual Career Awareness Fair
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Swinton Campus Center
Benedict College Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon
12:00 noon Radisson Hotel
Last Day to Submit Service Learning Registration Forms
21 Saturday Reading Day! Read African American History and Culture!
21 Saturday Reading/Instructional Day (Make-up tests, review sessions, study
sessions for MWF classes and other preparatory activities for midterm
examinations.)
Benedict Gospel Choir Spring Concert
6:30 p.m. HRC Arena
22 Sunday Worship Service
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
23-27 Monday-Friday School of Honors Week
24 Tuesday All College Assembly
Black History and Culture Commemoration Program
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
Financial Aid Exit Counseling for Spring Graduates
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
25 Wednesday Ash Wednesday Service
12:00 noon Antisdel Chapel
26 Thursday FAFSA FEST
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Starks Computer Lab
Black History Forum
Black History and Culture Commemoration Program
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
Meetings of the Academic Schools 11:00 a.m.
February 27 - May 2 Early Registration for Fall Semester
28 Saturday Twentieth Anniversary of the H A R A M B E E Festival
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. HRC Arena
26-Mar 5 Thursday-Thursday Midterm Examinations
(No extra curricula activities)
Final Examinations for Block I Courses
1-31 Sunday-Tuesday Women's History Month
Women's History Month Observance Display
Learning Resources Center
1-31 Sunday-Tuesday National Nutrition Month
3 Tuesday Founder's Day Convocation
11:00 a.m. HRC Arena
4 Wednesday Financial Aid Exit Counseling for Spring Graduates
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
5 Thursday FAFSA FEST
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Starks Computer Lab
Departmental Meetings -11:00 a.m.
6-10 Friday-Tuesday Student Leadership Development Institute (SLDI)
6 Friday Midterm grades are due by 5:00 p.m.
Final Grades are due for Block I courses by 5:00 p.m.
9-13 Monday-Friday Spring Break
9-13 Monday-Friday Annual Concert Choir Performance and Recruitment Tour
13-27 Friday-Friday Student Art Exhibition
Ponder Fine Arts Gallery
15 Sunday Financial Aid
(FAFSA Priority Funding Deadline)
16-20 Monday-Friday Sister Pride Week – Service Learning Program
16 Monday Classes Resume 8:00 a.m.
16-May 8 Monday-Friday Block II Classes
17 Tuesday All College Assembly
Women's History Month
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
18 Wednesday Financial Aid Exit Counseling for Spring Graduates
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
19 Thursday Faculty Forum
11:00 a.m. FAHC Little Theater
FAFSA FEST
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Starks Computer Lab
Junior/Senior Job Readiness Seminar "Interview Skills"
11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Swinton Campus Center
20 Friday Last day to drop a Block II course and receive a monetary adjustment
21 Saturday Founder's Day Rally
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
22 Sunday Worship Service
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
24-27 Tuesday-Friday Dimensions in Meaning Week
24 Tuesday All College Assembly
Dimensions in Meaning
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
25 Wednesday Last Day to add a Block II course
26 Thursday All College Assembly
Dimensions in Meaning
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
Junior/Senior Job Readiness Seminar "Interview Skills"
11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Swinton Campus Center
FAFSA FEST
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Starks Computer Lab
29 Sunday Worship Service
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
30 Monday Book Orders are due in the Bookstore for the Fall and
Summer Sessions
31-April 10 Tuesday-Friday Senior Art Student Exhibition
31 Tuesday Office of Academic Affairs Meeting with Freshmen and
Sophomores
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
Office of Academic Affairs Meeting with Juniors and Seniors
4:00 p.m. Fine Arts Little Theater
1-30 Wednesday-Thursday Alcohol Awareness Month
Counseling and Testing Services
1 Wednesday Annual FAFSA FEST Cookout 12:00 noon Bacoats Hall Parking Lot
2 Thursday Meetings of the Academic Schools 11:00 a.m.
Financial Aid Exit Counseling for Spring Graduates
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
4 Saturday Service Learning PLUS Day
Preparation for Leadership and Unity through Service
(A Benedict College Day of Service)
7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Swinton Campus Center
Sophomore Proficiency Examinations
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. LRC PO A and PO B
6-9 Monday-Thursday Mid-Term for Block II Courses
17 – May 15 Friday-Friday High School Art Teachers Exhibition
Ponder Fine Arts Gallery
6 Monday Sophomore Proficiency Examinations
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. LRC PO A and PO B
7 Tuesday All College Assembly
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
9 Thursday Faculty and Staff Meeting (Faculty Forum if necessary)
Antisdel Chapel 11:00 a.m.
10-13 Friday-Monday Easter Holiday
12 Sunday Worship Service
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
14 Tuesday Classes resume
All College Assembly
International Students Celebration
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
14-17 Tuesday-Friday Tiger Fest
16 Thursday Departmental Meetings -11:00 a.m.
Financial Aid Exit Counseling for Spring Graduates
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
17 Friday Spring Ball/Student Government Association Award's Ceremony
8:00 p.m. Swinton Campus Center
18 Saturday Spring Open House and High School Visitation Day
10:00 a.m. HRC Arena
19 Sunday Worship Service
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
20 Monday Last day to drop a class
Last day to drop a Block II course
Last day to officially withdraw from the College
20-24 Monday-Friday Pre-Examination Week; no extra-curricular activities
21 Tuesday Last day for students to submit Service- Learning Attendance Logs
Gressette Leadership Center
22 Wednesday Charter Day Awards Dinner
6:30 p.m. Columbia Convention Center
23 Thursday Freshman Induction Ceremony
11:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
23-24 Thursday-Friday Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees
25 Saturday Reading Day (Review Sessions, make-up tests).
Athletics Banquet
6:00 p.m. Swinton Campus Center
27-29 Monday-Wednesday Senior Examinations
Final grades are due 48 hours after each examination
29 Wednesday Last day of regular classes
Last day for removing Incompletes and changing grades, posting of
transfer credits to students' transcripts
30 Thursday Reading and Instructional Day; review sessions, make-up tests, and
other preparatory activities for final exams
Service Learning Spring Report to the Faculty
1 Friday Grades are due for graduating seniors – 5:00 p.m.
Financial Aid Exit Counseling for Spring Graduates
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
1-2 Friday-Saturday Common Final Examinations
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
3 Sunday Baccalaureate Service
10:00 a.m. Antisdel Chapel
4 Monday Commencement Rehearsal for Schools of HASS and STEM
4-8 Monday – Friday Final Examinations
6 Wednesday Commencement Rehearsal for School of Business & Economics and School of
Education
8 Friday Commencement Rehearsal
(All Graduates)
11:00 a.m. – Charlie W. Johnson Stadium
Twentieth Annual School of Honors Capstone Ceremony
4:00 p.m. Little Theater
9 Saturday Spring Commencement Convocation
9:00 a.m. Charlie W. Johnson Stadium
Last Day in Dormitories for Non-Graduates 8:00 p.m.
10 Sunday Last Day in Dormitories for Graduates 12:00 noon
11-12 Monday-Tuesday End-of-the-Year Institute
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