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2012-13 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
AUGUST
Aug. 15-19 Undergraduate Programs - Connect:
CIU/Welcome Week Begins
Aug. 19 Returning Students Arrive; First Meal:
Dinner
Aug. 21 CIU Classes Begin
Aug. 22 Seminary and Graduate School
Orientation
Aug. 23 Convocation 10:50 a.m.
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 3 Labor Day - CIU Closed
Sept. 11-17 CIU Homecoming
Sept. 11-14 Christian Life Conference (Prayer Day
Thursday)
Sept. 13 Prayer Day (Evening classes meet as
usual)
OCTOBER
Oct. 2 Prayer Day
Oct. 4-5 CIU Board of Trustees Meeting
Oct. 12-15 Fall Break
Oct. 19 Seminary/Graduate Programs Preview
Day
NOVEMBER
Nov. 7 Prayer Day
Nov. 19-26 Thanksgiving Break: Last Meal Sat.
Breakfast; First Meal Mon. Lunch
Nov. 22 -23 Thanksgiving Holiday - CIU Closed
DECEMBER
Dec. 13 Graduate Banquet 5:30 p.m.
Dec. 14 CIU Last Day of Semester
Dec. 14 CIU Commencement
Dec. 15 CIU Residences Close; Last Meal:
Breakfast
Dec. 24-
Jan. 1 Holiday Closings
JANUARY
WINTERIM
Jan. 14 Winter Session Begins; First Meal:
Lunch Winter Session Enrollments
(First Monday of each Session)
Jan. 25 Winter Session Ends
SPRING SEMESTER
Jan. 20 Entering Undergraduate Students
Arrive/Orientation; First Meal: Lunch
Jan. 21 Martin Luther King Day - CIU Closed
Jan. 21 Undergraduate Orientation
Jan. 21 Residences Open/Returning
Undergraduate Students
Jan. 22 Undergraduate Classes Begin
Jan. 28 Entering Seminary and Graduate
Students Arrive/Orientation/Enrollment
Jan. 29 Seminary and Graduate Classes Begin
FEBRUARY
Feb. 6-8 CIU Board of Trustees Meet
Feb. 26- World Christian Week (Prayer Day:
March 1 Thursday)
MARCH
March 16-25 Spring Break; Last & First Meals: Dinner
March 29 Good Friday, CIU Closed
APRIL
April 9 Prayer Day
April 19 Seminary/Graduate Programs Preview
Day
MAY
May 1 Prayer Day
May 2-3 CIU Board of Trustees Meet
May 17 CIU Last Day of Classes
May 17 CIU Graduate Banquets (evening)
May 18 CIU Commencements; Seminary/Grad
8:30 a.m., Undergrad 11:30 a.m.
May 18 CIU Residences Close 10:00 a.m.;
Last Meal: Breakfast
2012-2013 Graduate Programs Academic Catalog