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Academic Calendar
| Saturday, August 8, 2009 |
First-Year Students Arrive
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| Saturday, August 8, 2009 |
Check-in & Financial Clearance (Bertelsmann Campus Ctr)
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| Sunday, August 9, 2009 |
First-Year Student Survey
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| Sunday, August 9, 2009 |
First-Year Student Orientation
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| Sunday, August 9, 2009 |
Check-in & Financial Clearance for Transfer students
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| Monday, August 10, 2009 - Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
Language and Thinking Program
The Language and Thinking Program is an intensive, three-week writing program. Satisfactory completion of the Language and Thinking Program is required for matriculation into the College. |
| Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
Academic Orientation and Writing Workshop for Transfer Students
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| Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
Transfer Students Arrive
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| Thursday, August 27, 2009 - Friday, August 28, 2009 |
Matriculation Days
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| Friday, August 28, 2009 |
Advising and Registration for New First-Year and Transfer Students
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| Saturday, August 29, 2009 |
Arrival Day for all Returning Students
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| Saturday, August 29, 2009 |
Financial Clearance for Students Returning from a Leave of Absence
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| Saturday, August 29, 2009 |
Financial Clearance for all other Returning Students
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| Monday, August 31, 2009 |
First Day of Classes
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| Monday, August 31, 2009 |
Drop/Add period begins
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| Monday, August 31, 2009 |
First-Year Seminar
Carolyn Dewald and Joseph Luzzi (Bard), Why First-Year Seminar? |
| Wednesday, September 2, 2009 |
First Faculty Meeting of the Semester
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| Monday, September 7, 2009 |
First-Year Seminar
Bruce Chilton (Bard);
A Genesis of Violence
All are welcome!
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| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |
Drop/Add period ends
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| Monday, September 21, 2009 |
First-Year Seminar
Roundtable: On General Education
Moderated by Leon Botstein (Bard)
Participants: Andrew Delbanco (Columbia), Stanley Katz (Princeton), Ellen Condliffe Lagemann (Levy Economics Institute)
All are welcome!
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| Monday, October 5, 2009 |
First-Year Seminar
Roundtable: Bard Writers on Writing
Moderated by Philip Pardi (Bard)
Participants: Ian Buruma (Bard), Daniel Mendelsohn (Bard)
All are welcome!
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| Monday, October 12, 2009 - Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
Fall Break
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| Friday, October 16, 2009 - Sunday, October 18, 2009 |
Family Weekend
This year, families will gather in Annandale from October 16 to 18 for a variety of events, including Ask the Deans and Ask the President forums, sample classes, performances by the American Symphony Orchestra, campus tours, and panel discussions. |
| Sunday, October 18, 2009 |
Virgil's Epic Afterlife
Gregson Davis (Duke University)
Please note: Prof. Davis’s presentation is Sunday, October 18 instead of Monday.
All are welcome!
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| Friday, October 23, 2009 |
Mid-Term Grades and Criteria Sheets Due
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| Monday, October 26, 2009 |
First-Year Seminar
Film Screening: Robert Bresson, Diary of a Country Priest
Introduced by John Pruitt (Bard)
All are welcome!
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| Friday, October 30, 2009 |
Moderation Papers Due
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| Monday, November 2, 2009 |
Dante's "Inferno"
Giuseppe Mazzotta (Yale University)
All are welcome!
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| Friday, November 6, 2009 |
Last Day to Withdraw from a Class
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| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
Advising Day
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| Monday, November 23, 2009 |
First-Year Seminar
Romulus Linney
Shakespeare's King Lear
All are welcome!
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| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - Sunday, November 29, 2009 |
Thanksgiving Recess
Academic break begins Wednesday, November 25th at 4 p.m. |
| Monday, November 30, 2009 - Friday, December 11, 2009 |
Registration for Spring 2010
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| Monday, November 30, 2009 |
Senior Projects Due
By 5:00 p.m. to the Dean of the College |
| Monday, December 7, 2009 |
First-Year Seminar
Matthew Deady (Bard);
Galileo's Starry Messenger and Letter to Duchess Christina
All are welcome!
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| Saturday, December 12, 2009 - Friday, December 18, 2009 |
Completion Days
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| Wednesday, December 16, 2009 |
Final Faculty Meeting of the Semester
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| Friday, December 18, 2009 |
Last Day of Classes
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| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - Monday, January 4, 2010 |
Winter Intersession
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| Monday, January 4, 2010 |
Final Grades and Criteria Sheets due
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| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
Academic Orientation and Writing Workshop for New First-Year & Transfer Students
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| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
New First-Year and Transfer Students Arrive
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| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
Check-in and Financial Clearance for New First-Year and Transfer Students
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| Thursday, January 21, 2010 - Friday, January 22, 2010 |
Advising and Registration for New First-Year and Transfer Students
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| Saturday, January 23, 2010 |
Arrival Day for all Returning Students
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| Saturday, January 23, 2010 |
Financial Clearance for Students Returning from a Leave of Absence
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| Saturday, January 23, 2010 |
Financial Clearance for all other Returning Students
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| Monday, January 25, 2010 |
Drop/Add period begins
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| Monday, January 25, 2010 |
First Day of Classes
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| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
First Faculty Meeting of the Semester
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| Wednesday, February 10, 2010 |
Drop/Add period ends at 5:00 p.m.
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| Saturday, March 20, 2010 |
Moderation Papers due
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| Saturday, March 20, 2010 - Sunday, March 28, 2010 |
Spring Recess
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| Monday, March 29, 2010 |
Mid-Term Grades and Criteria Sheets due
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| Friday, April 2, 2010 |
Last Day to Withdraw from a Class
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| Monday, April 26, 2010 - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
Advising Days
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| Wednesday, April 28, 2010 |
Senior Projects due (5:00 P.M.)
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| Friday, April 30, 2010 - Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
Registration for fall 2010
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| Thursday, May 13, 2010 - Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
Completion Days
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| Monday, May 17, 2010 |
Senior Grades due in the Office of the Registrar
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| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
Last Day of Classes
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| Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
Final Faculty Meeting of the Semester
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| Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
Baccalaureate and Senior Dinner
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| Saturday, May 22, 2010 |
Commencement
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| Tuesday, June 1, 2010 |
Final Grades and Criteria Sheets due in the Office of the Registrar
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