Graduate Institute

Santa Fe
2007 - 2008 Calendar

St. John's College, Santa Fe
2008 Spring/Summer Academic Calendar
Graduate Institute

Date Event
January 9 GI Fall 2007 grades due (tutorials, preceptorials, and Eastern Classics seminars)
January 14 GI comment sheets due (tutorials, preceptorials, and EC seminars)
January 18 REGISTRATION: January Freshmen, Readmitted Students, New and Continuing GRADUATE Institute Students (9 am - 4 pm, Weigle Hall)
All students who did NOT complete their spring registration in December must see the Registrar.
All dormitories open. (12 noon)
Coffee Shop opens for dinner
Meno seminar for new GI students, followed by reception (7:30 pm)
January 21 Undergraduate and graduate classes meet as scheduled, except Seniors and January Freshmen (9 am)
CONVOCATION for January Freshmen and first-term graduate students (6:15 pm, Great Hall)
February 1 Last day to waive health insurance for new students (Office of the Treasurer)
February 18 GI Conferences begin for new GI Liberal Arts students
March 3 GI Liberal Arts seminar oral examinations begin
March 5 Faculty Seminar Day (special events as scheduled); undergraduate tutorials canceled
All GI classes meet as scheduled
March 15 - 30 SPRING BREAK for all students; Administrative offices closed one day during Spring Break
March 19 ON-LINE DEADLINE: Summer 2008 new Graduate Institute Liberal Arts student financial aid applications [www.fafsa.ed.gov]
DEADLINE: GILA and GIEC advance deposits due for Summer term
March 31 All tutorials and seminars resume
GILA preceptorials begin and continue through May 23
Grade-changing DEADLINE for Fall 2007 grades; all incomplete grades revert to default grade or F
April 1 DEADLINE: GI Summer housing contracts and reservation fees due (Housing Office)
April 10 GIEC seminar essays due
April 14 Deadline: GI Spring term comment sheets due (GILA seminars and GIEC preceptorials)
Eastern Classics seminar orals begin
May 1 All Student Accounts for Spring 2008 must be paid in full
May 12 Satisfactory grades’ check due from senior year and graduate level tutors for undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.
May 16 Reality
May 19 - 22 Library Call-In:  All library materials due
May 20 GI dinner for graduating students (6:30 pm, JCR)
May 22 Last day of term: Undergraduate Spring term ends with seminars.
Last day of graduate classes
ON-LINE DEADLINE: New GILA/GIEC students’ financial aid applications for Fall 2008 term [www.fafsa.ed.gov]
May 24 COMMENCEMENT, Class of 2008 (10 am, Library Placita)
June 1 DEADLINE:  GIEC and GILA deposits due for Fall 2008 term
DEADLINE: Student Accounts for Summer 2008 must be paid in full or TMS budgets arranged and verified with the Treasurer’s Office.
Failure to meet these deadline triggers withdrawal from financial aid funding and enrollment rosters for the upcoming term.
June 3 Spring 2008 grades due (tutorials, preceptorials, and Eastern Classics seminars)
June 5 Spring 2008 GI comment sheets due (tutorials, preceptorials, and second EC seminars)
June 21 Dormitories open for GI students (12 noon)
Food service begins with dinner
Graduate Institute Summer Faculty Meeting (2 pm)
Graduate Institute CONVOCATION (3 pm, Ault-Evers Room, Meem Library)
New GI students’ seminar on the Meno (6:30 pm)
June 23 REGISTRATION: All Graduate Institute Summer term students
(12 noon - 4 pm)
Graduate Institute classes begin and meet, as scheduled
July 4 Administrative offices closed, Independence Day; all GI classes meet as scheduled
July 21 GILA conferences begin
July 28 GIEC and GILA seminar orals begin
August 1 DEADLINE: Completion of Financial Aid/Loan file for FALL 2008 term
DEADLINE: Student Accounts for FALL 2008 must be paid in full or TMS budgets arranged and verified with Treasurer’s Office.
Failure to meet these deadlines triggers withdrawal from financial aid funding and enrollment rosters for the upcoming term.
August 8 Satisfactory grades’ check for Graduate Institute degree candidates
August 11 Graduate Institute final Faculty Meeting: awarding of degrees (1 pm)
August 12 GI Graduates’ dinner (6:30 pm, JCR)
August 15 Graduate Institute Commencement (10 am)
August 16 Food service ends with breakfast
Graduate Institute dorms close (12 noon)
August 18 Graduate Institute Summer 2008 grades AND comment sheets due
August 28 Convocation for Fall Freshmen and new graduate students (11 am)
First undergraduate seminars and new graduate student seminars meet (7:30 pm)