Santa Fe Events

Academic Calendar
2011 - 2012

  • St. John's College, Santa Fe
    2011-12 Academic Calendar

    DATE

    EVENT

    2011 Summer Term

    August 1

    DEADLINE: Completion of Financial Aid/Loa1 file for FALL 2011 term

    DEADLINE: Student Accounts for FALL 2011 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.

    Graduate Institute final Faculty Meeting: awarding of degrees (1pm)

    August 1 - 4

    Library Call-In Week; January Freshmen Don Rags scheduled during class intervals

    August 2

    GI Graduates’ dinner (6:30pm, Junior Common Room)

    August 4

    January Freshmen second term ends after seminar; January Freshmen late summer vacation begins

    Graduate Institute session ends after seminar.

    August 5

    Graduate Institute Commencement (10am)

    All library materials due ( 5pm )

    August 6

    Food service ends with breakfast

    January Freshman and Graduate Institute dorms close (12noon )

    August 15

    Delivery of JF and GI grades and GI Comment Sheets

    2011-2012 Academic Year

    August 23

    All ON-CAMPUS Housing opens - Food Service begins with dinner on Pond Placita

    FRESHMAN Registration (10 am-5 pm, ESL Portal )
    [Separate Freshman Orientation Schedule from the Office of Residential Life provides full list of Freshman and Freshman Parent activities and meetings]

    August 24

    REGISTRATION: sophomores, juniors and seniors (9am-5pm, ESL Portal)

    Freshman Orientation Activities (9am-9pm)      
    [Separate Freshman Orientation Schedule from the Office of Residential Life provides full list of Freshman and Freshman Parent activities and meetings]

    Tutors’ Meetings (afternoon)
    [as scheduled by Dean’s Office]

    Dean’s Homila Dinner for Freshmen with tutors (5:30pm, Great Hall)

    August 25

    Convocation rehearsal (10am, Weigle Placita)

    CONVOCATION for Freshmen and first-term Graduate Institute students (11am, Weigle Placita)

    Post-Convocation Luncheon – community and guests (12noon, Peterson Student Center)

    Faculty Meeting (1pm, JCR

    First meeting of ALL undergraduate seminars and Meno seminar for new students Grad. Institute (7:30pm)

    August 26

    Free Day- no classes

    REGISTRATION: Graduate Institute students, New and Continuing (9am-5pm, Levan Hall)
    Students may not attend classes if Student Account Balance is not paid in full or if financial aid file is incomplete

    Tutors’ Meetings (9am-5pm) [as scheduled by Dean’s Office]

    Freshman Orientation Continues (9am-4pm)
    [Separate Freshman Orientation Schedule from the Office of Residential Life provides full list of Freshman activities and meetings]

    Dean’s Opening Lecture (8pm, Great Hall)

    August 27

    Pancake Breakfast for Campus Service Volunteers (8:30am, Dining Hall)

    On-Campus Service Project (9:30am-12noon, Fishpond Placita)

    All-College Barbeque Lunch (12noon-1:30pm, Athletic Field)

    Activities Fair (12 - 2pm, Athletic Field)

    August 29

    Graduate Institute classes begin.

    August 31

    Annual Community/Career Fair (3-5pm, Fishpond/Meem Placitas)

    Sept 2

    Last day to change Meal Plan without incurring $50 fee (Treasurer's Office)

    Sept 5

    All Undergraduate tutorials and seminars and Graduate Institute classes meet as scheduled

    Administrative offices CLOSED for Labor Day holiday, except
    LIBRARY Open
    ASSISTANT DEAN’s Office Open
    Student Activities Center Open

    Sept 10

    Algebra Test (2:30pm, Dining Hall)
    [Required of all sophomores who have not yet passed; freshmen are obliged to attempt the test once by the end of freshman year.]

    Sept 14

    Priority Filing Date: Spring 2012 New Graduate Institute Liberal Art student financial aid applications [www.fafsa.ed.gov]

    Faculty Meeting (3:15pm)

    Sept 16 - 18

    Homecoming Weekend

    Sept 26

    Graduate Institute Conferences begin for entry-level Graduate Institute Liberal Art students and for selected continuing students

    Oct 5

    All-College Seminar—Undergraduate tutorials canceled; GIEC tutorial students consult with tutors beforehand (1:30-3:30pm)

                   

    Oct 6 - 8

    Parents’ Weekend; Parents invited to attend Thursday night Seminar and Friday Tutorials

    Oct 8

    Algebra Test (2:30pm, Dining Hall)
    [Required of all sophomores who have not yet passed; freshmen are obliged to attempt the test once by the end of freshman year.]

    Oct 10

    Seminar oral exams begin for GILA students 

    Oct 12

    Faculty Meeting (3:15pm)

    Oct 14

    DEADLINE: GI Liberal Arts and Eastern Classics student deposits due for Spring 2012 term

    Oct 14 - 17

    LONG WEEKENDUndergraduate tutorials do not meet October 14 and 17.
    All seminars and GI classes meet as usual on Monday, October 17

    Oct 24

    Junior and Senior seminar essays due (12noon)

    Preceptorials begin for Juniors, Seniors, and GI Liberal Arts students.

    Oct 25

    GI Eastern Classics students begin second preceptorials.

    Oct 27 - 29

    Board Meeting (Annapolis) 

    Oct 26 - Nov 1

    Junior and Senior seminar oral period

    Oct 31

    Freshman seminar essays due by noon (12noon)

    Nov 2

    Freshman seminar oral examinations begin.

    Nov 7

    Sophomore seminar essays due by noon

    GI Fall grades due [Liberal Arts seminars & first Eastern Classics precepts]

    Nov 9 - 22

    Sophomore seminar oral examinations

    Nov 12

    Algebra Test (2:30pm, Dining Hall)
    [Required of all sophomores who have not yet passed; freshmen are obliged to attempt the test once by the end of freshman year.]

    Nov 14

    GI Eastern Classics papers due

    Nov 16

    DEADLINE: Registration forms due for Spring 2012 (Office of the Registrar)
    [This reserves a place in undergraduate classes and housing for SP 2012]

    Nov 16 - 18

    Freshman Don Rags begin (among interstices of FF classes)

    Nov 21

    GI Fall comment sheets due (GILA seminars and EC Preceptorials)

    Nov 21 - 22

    Freshman DON RAG DAYS;  all  UNDG classes in session unless the tutor is sitting in FRDon Rags

    GI Eastern Classics conferences

    Nov 23 - 27

    Thanksgiving Break - no classes
    All classes resume Monday morning, Nov. 28

    Nov 28

    All classes (UG and GI) resume

    Nov 28 - 30

    Freshman Don Rags continue (Monday-Friday, among interstices of  classes)

    GI Eastern Classic conferences continue (Monday- Thursday)

    Nov 30

    Faculty Meeting (3:15pm, JCR)

    DEADLINE: Completion of Financial Aid/Loan file for Spring 2012 term.
    DEADLINE: Student Account for Spring 2012must be paid in full or TMS budgeted, arranged and verified with Treasurer’s Office
    Failure to meet these deadlines triggers withdrawal from financial aid funding and enrollment rosters for Spring 2012.

    Dec 1

    DEADLINE: Student Health Insurance Waiver for 11/12 due in Treasurer’s Office

    Dec 3

    Algebra Test (2:30pm, Dining Hall)
    [Required of all sophomores who have not yet passed; freshmen are obliged to attempt the test once by the end of freshman year.]

    Dec 8 - 9

    Sophomore and Junior Don Rags may be scheduled during class intervals

    Dec 12 - 15

    All undergraduate tutorials (FF, SO, JR, SR) cancelled for Sophomore and Junior Don rags; seminars meet as regularly scheduled

    Library Call-in Week

    Dec 15

    Last day of term -- Classes end with seminar or preceptorial as scheduled or as arranged by tutor.

    Graduate Institute classes meet as scheduled.  Last day of GI classes

    All LIBRARY materials due by 10pm

    Dec 16

    Food service ends with breakfast.

    Dormitories close – all students, including those moving off-campus or not returning for Spring 2012 term, must vacate rooms by noon

    Dec 16 - Jan 15

    WINTER BREAK

    Dec 30

    Submission date of missing Incomplete/Grade January Freshmen work from SU 2011 unless earlier date was stipulated by tutor

    2012

    Jan 4

    Undergraduate Fall 2011 grades due (except for preceptorials)

    GI Fall 2011 grades due (tutorials, preceptorials, and Eastern Classics seminars)

    Jan 9

    Undergraduate Fall 2011  preceptorial grades due

    GI comment sheets due (tutorials, preceptorials, and EC seminars)

    Jan 13

    January Freshmen arrive [see JF Orientation Schedule for all activities and meetings]

    9am-4pm: REGISTRATION: January Freshmen, Readmitted Students (Weigle Hall); New and Continuing GRADUATE Institute Students (Levan Hall)

    All students who did NOT complete their spring registration in December must see the Registrar.

    All dormitories open (9am); Coffee Shop opens for dinner

    Meno seminar for new GI students, followed by reception (6:30 pm)

    Jan 14

    Food Service begins with breakfast.

    Jan 16

    Undergraduate and graduate classes meet as scheduled, except Seniors and January Freshmen (9am)

    January Freshman session begins with 7:30pm seminar; no JF tutorials.

    Senior Writing Period—Jan. 16 through Feb. 10 senior seminar classes per special  schedule

    CONVOCATION for January Freshmen and first-term graduate students (6:15pm, Great Hall)

    Jan 18

    Faculty Meeting (3:15pm, JCR)

    Feb 4

    Algebra Test (2:30pm, Dining Hall)
    [Required of all sophomores who have not yet passed; freshmen are obliged to attempt the test once by the end of freshman year.]

    Feb 10

    FREE FRIDAY – tutorials canceled

    Friends of St. John’s College Art and Book Auction (6pm, PSC, 2nd Floor)

    Feb 11

    Spanish Arts Market (10am, Great Hall)

    Dean’s and President’s  Essay Reception for Seniors (7-9pm, Hunt House)

    Senior essays due (9pm)

    Feb 13

    All Senior tutorials and seminars resume

    Senior Essay Committee Members claim Essays (Office of the Registrar)

    GI Conferences begin for new GI Liberal Arts students

    Feb 15

    DEADLINE: GILA and GIEC advance deposits due for Summer 2012 term

    Faculty Meeting (3:15pm)

    Feb 16 - 18

    BOARD MEETING SANTA FE

    Feb 17

    Deadline for submission of Ariel Internship (5pm, Career Services Office)

    Feb 20

    Senior Essay Chairpersons deliver first-pass evaluation to the Registrar

    DEADLINE: Undergraduate InterCampus Transfer forms and $500 deposits due at the Office of the Registrar.  No exceptions. For Transfer Applicants: The MARCH 1 Financial Aid date is also an all-important deadline in this process.

    Feb 27

    Senior essay oral examinations begin (Ault-Evers Room, Meem Library)

    GI Liberal Arts seminar oral examinations begin

    Feb 28

    ON-LINE Financial Aid Applications Priority Filing Due Date:
    Undergraduate financial aid FAFSA and PROFILE/CSS applications for 2012-2013 academic year
    ON-LINE Financial Aid Applications Priority Filing Due Date: Graduate Institute student financial aid FAFSA and PROFILE/CSS applications for SUMMER 2012 Session. [www.fafsa.ed.gov; www.profileonline.collegeboard.com]

    Feb 29

    Faculty Seminar Day (special events as scheduled); undergraduate tutorials canceled (1:30-3:30pm)

    All GI classes meet as scheduled

    Mar 3

    Algebra Test (2:30pm, Dining Hall)
    [Required of all sophomores who have not yet passed; freshmen are obliged to attempt the test once by the end of freshman year.]

    Mar 5 - 9

    January Freshman Don Rags scheduled during class intervals

    Mar 7

    Faculty Meeting

    Mar 10

    Food Service ends with breakfast

    All dormitories and suites close (12noon)

    Mar 10 - 25

    SPRING BREAK for all students; Administrative offices closed one day during Spring Break

    Mar 14

    Priority Filing Date:  Summer 2012 new Graduate Institute Liberal Arts student financial aid applications [www.fafsa.ed.gov]

    Mar 19

    Submission date for missing work that led to incomplete grade for FA 2011 unless tutor stipulated an earlier date

    Mar 24

    Dormitories open (12noon)

    Mar 25

    Food Service begins with Brunch (10-11:30am)

    Mar 26

    All tutorials and seminars resume

    GILA preceptorials begin and continue through Thursday, May 22

    Grade-changing DEADLINE for Fall 2011 grades

    Mar 27

    GIEC students begin fourth preceptorials

    DEADLINE: GI Summer housing contracts due (Housing Office)

    Mar 27 - April 2

    Sophomore tutorials canceled for essay writing period

    April 2

    Sophomore Enabling Essays due by noon or as otherwise announced by seminar tutors

    GI Spring term grades due (Liberal Arts seminars and third Eastern Classics preceptorials)

    April 4 - 25

    Sophomore seminar orals begin

    April 5

    GIEC seminar essays due

    April 9

    DEADLINE: Undergraduate Advance Deposits for Fall 2012 for continuing students
    Deposit holds a place in Fall class roster and (if applicable) allows participation in drawing for on-campus housing.
    (Treasurer's Office)

    Deadline: GI Spring term comment sheets due (GILA seminars and GIEC preceptorials)      

    Eastern Classics seminar orals begin

    April 11

    Faculty Meeting (3:15pm)

    April 12 - 16

    Freshman and Junior Writing Period; no Freshman and Junior tutorials (January Freshmen classes proceed
    as scheduled)

    April 16

    Freshmen, Junior and January Freshmen essays due by noon; no morning FF and JR tutorials

    April 18 - 27

    January Freshmen seminar orals

    April 18 - May 7

    Freshman and Junior seminar orals

    April 26 - 27

    Sophomore Enabling DON RAG DAYS [All tutors may hold classes if not scheduled for a don rag; please review schedule]

    April 27

    All Student Accounts for Spring 2012 must be paid in full

    April 30 - May 2

    All Student Accounts for Spring 2012 must be paid in full

    May 1

    Priority Filing Date: : New GILA/GIEC students’ financial aid applications for Fall 2012 term [www.fafsa.ed.gov]

    May 4

    Seminar Reading List Faculty Meeting (12-1:30pm)[Lunch hour Tutors’ Meetings suspended]

    May 5

    Algebra Test (2:30pm, Dining Hall)
    [Required of all sophomores who have not yet passed; freshmen are obliged to attempt the test once by the end of freshman year.]

    May 7

    Satisfactory grades’ check due from senior year and graduate level tutors  for undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

    May 9

    Sophomore Enabling Faculty Meeting (9am, Meem Library)

    May 11 - 13

    Reality Weekend

    May 12

    Final Faculty Meeting:  Awarding of degrees (9am)

    May 14 - 17

    All undergraduate tutorials (JF, FF, SO, JR, SR) canceled for Freshman DON RAGS and Junior CONFERENCES.  Seminars meet as regularly scheduled

    Library Call-in Week

    May 15

    GI dinner for graduating students (6:30pm, JCR)

    May 16

    Senior Dinner (Great Hall)

    May 17

    Last day of spring term: Undergraduate Spring term ends with seminars.

    Last day of graduate classes

    All Library materials due by 10pm

    May 18

    Commencement related activities [Family activities begin on Friday mid-day]

    May 18 - 27

    Early Summer Break for January Freshmen

    May 19

    COMMENCEMENT, Class of 2012 (10am, Library Placita)

    May 20

    Food service ends with breakfast

    All Dormitories, Suites and Apartments close. All areas must be vacated (12noon)

    May 26

    Dormitories open for January Freshmen (9am)

    Food service for January Freshmen begins with dinner

    May 28

    Administrative offices closed for Memorial Day
    ASSISTANT DEAN’s OFFICE Open

    January Freshman second term begins with tutorials and seminars, as scheduled

    DEADLINE: Completion of Financial Aid/Loan file for the Summer 2012 term
    DEADLINE: Student Accounts for Summer 2012 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.

    May 29

    Spring 2012 GI grades due (tutorials, preceptorials, and Eastern Classics seminars)

    REGISTRATION: January Freshmen, during class intervals (9-11am & 1-3pm)
    Summer Enrollment is jeopardized if Financial Aid/ Loan file or Student Account is incomplete.
    Failure to meet these registration requirements triggers withdrawal from financial aid funding and enrollment rosters.

    May 30

    Undergraduate Spring 2012 grades due

    May 31

    Spring 2012 GI comment sheets due (tutorials, preceptorials, and second EC seminars)

    June 1

    Deadline: Student Accounts for Summer 2012 must be paid in full or TMS budgets arranged and verified with Treasurer’s Office
    Deadline: Health Insurance Waivers for Summer 2012 due

    June 9

    Dormitories open for GI students (12noon)

    Food service begins with dinner

    Graduate Institute Summer Faculty Meeting (2pm)

    Graduate Institute CONVOCATION (3pm, Darkey Common Room, Levan Hall)

    New GI students’ seminar on the Meno (6:30pm)

    June 11

    REGISTRATION: All Graduate Institute Summer term students (9am-4pm)

    Graduate Institute classes begin and meet, as scheduled

    June 14

    DEADLINE: 2012-2013 Undergraduate housing contracts due in Housing Office

    June 28 - 30

    Board Meeting, Santa Fe

    June 29

    DEADLINE:  GIEC and GILA deposits due for Fall 2012 term

    July 8 - 14

    Summer Academy

    July 9

    GILA conferences begin

    Submission date of missing work from SP 2012 that led to incomplete grade
    unless earlier date was stipulated by tutor

    July 16

    January Freshmen annual essays due by noon, or as otherwise announced by seminar tutors

    GIEC and GILA seminar orals begin

    July 18 - 20

    January Freshmen seminar oral examinations begin

    July 27

    Satisfactory grades’ check for Graduate Institute degree candidates

    July 30 - Aug 2

    Library Call-In Week

    January Freshmen Don Rags scheduled during class intervals

    July 30

    Graduate Institute final Faculty Meeting: awarding of degrees (1pm)

    July 31

    GI Graduates’ dinner (6:30pm, Location TBA)

    Aug 1

    DEADLINE: Completion of Financial Aid/Loan file for FALL 2012 term
    DEADLINE: Student Accounts for FALL 2012 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.

    Aug 2

    January Freshmen second term ends after seminar; January Freshmen late summer vacation begins

    Graduate Institute summer session ends after seminar.

    Aug 3

    Graduate Institute Commencement

    All library materials due

    Aug 4

    Food service ends with breakfast

    January Freshman and Graduate Institute dorms close (12noon)

    Aug 13

    Delivery of JF and GI grades and GI Comment Sheets

    Aug 21

    Fall 2012 Freshman Registration

    Aug 22

    Fall 2012 SO, JR, and SR Registration

    Aug 23

    Convocation for Fall Freshmen and new graduate students (11am)

    First undergraduate seminars and new graduate student seminars meet (7:30pm)