Undergraduate Calendar
| Fall 1997 | |
| August | |
| 27 | Wednesday-New undergraduate student orientation |
| September | |
| 2 | Tuesday, 8:00 A.M.-Fall semester classes begin; Drop/Add continues |
| 15 | Monday-Drop/Add ends |
| 26-28 | Friday-Sunday-Homecoming |
| 28 | Sunday-Founders' Day |
| October | |
| 10 | Friday, 7:00 P.M.-Fall break begins |
| 15 | Wednesday, 8:00 A.M.-Classes resume |
| 17 | Friday-Last day for reporting midsemester grades |
| 24-28 | Friday-Sunday-Parents' Weekend |
| 29 | Wednesday-Registration begins for spring semester, 1998 |
| November | |
| 18 | Tuesday-Registration ends for spring semester, 1998 |
| 19 | Wednesday-Drop/Add begins |
| 26 | Wednesday, 12:40 P.M.-Thanksgiving recess begins |
| December | |
| 1 | Monday, 8:00 A.M.-Classes resume |
| 11 | Thursday, 7:00 P.M.-Fall semester classes end |
| 12-14 | Friday-Sunday-Reading period |
| 15 | Monday-Final examinations begin |
| 20 | Saturday, 10:00 P.M.-Final examinations end |
| Spring 1998 | |
| January | |
| 14 | Wednesday-Registration and matriculation of new undergraduate students |
| 15 | Thursday, 8:00 A.M.-Spring semester classes begin; Drop/Add continues |
| 28 | Wednesday-Drop/Add ends |
| February | |
| 27 | Friday-Last day for reporting midsemester grades |
| March | |
| 13 | Friday, 7:00 P.M.-Spring recess beings |
| 23 | Monday, 8:00 A.M.-Classes resume |
| April | |
| 1 | Wednesday-Registration begins for fall semester, 1998, and summer, 1998 |
| 16 | Thursday-Registration ends for fall semester, 1998; summer registration continues |
| 17 | Friday-Drop/Add begins |
| 29 | Wednesday, 7:00 P.M.-Spring semester classes end |
| 30 | Thursday-Reading period begins |
| May | |
| 3 | Sunday-Reading period ends |
| 4 | Monday, 9:00 A.M.-Final examinations begin |
| 9 | Saturday, 10:00 P.M.-Final examinations end |
| 15 | Friday-Commencement begins |
| 17 | Sunday-Graduation exercises; conferring of degrees |