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Residential Life Calendar of Events

Please note the following important dates for the upcoming year. Residents are responsible for making travel and dining plans that correspond with the dates below.

The Office of the Provost also provides an Academic Calendar containing many other useful dates.

Stay up-to-date with Residential Life's Google Calendar.

Click here for Fall Semester 2009


Fall Semester 2009

Aug. 16Early arrivals10am
Aug. 19Halls open9am
Aug. 20Meals beginBreakfast
Aug. 24Classes begin
Sept. 2
 In hall room changes accepted
Sept. 7
Labor Day (no classes)
Sept. 9
Between hall room changes accepted
Nov. 20Meals endDinner
Nov. 21Halls closed* for Thanksgiving 6pm
Nov. 29Halls reopen1pm
Nov. 30Meals beginBreakfast
Nov. 30Classes resume 8am
Dec. 14Finals begin
Dec. 18Fall semester ends5:30pm
Dec. 18 Meals end Dinner
Dec. 18Halls closed* for Winter Break8pm
Dec. 19 Gillett Hall closesNoon
Dec. 12-20 Commencement  

Spring Semester 2010

Jan. 12Early arrivals
Jan. 13Halls open1pm
Jan. 14Meals beginBreakfast
Jan. 18Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no classes)
Jan. 19Classes begin
Jan. 25In hall room changes accepted
Jan. 26Between hall room changes accepted
Mar. 26Meals endDinner
Mar. 26Halls closed* for Spring Break8pm
Mar. 27 Spring Recess begins  
April 4 Halls reopen 1pm
April 5 Meals resume Breakfast
April 5 Classes resume
May 10 Finals begin
May 14 Spring semester ends 5:30pm
May 14 Meals end Dinner
May 14 Halls close 8pm
May 14-16 Commencement  

*Defoe-Graham, Dogwood, Galena, Hawthorn, Mizzou Quads, South, and Tiger Diggs remain open during academic year breaks (per residents' hall fees).


For more information please visit the Current Students page.


Updated: June 8, 2009
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