LCC: University Academics

2008-2009 academic calendar

spring semester 2008

March 10-14	Monday-Friday	Spring Break
March 11	Tuesday	Restoration of Lithuania Statehood holiday
March 24-25	Monday-Tuesday	Easter holiday
March 31	Monday	Fall Housing Registration Deadline
		Summer Housing Registration Deadline (summer session students, students working in Klaipeda or at LCC)
April 5	Saturday	Comprehensive exams
April 10-12	Thursday-Saturday	LCC Board of Directors meetings
March 31-April 18	3 weeks	Registration for Fall 2008
April 16-17	Wed.-Thursday	Last day of ELI classes
April 19	Saturday	Thesis oral presentation and defense
April 25	Friday	Closing Assembly (17:00)
April 26	Saturday	Business Plan oral presentation and defense
April 28-May 2	Monday-Friday	Final exams
April 29-May 4	Tuesday-Sunday	Dorm check out for the spring semester
May 3	Saturday	Commencement
May 5	Monday (by noon)	All grades due in the Registrar’s office

summer sessions 2008
MAY SESSION

May 8	Thursday	New faculty arrivals
		Study Abroad student arrivals
May 9-10	Friday-Saturday	New faculty orientation
May 10	Saturday	Dorm opens for May session
May 12	Monday	Classes begin
May 30	Friday	Final exams; classes end
May 31	Saturday	Dorm check out for May session
		Faculty departures

JUNE SESSION

June 5	Thursday	New faculty arrivals
		Study Abroad student arrivals
June 6-7	Friday-Saturday	New faculty orientation
June 7	Saturday	Dorm opens for June session
June 9	Monday	Classes begin
June 23	Monday	Non-working day (make up day is Saturday, the 28th)
June 24	Tuesday	St. John’s Day holiday
June 28	Saturday	Final exams; classes end
		Dorm check out for June session
June 29	Sunday	Faculty departures

JULY SESSION

July 3	Thursday	New faculty arrivals
July 4-5	Friday-Saturday	New faculty orientation
July 5	Saturday	Dorm opens for July session
July 6	Sunday	King Mindaugas Day holiday
July 7	Monday	Classes begin
July 25	Friday	Final exams; classes end
July 26	Saturday	Dorm check out for July session
		Faculty departures

SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTE

June 30	Monday	SLI faculty arrivals
July 1-4	Tuesday-Friday	SLI faculty orientation
July 5	Saturday	Student registration
		Students move into dorm
July 6	Sunday	King Mindaugas Day holiday
July 7	Monday	Classes begin
July 25	Friday	Classes end
July 26	Saturday	Students move out of dorm
July 27	Sunday	Faculty departures

Arrivals & Orientation

July 25	Friday	Fall Housing Registration Deadline (First Year Students)
August 1	Friday	President’s Cabinet staff arrivals
August 7-8	Thurs-Fri	New Student Life staff arrivals
August 11	Monday	Student Life staff begins
		New Student Life staff training
August 6-7	Wed-Thurs	President’s Cabinet retreat
August 14	Thursday	Student Life staff retreat
August 15	Friday	Assumption Day holiday
August 18	Monday	New faculty/staff arrivals
		Academic Division Leadership retreat
August 19,20,21	Tues-Wed-Thurs	New faculty/staff orientation
August 22	Friday	Returning faculty/staff arrivals
August 22	Friday	Dormitory opens for Student Leaders
August 21-22	Thurs-Fri	All faculty/staff seminar
August 26	Tuesday	Study Abroad student arrivals
		International student arrivals – Sept. 1 visa renewal only
August 27-31	Wed-Sun	Study Abroad student orientation
August 27	Wednesday	Faculty Assembly meeting - a.m.
		Dorm opens for all new students/Study Abroad students
August 28-31	Thursday-Sunday	New student orientation
August 30	Saturday	Dorm opens for all returning international and Lithuanian students

fall semester 2008

September 1	Monday	Classes begin
September 1-5	Monday-Friday	ADD/DROP week for classes
September 10	Wednesday	All Community Day (17:00)
September 13	Saturday	Student Leader Training Retreat
September 15-16	Monday-Tuesday	ELI classes begin
October 2-4	Thursday-Saturday	LCC Board of Directors meetings
October 3	Friday	Last day to withdraw from class without academic penalty
October 16	Thursday	College I and probation students’ mid-semester grades due
Oct. 27-31	Monday-Friday	Fall Break
November 1	Saturday	All Saints Day *
November 3	Monday	Classes resume
November 7-8	Friday-Saturday	English Teachers Seminar
November 10- 28	3 weeks	Registration for Spring 2009
November 15	Saturday	LCC International Leadership Conference
November 17	Monday	Winter Break Housing Registration Deadline Spring Housing Registration Deadline
December 10- 11	Wed.-Thursday	Last day of ELI classes
December 15- 19	Monday-Friday	Final exams
December 23	Tuesday	All grades due in the Registrar’s office
Dec. 24-Jan. 1		LCC offices closed for Christmas break

spring semester 2009

January 2	Wednesday	LCC offices open
January 6	Tuesday	New faculty/staff arrivals
January 6	Tuesday	Study Abroad student arrivals
January 7-8	Wed-Thurs	New faculty/staff orientation
January 7-11	Wednesday-Sunday	Study Abroad student orientation
January 9	Friday	All faculty/staff seminar
January 10	Saturday	New Student Orientation
January 11	Sunday	Dormitory opens for all students
January 12	Monday	Classes begin
January 12-16	Monday-Friday	ADD/DROP week for classes
January 19-20	Monday-Tuesday	ELI classes begin
February 13	Friday	Last day to withdraw from class without academic penalty
February 16	Monday	Independence Day holiday
February 23-27	Monday-Friday	Registration for Summer Session 2008
February 27-28	Friday-Saturday	English Teachers Seminar
February 26	Thursday	Probation students’ mid-semester grades due
March 9-13	Monday-Friday	Spring Break
March 11	Wednesday	Restoration of Lithuania Statehood holiday
March 16	Monday	Classes Resume
April 13-14	Monday-Tuesday	Easter holiday
March 30	Monday	Fall Housing Registration Deadline Summer Housing Registration Deadline (summer session students, students working in Klaipeda or at LCC)
April 10-12	Thursday-Saturday	LCC Board of Directors Meetings
March 30-April 17	3 weeks	Registration for Fall 2009
April 15-16	Wed.-Thursday	Last day of ELI classes
April 18	Saturday	Thesis oral presentation and defense
April 24	Friday	Closing Assembly (17:00)
April 25	Saturday	Business Plan oral presentation and defense
April 27-May 1	Monday-Friday	Final exams
April 28-May 3	Tuesday-Sunday	Dorm check out for the spring semester
May 1	Friday	Labor day *
May 2	Saturday	Commencement
May 4	Monday (by noon)	All grades due in the Registrar’s office

* details to be anounced

summer sessions 2009
MAY SESSION

May 7	Thursday	New faculty arrivals
		Study Abroad student arrivals
May 8-9	Friday-Saturday	New faculty orientation
May 9	Saturday	Dorm opens for May session
May 11	Monday	Classes begin
May 29	Friday	Final exams; classes end
May 30	Saturday	Dorm check out for May session Faculty departures

JUNE SESSION

June 4	Thursday	New faculty arrivals
		Study Abroad student arrivals
June 5-6	Friday-Saturday	New faculty orientation
June 6	Saturday	Dorm opens for June session
June 8	Monday	Classes begin
June 24	Wednesday	St. John’s Day holiday
June 27	Saturday	Final exams; classes end
		Dorm check out for June session
June 28	Sunday	Faculty departures

JULY SESSION

July 2	Thursday	New faculty arrivals
July 3-4	Friday-Saturday	New faculty orientation
July 4	Saturday	Dorm opens for July session
July 6	Monday	King Mindaugas Day holiday
July 7	Tuesday	Classes begin
July 25	Saturday	Final exams; classes end
		Dorm check out for July session
July 26	Sunday	Faculty departures

SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTE

June 29	Monday	SLI faculty arrivals
June 30-July 3	Tuesday-Friday	SLI faculty orientation
July 4	Saturday	Student registration
		Students move into dorm
July 6	Monday	King Mindaugas Day holiday
		Classes begin
July 24	Friday	Classes end
July 25	Saturday	Students move out of dorm
July 26	Sunday	Faculty departures