The following guidelines are used in creating the Academic Calendar, University Calendar, or Campus Calendar each year.
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- The summer term shall generally begin on or before the Thursday after Spring Commencement.
- Classes shall not meet on Memorial Day, which is currently a university holiday.
- There shall be a two-day academic break during the week containing Independence Day; there is no full week academic break during the summer term. July 4 will continue to be a university holiday.
- If desired, summer commencement may be held the Saturday or Sunday after the end of classes.
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Academic Calendar Approval Process
Process for adopting/modifying existing calendaring guidelines*
- Suggestions for modifying calendaring guidelines can be submitted at any time to the Registrar.
- The Registrar reports these suggestions to the Provost’s Council which determines whether they warrant a full review. This review will be conducted by a group identified or selected by the Provost.
- If a set of recommendations to change the guidelines is returned to the Provost, said recommendations are circulated to EPC, GEPC, Student Senate, CCPC, and Provost’s Council for feedback.
- A revised set of recommendations are then sent to the Faculty Senate for further review. Its recommendation for or against the set of recommendations is sent to the Provost.
- Final recommendations are then made by the Provost to the President’s Council for approval.
Annual Calendar approval process
- Annually, the Registrar constructs a calendar for the academic year three years out, consistent with the approved guidelines.
- This calendar is circulated to EPC, GEPC, CCPC, and Provost’s Council for feedback.
- The Registrar makes any modifications s/he feels appropriate in response.
- The calendar goes to the University Council for approval.
*Guidelines include the structure of mini-terms, start-stop dates, etc.
Both of these processes would go under the description of the Registrar’s duties in the faculty handbook (Section 2.2.4).
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Holidays published by Human Resources
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2020-2021 Holiday Schedule
| Date | Holiday |
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| 7/3/2020 | Independence Day |
| 9/7/2020 | Labor Day Note from HR: Due to the change in the academic calendar this year Labor Day will be a regular work day. |
11/25/2020 | Thanksgiving |
| 11/26/2020 | Thanksgiving |
| 11/27/2020 | Thanksgiving |
| 12/21/2020 - 12/31/2020 | Christmas Note from HR: Due to the change in the academic calendar this year, Christmas break will begin on 12/21/2020. |
| 1/1/2021 | New Year's Day |
| 4/2/2021 | Good Friday |
| 5/31/2021 | Memorial Day |
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From the Faculty Handbook
3.2.3 Reporting Grades
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The deadline for this petition is the same as the deadline to add or drop a course and is published in the University Calendar in the General Catalog.
REG - Intensify a Course
Students may propose a special project for earning one extra credit in one course in which they are enrolled in a given semester. See the University Catalog for the full intensification policy.
The deadline for this petition is published in the University Calendar in the General Catalog. valpo.edu/registrar/catalog
REG - Sat/Unsat Grade Petition
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