2012-2013 Academic Calendar

August 2012

4 Saturday	Commencement, Bread Loaf School of English at Oxford
11 Saturday	Commencement, Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont
15-25 Wed.-Sat.	Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
17 Friday	VT Language Schools Commencement
19 Sunday	***Eid al-Fitr
30-Sept. 2 Thurs.-Sun.	Alumni College

September 2012

2 Sunday	Alumni College ends
3 Monday	Labor Day
4 Tuesday	Orientation begins
8 Saturday	Residence Halls open for returning students (9:00 a.m.)
9 Sunday	Convocation
10 Monday	Fall term classes begin (8:00 a.m.)
17 Monday	***Rosh Hashanah
26 Wednesday	***Yom Kippur
27-29 Thurs.-Sat.	Clifford Symposium
28-30 Fri.-Sun.	Alumni Leadership Conference

October 2012

5-7 Fri.-Sun.	Fall Family Weekend
15-16 Mon.-Tue.	Midterm recess
17 Wednesday	Classes resume (8:00 a.m.)
18-20 Thur.-Sat.	Trustee Meetings
19-21 Fri.- Sun	Homecoming
26 Friday	***Eid al Adha

November 2012

4 Sunday	Daylight Saving Time ends
20 Tuesday	Thanksgiving recess begins (4:15 p.m.)
22 Thursday	Thanksgiving Day
26 Monday	Classes resume (8:00 a.m.)

December 2012

6 Thursday	Trustee meetings (off campus)
7 Friday	Fall term classes end (4:15 p.m.)
8 Saturday	MIIS Winter Commencement
10 Monday	Examination period begins
11-16 Tues.-Sun.	*Final examinations
13 Thursday	Reading Day
16 Sunday	Recess begins (10:00p.m.)
17 Monday	Residence Halls close (12:00 noon)
25 Tuesday	Christmas Day

January 2013

1 Tuesday	New Year's Day
6 Sunday	Residence Halls open (9:00 a.m.)
7 Monday	Winter term classes begin (8:00 a.m.)
21 Monday	Martin Luther King Day

February 2013

1 Friday	Winter term classes end; Recess begins (4:15 p.m.)
2 Saturday	Celebration for mid-year graduates
6 Wednesday	Spring orientation begins
11 Monday	Spring term classes begin (8:00 a.m.)
13 Wednesday	Ash Wednesday
14-16 Thurs.-Sat.	Trustee meetings
14 Thursday	Winter Carnival recess begins (4:15 p.m.)
15-16 Fri.-Sat.	Winter Carnival
18 Monday	Classes resume (8:00 a.m.)

March 2013

10 Sunday	Daylight Saving Time begins
22 Friday	Spring recess begins (4:15 p.m.)
26 Tuesday	***First Day of Passover
29 Friday	Good Friday
31 Sunday	Easter (Christian)

April 2013

1 Monday	Classes resume (8:00 a.m.)
19 Friday	*Student Research Symposium; classes do not meet

May 2013

5 Sunday	Easter (Orthodox)
9-11 Thurs.-Sat.	Trustee Meetings
13 Monday	**Spring term classes end (4:15 p.m.)
15 Wednesday	Examination period begins
16-21 Thur.-Tues.	*Final examinations
18 Saturday	MIIS Commencement
22 Wednesday	Residence Halls close for general student body (12:00 p.m.)
25 Saturday	Baccalaureate
26 Sunday	Commencement/Residence Halls close for Graduates and Senior FEBs (11:00 p.m.)
27 Monday	Memorial Day

June 2013

7-9 Fri.-Sun.	Reunion
21 Friday	VT Language Schools eight-week session begins
24 Monday	Bread Loaf School of English at Oxford begins
25 Tuesday	Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont begins
28 Friday	VT Language Schools seven-week session begins

July 2013

2 Tuesday	VT Language Schools six-week session begins
4 Thursday	Independence Day
9 Tuesday	***Ramadan

August 2013

3 Saturday	Commencement, Bread Loaf School of English at Oxford
8 Thursday	***Eid al-Fitr
10 Saturday	Commencement, Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont
14-24 Wed.-Sat.	Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
16 Friday	VT Language Schools Commencement
29-Sept. 1 Thurs.-Sun.	Alumni College

* Fall exams scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
* Spring exams scheduled Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday.
**Friday class schedule observed on Monday, May 13.
***These religious holidays begin at sundown of the preceding day. Dates are based on the lunar calendar and may vary.

NOTE: The Calendar is subject to change.