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Page | vi2012-2013 CalendarFall Semester 2012August 20129 New student orientation15 Payment deadline for early enrollment students17 Deadline to receive bacterial meningitis immunization for Fall Semester17 Summer Commencement, 6:30 p.m., Parker Center24 Final day of Fall Semester general registration (without late fee)27 Fall classes begin – schedule revisions, late registration with penalty fee27 8-week Online Course Session I begins30 Final day for schedule revisions and/or late registration with penalty feeSeptember 20123 Labor Day – no classes, offices closed4 Applications for December 2012 graduation begin12 Twelfth class day26 8-week Session I is 60 percent completed – critical date for financial aid students*October 201223First tuition and fee installment payment dueFinal day to drop or withdraw from classes without academic penalty15-18 Final exams for all 8-week online Session I classes22 8-week online Session I begins26 Distribution of 2013 Spring Semester class schedule29 Advising for 2013 Spring Semester beginsNovember 20121 Final day to pay short-term TPEG loans1 Second and final tuition and fee installment payment due1 Fall Semester is 60 percent completed – critical date for financial aid students*5 2012 Spring Semester registration begins6 Final day to drop or withdraw from all courses (a grade will be recorded)7 Final day to apply for December graduation, pay for diploma, cap, gown16 8-week Session I is 60 percent completed – critical date for financial aid students*21 Thanksgiving Holidays begin at 5 p.m. No evening classes22-23 Thanksgiving Holiday – no classes, offices closed26 Fall Semester classes resumeDecember 20125 Final class day of Fall Semester and 8-week online Session II6-12 Final examinations begin at 5 p.m.7 Grades due for online 8-week Session II by 4 p.m.13 Final Grades for Graduating Student due by 8:30 A.M.13 All other Student Grades due by 4:00 P.M.14 Fall Commencement, 6:30 p.m., Parker Center24 Holiday Break begins