Summer Session 2005
Apr 4-8, Mon-Fri		Registration for summer for all Nursing students
Apr 4-15, Mon-Fri		Registration for summer and fall for Divinity students
Apr 5, Tue		Alumni Assoication Board of Directors Meeting; Almost Alumni Affair for Class of 2005
Apr 25-27, Mon-Wed		Registration for May Session courses
Apr 28-29, Thur-Fri		Spring Board of Trust Meeting
Apr 29, Fri		Last day for Peabody professional students graduating in August to file intent forms; Deadline for Intra-University Transfer applications
May 2, Mon		DoreWays Pre-Orientation Registration begins; Summer classes begin in Nursing
May 3, Tue		English Language Center registration - Summer I term
May 6, Fri		Date by which undergraduate students and Graduate School students must register for fall to avoid the late registration fee; registration for Division of Unclassified Studies May Session courses
May 7, Sat		Residence halls open for May session at 2:00 P.M.
May 9, Mon		Check-in for registered students and final registration for May Session; May Session classes begin
May 11, Wed		Deadline for students to add or drop a May Session course without entry on their records; last day of Graduate School change period
May 16, Mon		Law Summer Session begins
May 20, Fri		Deadline for students to withdraw from a May Session course
June 3, Fri		May session ends; May session examinations
June 4, Sat		Residence halls close for May Session at 9:00 A.M.
June 5, Sun		Residence halls open for first half Summer Session at noon
June 6, Mon		Registration for Summer Session in most schools
June 6-10, Mon-Fri		Registration for fall for all Nursing students
June 7, Tue		First half and full summer classes begin in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Graduate School and Peabody
June 7-8, Tue-Wed		Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Peabody fall freshmen and parents
June 9, Thur		Deadline for students to add a first-half or full-term summer course, register for pass-fail status in a course, or drop a course without entry on record; last day to drop Blair performance courses with no music fee charged; last day of Graduate School change period
June 10-11, Fri-Sat		Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Blair fall freshmen and parents
June 13, Mon		Peabody Module I registration and classes begin
June 14-15, Tue-Wed		Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Engineering fall freshmen and parents
June 15, Wed		Last day students may add or drop Peabody Module I courses with no entry on the record
June 17-18, Fri-Sat		Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Peabody fall freshmen and parents
June 21-22, Tue-Wed		Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Peabody fall freshmen and parents
June 22, Wed		Deadline for students to withdraw from a first-half course; deadline for students to change from pass-fail to graded status in a first-half course; last day to drop Peabody Module I courses
June 24, Fri		Deadline for Graduate School students to submit intent to graduate forms for August graduation
June 24-25, Fri-Sat		Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Peaabody fall freshmen and parents
June 25, Sat		Fall registration course request period ends at 4:00 P.M.
June 28, Tue		English Language Center registration - Summer II term
June 30-July 1, Thur-Fri		Orientation, first start date of third year Medical students
July 4, Mon		Independence Day holiday
July 5, Tue		Clerkships begin for first start date of third year medical students and all fourth year Medical students
July 7, Thur		First half classes end
July 8, Fri		Examination for first-half courses; Peabody Module I ends
July 9, Sat		Residence halls close for first-half summer session at 9:00 A.M.
July 10, Sun		Residence halls open for second-half summer session at noon
July 11, Mon		Peabody Module II registration and classes begin; supplemental registration for second-half courses
July 12, Tue		Second-half classes begin
July 13, Wed		Last day students may add or drop Peabody Module II classes without an entry on record
July 14, Thur		Deadline for undergraduates to add, register for pass-fail status in, or drop a second half summer course without entry on record; last day undergraduates may withdraw from a full summer course; deadline for undergraduates to change from pass-fail to graded status in a full summer course
July 22, Fri		Last day Peabody students may drop Module II classes without an entry on record
July 25, Mon		Fall registration period begins for A&S, Blair, Engineering, Graduate School, and Peabody
July 27, Wed		Deadline for undergraduates to add, register for pass-fail status in, or drop a second-half summer course; Peabody deadline for presentation of theses and dissertations for August graduation; deadline for undergraduates to withdraw from a second-half course
July 28-29, Thur-Fri		Orientation for second start date of third year Medical students
July 29, Fri		Graduate School deadline for presentation of theses and dissertations for August graduation
Aug 1, Mon		Clerkships begin for second start date of third year Medical students
Aug 5, Fri		Peabody Module II ends
Aug 7, Sun		School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony for August graduates at 2:00 P.M.
Aug 8-19, Mon-Fri		Orientation and Statistics Camp for first-year Management students (required)
Aug 10,Wed		Second-half and full-term summer courses end for most schools
Aug 11, Thur		Classes begin for second-year Executive Management students
Aug 11-12, Thur-Fri		Examination for second-half and full-term summer courses
Aug 12, Fri		Summer session ends (Nursing summer session ends Aug. 5); graduation date for August graduates
Aug 13, Sat		Residence halls close for second-half summer session at 12:00 noon
Aug 19, Fri		Deadline for Intra-University Transfers
Fall Semester 2005
Aug 6, Sat		Registration and week-in-residence for first year Executive Management students
Aug 8-9, Mon-Tue		Registration and orientation for second year Medical students
Aug 8-12, Mon-Fri		Registration and orientation for first year Medical students
Aug 10, Wed		Classes begin for second year Medical students
Aug 15, Mon		Classes begin for first year Medical students; electives begin for first and second year medical students; Drop/Add begins for electives for Medical students only; DoreWays Pre-Orientation begins
Aug 15-18, Mon-Fri		Teaching Assistant & International Teaching Assistant Orientation Workshops
Aug 16, Tue		Deadline for all students to pay fall charges without a late payment fee
Aug 17-19,Wed-Fri		Orientation and registration for new Law students
Aug 19, Fri		Teaching at Vanderbilt, Incoming Faculty Orientation; DoreWays Pre-Orientation ends (Squirrel Camp, Big Horizons, Kaleidoscope, Leadership Odyssey)
Aug 20, Sat		Orientation begins for new undergraduate students; residence halls open at 8:00 A.M. for new students, including transfer students; DoreWays Pre-Orientation ends (Wilskills)
Aug 21, Sun		Residence halls open at 9:00 A.M. for upper-class students; International Student Orientation (1-5 P.M.)
Aug 21-23, Sun-Tue		Orientation for new Divinity students
Aug 22, Mon		All classes begin in Law; classes begin in Management; orientation for all new Graduate School students; first day of change period for Law students
Aug 22-23, , Mon-Tue		Blair interviews for new performance students (non-majors)
Aug 22-24, Mon-Wed		Orientation for all new Nursing students (mandatory); Blair auditions for Vanderbilt Symphonic choir
Aug 23, Tue		Founder's Walk; registration for new Divinity and Division of Unclassified Studies students; fall registration period ends at 4:00 P.M.
Aug 23-25, Tue-Thur		Blair auditions for large instrumental ensembles
Aug 24, Wed		Classes begin in A&S, Blair, Divinity, Engineering, Graduate School, and Peabody; orientation for all returning Nursing students (mandatory)
Aug 25, Thur		Fall registration change period begins; meeting of the Faculty Assembly; last day Management students may add or drop Module I courses with no entry on record; classes begin in Nursing
Aug 26, Fri		Last day for Drop/Add for first and second year Medical students; last day Law students may add or drop a course with no entry on record; international undergraduate welcome dinner (5:30-7:00 P.M.)
Aug 30, Tue		English Language Center registration - Fall I term
Aug 31,Wed		Fall registration change period ends; last day undergraduates and Peabody professional students may add or drop a course with no entry on their record; last day undergraduate students may register for pass-fail status in a course; last day to drop Blair performance courses with no music fee charged; last day to declare a music minor or second major; last day to add a course in Divinity; end of Nursing change period
Sept 2, Fri		Last day for Peabody professional students graduating in December to file intent forms
Sept 5, Mon		Labor Day holiday for Nursing, Labor Day holiday for first, second and fourth year Medical students
Sept 6, Tue		End of Graduate School change period; last day to change from "graded" to "audit" status and from "graded" to "pass/fail" status for Divinity students
Sept 23, Fri		Deadline for Graduate School students to submit Intent to Graduate forms for December graduation
Sept 23-25, Fri-Sun		Parents Weekend
Oct 3, Mon		Last day undergraduates may apply to student teach spring semester; last day for students to submit screening forms for admission into the Teacher Education Program
Oct 6, Thur		Module I classes end in Management
Oct 10-13, Mon-Thur		Mid-Term exams for second year Medical students
Oct 10-14, Mon-Fri		Module I examinations in Management; no electives for first and second year Medical students
Oct 10-15, Mon-Sat		Homecoming and related Homecoming activities
Oct 12, Wed		Mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due in to University Registrar
Oct 12-16, Wed-Sun		Fall break for first year Medical students
Oct 13-16, Thur-Sun		Fall Break for second year Medical students
Oct 14, Fri		Alumni Board of Directors meeting
Oct 14-15, Fri-Sat		Homecoming/Reunion Weekend - Alumn reunions for Undergraduates, Law, Management
Oct 17, Mon		Module II classes begin in Management
Oct 20, Thur		Last day Management students may add or drop a Module II course with no entry on record; English Language Center registration - Fall II term
Oct 21, Fri		Last day undergraduates, Nursing, Graduate School and Management students may withdraw from fall semester courses; last day A&S, Blair, Engineering, and Peabody students may change from pass-fail to graded status in a course
Oct 24-25, Mon-Tue		October break in A&S, Blair, Divinity, Engineering, Peabody, Nursing and Graduate School
Oct 31, Mon		Spring Registration - Course Request Period begins in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Peabody and most graduate/professional schools
Oct 31-Nov 11, Mon-Fri		Divinity registration for spring semester
Nov 3-4, Thur-Fri		Fall Board of Trust meeting
Nov 7-8, Mon-Tue		Blair performance interviews for non-majors for spring semester
Nov 11, Fri		Spring registration course request period ends at 4:00 P.M.; last day for Peabody professional students to submit intent to graduate forms for May graduation; deadline for Intra University Transfer applications
Nov 14-18, Mon-Fri		International Education Week
Nov 19, Sat		Undergraduate residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
Nov 19-27, Sat-Sun		Thanksgiving holidays in all schools except Medicine
Nov 24-27, Mon-Sun		Thanksgiving holidays in Medicine
Nov 27, Sun		Undergraduate residence halls open at 9:00 A.M.
Dec 1, Thur		Deadline for Blair juniors to declare a concentration or minor instrument
Dec 2, Fri		Classes end in Law; Graduate School deadline for presentation of theses and dissertations for December graduation
Dec 3, Sat		Blair Auditions for prospective freshmen for Fall semester
Dec 5-9, Mon-Fri		Exam period for elective courses for first and second year Medical students
Dec 5-16, Mon-Fri		Examinations in Law
Dec 8, Thur		Classes end in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Peabody, Management, Divinity and Graduate School
Dec 9, Fri		Classes end in Nursing; last day Peabody professional students may submit formal papers for December graduation; School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony for December graduates at 4:00 P.M.; required courses end for first and second year Medical students; reading day in Divinity
Dec 9-16, Fri-Fri		Blair performance examinations
Dec 9-17, Fri-Sat		Examinations and reading day for A&S, Blair, Engineering, Peabody, and Graduate School
Dec 10-15, Sat-Thur		Module II examinations in Management
Dec 12-14, Mon-Wed		Examinations in Nursing
Dec 12-15, Mon-Thur		Examinations in Divinity; Exam period for required courses for first and second year Medical students
Dec 17, Sat		Classes end for Executive Management students; graduation date for December graduates
Dec 17-Jan 2, Sat-Mon		Holiday Break for all Medical students
Dec 18, Sun		Undergraduate residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
Spring Semester 2006
Jan 3, Tue		Spring semester begins in Medicine
Jan 4, Wed		Deadline for all students to pay spring charges without a late payment fee; classes begin for first year Nursing students
Jan 5, Thur		Classes begin for Executive Management students
Jan 7, Sat		Undergraduate residence halls open at 8:00 P.M.
Jan 9, Mon		Registration and classes begin in Law; classes begin for second year Nursing students; Module III classes begin in Management; English Language Center registration - Spring-I term; elective classes and Drop/Add of elective classes begin for first and second year Medical students; first day of change period for Law students; International Students spring orientation (1-3 P.M.); orientation begins for new transfer students
Jan 9-10, Mon-Tue		Orientation and registration for new Divinity students
Jan 10, Tue		Registration for Division of Unclassified Studies; Blair performance interviews and registration for non-majors
Jan 11, Wed		Classes begin in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Graduate School, Peabody, and Divinity
Jan 12, Thur		Spring registration change period begins; last day Management students may add or drop Module III courses with no entry on record
Jan 13, Fri		Blair performance interviews and registration for non-majors; Last day to add or drop a course in Law with no entry on record
Jan 16, Mon		Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - no Divinity classes; school-wide Martin Luther King, Jr. Day program for Medical students
Jan 16-20, Mon-Fri		Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative series
Jan 18, Wed		Spring registration Change Period ends; end of Nursing change period; last day undergraduates and Peabody professional students may add a course or drop a course with no entry on their records; last day undergraduates may register for pass-fail status in a course; last day to drop Blair performance courses with no music fee charged; last day Divinity students may add a course
Jan 20, Fri		Last day for Drop/Add for Medical students
Jan 24, Tue		End of Graduate School change period; last day to change from graded to audit status and from graded to pass/fail status for Divinity students
Jan 27-28, Fri-Sat		Blair Auditions weekend for prospective freshmen for fall semester
Feb 1-28		Black History Month
Feb 1, Wed		Last day undergraduates may apply to be screened for fall student teaching; last day to submit screening forms for admission into the Teacher Education Program
Feb 6, Mon		Deadline for Graduate School students to submit intent to graduate forms for May graduation
Feb 10-11, Fri-Sat		Blair Auditions weekend for prospective freshmen for Fall semester
Feb 17-18, Fri-Sat		Blair Auditions weekend for prospective freshmen for Fall semester
Feb 20-24, Mon-Fri		Mid-term exams for first and second year Medical students
Feb 23, Thur		Module III classes end in Management
Feb 24, Fri		Last day Nursing students may drop spring semester courses
Feb 25-Mar 5, Sat-Sun		Spring Break for first and second year Medical students
Feb 27, Mon		English Language Center registration - Spring II term
Feb 27-Mar 3, Mon- Fri		Module III examinations in Management
Mar 4, Sat		Undergraduate residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
Mar 4-12, Sat-Sun		Spring holidays in most schools
Mar 8, Wed		Mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due in to University Registrar
Mar 11-19, Sat-Sun		Spring holidays in Medicine (third-year students finishing Medicine/Surgery only)
Mar 12, Sun		Undergraduate residence halls open at 9 A.M.
Mar 13, Mon		Module IV classes begin in Management
Mar 16, Thur		Last day Management students may add or drop a Module IV course with no entry on record
Mar 17, Fri		Founder's Day, the anniversary of Cornelius Vanderbilt's founding gift; last day undergraduates, Peabody professional, Graduate School and Management students may withdraw from spring semester courses; last day undergraduates may change from pass-fail to graded status in a course
Mar 17-24, Fri-Fri		International Awareness Festival
Mar 20-22, Mon-Wed		Impact Symposium
Mar 28,Tue		Housing random selections (Carmichael Towers Suites) in Branscomb Recreation Room
Mar 29, Wed		Housing random selections (for apartments and lodges) in Student Life center
Apr 3, Mon		Graduate School deadline for presentation of theses and dissertations for May graduation
Apr 3-13, Mon-Thur		Divinity registration for fall
Apr 3-7, Mon-Fri		Nursing registration for summer
Apr 4, Tue		Housing random selections (for singles and doubles) in Branscomb Rec room
Apr 6, Thur		Meeting of the Faculty Assembly
Apr 10, Mon		Fall registration course request period begins for some schools
Apr 11-13, Tue-Thur		Rising sophomore single/double selections in Branscomb Rec room
Apr 14, Fri		Good Friday - no classes in Divinity
Apr 20-21, Thur-Fri		Blair performance interviews and registration for non-majors for fall semester
Apr 20-22, Thur-Sat		Rites of Spring
Apr 21, Fri		Classes end in Law; last day Peabody professional students may submit formal papers for May graduation; Instruction ends in Medicine (fourth year students only); classes end in Nursing
Apr 22-30, Sat-Sun		Spring holidays in Medicine (third year students finishing Pediatrics, OB/GYN or Psych/Neuro only)
Apr 24-25, Mon-Tue		Examinations in Nursing
Apr 24-May 5, Mon-Fri		Examinations in Law
Apr 25, Tue		Classes end in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Peabody, Graduate School; International Stress Fest
Apr 26-27, Wed-Thur		Reading period in Divinity
Apr 26-May 3, Wed-Wed		Blair performance examinations
Apr 267-May 4, Wed-Thur		Reading days and examinations in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Peabody, and Graduate School
Apr 27, Thur		Module IV classes end in Management
Apr 27-28, Thur-Fri		Spring Board of Trust meeting
Apr 28, Fri		Deadline for Intra-University Transfer applications; instruction ends for required courses for first year Medical students only
Apr 28-May 4, Fri-Thur		Examinations in Divinity
May 1-4, Mon-Thur		Exam Period for required courses for first year Medical students only
May 1-5, Mon-Fri		Module IV examinations in Management
May 2, Tue		English Language Center registration - Summer I term
May 5, Fri		Date by which undergraduate students and Graduate School students must register for fall to avoid the late registration fee; instruction ends for required courses for second year Medical students only
May 6, Sat		Classes end for Executive Management students
May 8-11, Mon-Thur		Exam Period for required courses for second year Medical students only
May 10, Wed		"The Party" - Party for all graduating students, families and VU Community
May 11, Thur		Class Day in Medicine (fourth year students only)
May 12, Fri		Commencement
May 13, Sat		Residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
May 15-Aug 6		Emphasis program for Medical students
Summer Session 2006
Apr 24-26, Mon-Wed		Registration for May Session courses
May 1, Mon		Summer classes begin in Nursing
May 6, Sat		Residence halls open for May session at 2:00 P.M.
May 8, Mon		Check-in for registered students and final registration for May session; May session classes begin
May 15, Mon		Law Summer Session begins
June 2, Fri		May session ends; May session examinations
June 3, Sat		May session residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
June 4, Sun		First-half summer session residence halls open at noon
June 5, Mon		Registration for summer session in most schools
June 5-9, Mon-Fri		Registration for fall for all Nursing students
June 6, Tue		Classes begin in A&S, Blair, Engineering and Graduate School
June 27, Tue		English Language Center registration - Summer-II term
July 7, Fri		Examinations for first-half courses
July 8, Sat		First-half summer session residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
July 9, Sun		Second-half summer session residence halls open at noon
July 10, Mon		Supplementary registration for second-half courses
July 11, Tue		Second-half courses begin
Aug 4, Fri		Classes end in Nursing
Aug 6, Sun		School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony for August graduates at 2:00 P.M.
Aug 10-11, Thur-Fri		Examinations for second-half and full-term summer courses
Aug 11, Fri		Summer term ends; graduation date for August graduates
Aug 12, Sat		Second-half summer session residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.