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Summer Session 2006 | Fall Semester 2006 | Spring Semester 2007 | Summer Session 2007

Summer Session 2006
Apr 1, Sat Summer Academic Orientation online registration begins; DoreWays Pre-Orientation Registration begins
Apr 3-7, Mon-Fri Registration for summer for all Nursing students
Apr 3-13, Mon-Thur Registration for summer and fall for Divinity students
Apr 7-8, Fri-Sat Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting; Chapter Leadership Conference
Apr 24-26, Mon-Wed Registration for May Session courses
Apr 27-28, Thur-Fri Spring Board of Trust Meeting
Apr 28, Fri Last day for Peabody professional students graduating in August to file intent forms; Deadline for Intra-University Transfer applications


May 1, Mon Summer classes begin in Nursing
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; registration for Division of Unclassified Studies May Session courses
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 10, 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 15, Mon Law Summer Session begins
May 19, Fri Deadline for students to withdraw from a May Session course


June 2, Fri May session ends; May session examinations; Summer Academic Orientation registration ends
June 3, Sat Residence halls close for May Session at 9:00 A.M.
June 4, Sun Residence halls open for first half Summer Session 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

First half and full summer classes begin in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Graduate School and Peabody

June 6-7, Tue-Wed Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Engineering fall freshmen and parents
June 8, 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 9-10, Fri-Sat Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Engineering fall freshmen and parents
June 12, Mon Peabody Module I registration and classes begin
June 13-14, Tue-Wed Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Peabody fall freshmen and parents
June 14, Wed Last day students may add or drop Peabody Module I courses with no entry on the record
June 16-17, Fri-Sat Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Peabody fall freshmen and parents
June 20-21, Tue-Wed Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Peabody fall freshmen and parents
June 21, 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 23, Fri Deadline for Graduate School students to submit intent to graduate forms for August graduation
June 23-24, Fri-Sat Summer Academic Orientation Program for A&S and Blair fall freshmen and parents
June 24, Sat Fall registration course request period ends at 4:00 P.M.
June 27, Tue English Language Center registration - Summer II term


July 4, Tue Independence Day holiday
July 6, Thur First half classes end
July 7, Fri Examination for first-half courses; Peabody Module I ends
July 8, Sat Residence halls close for first-half summer session at 9:00 A.M.
July 9, Sun Residence halls open for second-half summer session at noon
July 10, Mon Peabody Module II registration and classes begin; supplemental registration for second-half courses; Registration for Division of Unclassified Studies
July 10-14, Mon-Fri Intersession 1 for all third-year Medical students
July 11, Tue Second-half classes begin
July 12, Wed Last day students may add or drop Peabody Module II classes without an entry on record
July 13, 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 15, Sat All third-year Medical students begin core clerkships
July 21, Fri Last day Peabody students may drop Module II classes
July 24, Mon Fall registration period begins for A&S, Blair, Engineering, Graduate School, and Peabody
July 26, Wed Deadline for undergraduates to change from pass-fail to graded status in a second-half course; deadline for undergraduates to withdraw from a second-half course
July 28, Fri Graduate School deadline for presentation of theses and dissertations for August graduation


Aug 4, Fri Peabody Module II ends; School of Nursing classes end
Aug 6, Sun School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony for August graduates at 2:00 P.M.
Aug 9-18, Wed-Fri Orientation and Statistics Camp for first-year Management students (required)
Aug 9, Wed Second-half and full-term summer courses end for most schools
Aug 10, Thur Classes begin for second-year Executive Management students
Aug 10-11, Thur-Fri Examination for second-half and full-term summer courses
Aug 11, Fri Summer session ends (Nursing summer session ends Aug. 4); graduation date for August graduates; Deadline for Intra-University Transfer applications
Aug 12, Sat Residence halls close for second-half summer session at 9:00 A.M.


Fall Semester 2006
Aug 5, Sat Registration and week-in-residence for first year Executive Management students
Aug 10, Thur Registration for MPH and MSCI students
Aug 11, Fri Deadline for Intra-University Transfer applications
Aug 14, Mon DoreWays Pre-Orientation Begins (Wilskills, Squirrel camp, Big Horizons, Kaleidoscope, Leadership Odyssey)
Aug 14-15, Mon-Tue Registration and orientation for second-year Medical students
Aug 14-18, Mon-Fri Registration and orientation for first-year Medical students
Aug 15-18, Mon-Fri Teaching Assistant & International Teaching Assistant Orientation Workshops
Aug 16, Wed Deadline for all students to pay fall charges without a late payment fee
Aug 16-17, Wed-Thur Teaching Assistant and International Teaching Assistant Orientation Workshops
Aug 16-18, Wed-Fri Orientation and registration for new Law students
Aug 18, Fri DoreWays Pre-Orientation ends (Squirrel Camp, Big Horizons, Kaleidoscope, Leadership Odyssey)
Aug 18 & 22, Fri & Tue Teaching at Vanderbilt, Incoming Faculty Orientation
Aug 19, 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); Founder's Walk
Aug 20, Sun Residence halls open at 9:00 A.M. for upper-class students; International Student Orientation (1-5 P.M.)
Aug 20-22, Sun-Tue Orientation for new Divinity students
Aug 21, 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; 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 21-22, , Mon-Tue Blair interviews for new performance students (non-majors); Registration for MLI, AUD (1-2 Yrs), MSMP, and Master Deaf Education students
Aug 21-23, Mon-Wed Blair auditions for Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir
Aug 21-24, Mon-Thur Orientation (mandatory) for new pre-specialty and pre-specialty RN Nursing students
Aug 22, Tue Registration for new Divinity and Division of Unclassified Studies students; fall registration period ends at 4:00 P.M.
Aug 23, Wed Classes begin in A&S, Blair, Divinity, Engineering, Graduate School, and Peabody;classes begin (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, MSMP and Master Deaf Education students); Internship continues for 4th Yr AUD students; orientation (mandatory) for new direct entry and post-master's Nursing students
Aug 23-25, Wed-Fri Blair auditions for large instrumental ensembles
Aug 24, 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; orientation (mandatory) for new direct entry, post-master's and returning specialty year Nursing students
Aug 25, 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.); classes begin in Nursing
Aug 29, Tue English Language Center registration - Fall I term
Aug 30, 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 1, Fri Last day for Peabody professional students graduating in December to file intent forms; classes begin MPH students
Sept 4, Mon Labor Day holiday for Nursing, Labor Day holiday for first, second and fourth year Medical students
Sept 5, 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; last day for Drop/Add (MLI and MMP students); classes begin MSCI students; end of Nursing change period
Sept 5-12, Tue-Tue Drop/Add begin MSCI and MPH students
Sept 22, Fri Deadline for Graduate School students to submit Intent to Graduate forms for December graduation
Sept 29-Oct 1, Fri-Sun Family Weekend


Oct 2, 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 5, Thur Module I classes end in Management
Oct 9-13, Mon-Fri
Module I examinations in Management
Oct 11, Wed Mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due in to University Registrar
Oct 13, Fri Last day to withdraw passing (MMP, MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education students
Oct 13- Nov 12, Fri-Sun Vanderbilt Holocaust Lecture Series
Oct 16-17, Mon-Tue October break in A&S, Blair, Divinity, Engineering, Peabody, Nursing and Graduate School; fall break (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, MMP and Master Deaf Education students)
Oct 16-19, Mon- Thur Mid-Term exams for second-year Medical students
Oct 16-20, Mon-Fri No electives for first and second-year Medical students
Oct 18-21,Wed-Sat Homecoming and related Homecoming activities
Oct 16, Mon Module II classes begin in Management
Oct 19, 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 20, 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; Alumni Board of Directors meeting
Oct 20-21, Fri-Sat Homecoming/Reunion weekend - Alumni Reunions for Undergraduates, Law, Management, Medicine, Divinity, Nursing
Oct 23-27, Mon-Fri Registration for Spring 07 (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education, MMP, MPH and MSCI students)
Oct 30, Mon Spring Registration - Course Request Period begins in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Peabody and most graduate/professional schools
Oct 30-Nov 10, Mon-Fri Divinity registration for spring semester


Nov 6-7, Mon-Tue Blair performance interviews for non-majors for spring semester
Nov 10, 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
Nov 13-17, Mon-Fri International Education Week
Nov 16-17, Thur-Fri Fall Board of Trust meeting
Nov 18, Sat Undergraduate residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
Nov 18-26, Sat-Sun Thanksgiving holidays in all schools except Medicine
Nov 22-26, Wed-Sun Thanksgiving holidays (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, MMP and Master Deaf education students
Nov 23-26, Thur-Sun Thanksgiving holidays in Medicine
Nov 26, Sun Undergraduate residence halls open at 9:00 A.M.


Dec 1 ,Fri Deadline for Blair juniors to declare a concentration or minor instrument; Classes end in Law; Graduate School deadline for presentation of theses and dissertations for December graduation; deadline for Intra-University transfer applications
Dec 2, Sat Blair Auditions for prospective freshmen for Fall semester
Dec 4-15, Mon-Fri Examinations in Law
Dec 7, Thur Classes end in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Peabody, Management, Divinity and Graduate School; classes end (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education and MMP students)
Dec 8, 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.; reading day in Divinity
Dec 8-15, Fri-Fri Blair performance examinations; Final Exams (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education and MMP students
Dec 8-16, Fri-Sat Examinations and reading day for A&S, Blair, Engineering, Peabody, and Graduate School
Dec 9-14, Sat-Thur Module II examinations in Management
Dec 11-13, Mon-Wed Examinations in Nursing
Dec 11-14, Mon-Thur Examinations in Divinity
Dec 11-15, Mon-Fri Exam period for elective courses for first and second-year Medical students
Dec 14, Thur Holiday break begins in Nursing
Dec 15, Fri Required courses end for first and second-year Medical students
Dec 16, Sat Classes end for Executive Management students; graduation date for December graduates
Dec 16-Jan 9, Sat-Tue Holiday break (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education and MMP students)
Dec 17, Sun Undergraduate residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
Dec 19-21, Mon-Thur Exam Period for required courses for first and second-year Medical students
Dec 22- Jan 7, Fri-Sun Holiday break for first and second-year Medical students
Dec 23-Jan 7, Sat-Sun Holiday break for third and fourth year Medical students
Dec 24-25, Sun-Mon Holiday break (AUD: 4th Yrs)
Dec 29, Fri Classes end (MSCI students)
Dec 31, Sun Semester ends (AUD: 4th Yrs)


Spring Semester 2007
Jan 2, Tue Internship continues (AUD:4 Yrs); classes begin (MSCI students)
Jan 2-8, Tue-Mon Drop/Add courses MSCI students
Jan 3, Wed Deadline for all students to pay spring charges without a late payment fee; classes begin for first year Nursing students
Jan 4, Thur Classes begin for Executive Management students
Jan 6, Sat Undergraduate residence halls open at 8:00 P.M.
Jan 8, Mon Classes begin in Law; classes begin for second year Nursing students; Module III classes begin in Management; English Language Center registration - Spring-I term; first day of change period for Law students; International Students spring orientation (1-3 P.M.); classes begin in Divinity; Spring semester begins in Medicine, MPH; last day for Drop/Add MSCI students
Jan 9, Tue Registration for Division of Unclassified Studies; Blair performance interviews and registration for non-majors
Jan 10, Wed Classes begin in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Graduate School, and Peabody; classes begin (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education and MMP students)
Jan 11, Thur Spring registration change period begins; last day Management students may add or drop Module III courses with no entry on record
Jan 12, 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 15, Mon Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- no Divinity classes; school-wide Martin Luther King, Jr. Day program for Medical students
Jan 15-19, Mon-Fri Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative series
Jan 16, Tue Elective classes and Drop/Add of elective classes begin for first and second-year Medical students; last day of Drop/Add for MMP students
Jan 17, 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 23, 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 26, Fri Last day for Drop/Add for Medical students (first and second-year), no electives
Jan 26-27, Fri-Sat Blair Auditions weekend for prospective freshmen for fall semester


Feb 1-28 Black History Month
Feb 1, Thur 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 5, Mon Deadline for Graduate School students to submit intent to graduate forms for May graduation
Feb 9-10, Fri-Sat Blair Auditions weekend for prospective freshmen for Fall semester
Feb 12-25, Mon-Sun Undergraduates apply for 2007-2008 housing assignment process
Feb 22, Thur Module III classes end in Management
Feb 23, Fri Last day Nursing students may drop spring semester courses
Feb 23-24, Fri-Sat Blair Auditions weekend for prospective majors
Feb 26, Mon English Language Center registration - Spring II term
Feb 26-Mar 2, Mon- Fri Mid-term exams for first and second-year Medical students;Module III examinations in Management


Mar 3, Sat Undergraduate residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
Mar 3-11, Sat-Sun Spring holidays in most schools; spring break for first and second-year Medical students
Mar 5-11, Mon-Sun Spring break (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education, MMP students)
Mar 7, Wed Mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due in to University Registrar
Mar 9, Fri Last day to withdraw passing (MLI, MMP students)
Mar 11, Sun Undergraduate residence halls open at 9 A.M.
Mar 12, Mon Module IV classes begin in Management
Mar 15, Thur Last day Management students may add or drop a Module IV course with no entry on record
Mar 16, 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 16-23, Fri-Fri International Awareness Festival
Mar 19-21, Mon-Wed Impact Symposium
Mar 19-23, Mon-Fri Registration Summer 07 (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education, MMP 2nd Yr only, MSCI and MPH students)
Mar 27,Tue Housing random selections (Carmichael Towers Suites) in Branscomb Recreation Room
Mar 28, Wed Housing random selections (for apartments and lodges) in Student Life center
Mar 31-Apr 8, Sat-Sun, Spring holidays in Medicine for third-year students


Apr 1, Sun Summer Academic Orientation online registration begins
Apr 2, Mon Graduate School deadline for presentation of theses and dissertations for May graduation
Apr 2-13, Mon-Fri Pre-registration for Fall 07 (AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education and MMP students); Nursing registration for summer (2007)
Apr 2-13, Mon-Fri Divinity registration for fall
Apr 3, Tue Housing random selections (for upper class singles and doubles) in Branscomb Rec room
Apr 5, Thur Meeting of the Faculty Assembly
Apr 6, Fri Good Friday - no classes in Divinity
Apr 9, Mon Fall registration course request period begins for some schools
Apr 10-12, Tue-Thur Rising sophomore single/double selections in Branscomb Rec room
Apr 19-20, Thur-Fri Blair performance interviews and registration for non-majors for fall semester
Apr 19-21, Thur-Sat Rites of Spring
Apr 20, Fri Classes end in Law; last day Peabody professional students may submit formal papers for May graduation; classes end in Nursing; classes end for MPH students
Apr 23-24, Mon-Tue Examinations in Nursing
Apr 23-May 4, Mon-Fri Examinations in Law
Apr 24, Tue Classes end in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Peabody, Divinity and Graduate School; International Stress Fest; classes end (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education and MMP students)
Apr 25-26, Wed-Thur Reading period in Divinity
Apr 25-May 2, Wed-Wed Blair performance examinations
Apr 25-May 3, Wed-Thur Reading days and examinations in A&S, Blair, Engineering, Peabody, and Graduate School; Final exams (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education and MMP students)
Apr 26, Thur Module IV classes end in Management
Apr 26-27, Thur-Fri Spring Board of Trust meeting
Apr 27, Fri Deadline for Intra-University Transfer applications; instruction ends in Medicine (fourth-year students only)
Apr 27-May 3, Fri-Thur Examinations in Divinity
Apr 30, Mon Spring semester ends (AUD 4 Yr and MSCI students)
Apr 30-May 4, Mon-Fri Exams for first and second-year Medical student electives; Module IV examinations in Management


May 1, Tue English Language Center registration - Summer I term; Summer session begins MSCI and MPH students
May 1-7, Tue-Mon Drop/Add courses MPH and MSCI students
May 4, 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 first-year Medical students only
May 5, Sat Classes end for Executive Management students
May 6-10, Sun-Thur Exam Period for required courses for first-year Medical students only
May 7, Mon Summer Session begins (MLI, AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education and MMP students); last day for Drop/Add courses MPH and MSCI students
May 9, Wed "The Party" - Party for all graduating students, families and VU Community
May 10, Thur Instruction ends for required courses for second-year Medical students only; Class Day in Medicine (fourth-year students only); Undergraduate SEnior Class Day
May 11, Fri Commencement
May 12, Sat Residence halls close at 1:00 P.M.
May 21-Aug 12 Emphasis program for Medical students


Summer Session 2007
Apr 23-25, Mon-Wed Registration for May Session courses
April 30, Mon Summer classes begin in Nursing
May 4, Fri Division of Unclassified Studies Registration
May 5, Sat Residence halls open for May session at 2:00 P.M.
May 7, Mon Check-in for registered students and final registration for May session; May session classes begin
May 14, Mon Law Summer Session begins
June 1, Fri May session ends; May session examinations
June 2, Sat May session residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
June 3, Sun First-half summer session residence halls open at noon
June 4, Mon Registration for summer session in most schools; registration for Division of Unclassified Studies
June 4-8, Mon-Fri Registration for Fall 07 (AUD 1-3 Yrs, Master Deaf Education, MMP, MSCI and MPH students); registration for fall for all Nursing students
June 5, Tue Classes begin in A&S, Blair, Engineering and Graduate School
June 26, Tue English Language Center registration - Summer-II term
June 29, Fri Classes end MPH students
June 30, Sat Classes end MSCI students
July 1, Sat Internship begins (AUD 3rd Yrs)
July 6, Fri Examinations for first-half courses
July 7, Sat First-half summer session residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
July 8, Sun Second-half summer session residence halls open at noon
July 9, Mon Supplementary registration for second-half courses; Division of Unclassified Studies Registration
July 10, Tue Second-half courses begin
Aug 3, Fri Classes end in Nursing and Peabody Module II
Aug 5, Sun School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony for August graduates at 2:00 P.M.
Aug 9, Thur Summer sessions end (AUD 1-2 Summer sessions end (AUD 1-2 Yrs, Master Deaf Education students)
Aug 9-10, Thur-Fri Examinations for second-half and full-term summer courses
Aug 10, Fri Summer term ends; graduation date for August graduates; Summer sessions end MLI and MMP students
Aug 10-11, Fri-Sat Final exams period for AUD 1-2 Yrs
Aug 11, Sat Second-half summer session residence halls close at 9:00 A.M.
Aug 22, Wed Summer session ends AUD 3 Yrs and Master Deaf Education students





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