Registrar's Office KENYON COLLEGE CALENDAR
(Revised May 20, 1997)
1997-98
First Semester
August 24, Sunday . . . . . . . . . Residences open for new students; Orientation program begins August 26, Tuesday . . . . . . . . . Residences open for returning students August 28, Thursday . . . . . . . . Classes begin September 1, Monday . . . . . . . . Labor Day* September 5-6, Friday-Saturday . . . Kenyon Fund Executive Committee September 12-13, Friday-Saturday . . Alumni Reunion Planning October 1-2, Wednesday-Thursday . . Eve of Rosh Hashanah*; Rosh Hashanah* October 3-4, Friday-Saturday . . . . Homecoming Weekend; Alumni Council October 9-10, Thursday-Friday . . . October Break October 24-25, Friday-Saturday . . . Fall Meeting of Board of Trustees October 30, Thursday . . . . . . . . Founders' Day; Matriculation October 31-November 2, Fri-Sun . . . Family Weekend; Parents Advisory Council; November 22, Saturday . . . . . . . Thanksgiving Vacation begins December 1, Monday . . . . . . . . . Classes resume December 12, Friday . . . . . . . . Last day of classes in first semester December 13-14, 16, 18 . . . . . . . Reading days December 15, 17, 19-20 . . . . . . . Examinations December 20, Saturday . . . . . . . First semester ends at 4:30 p.m. December 21, Sunday . . . . . . . . Student residences close at Noon December 29, Monday . . . . . . . . Instructors submit first-semester grades by 10:00 a.m.Second Semester
January 11, Sunday . . . . . . . . . Student residences open at 10:00 a.m. January 12, Monday . . . . . . . . . Classes Begin February 6-7, Friday-Saturday . . . Alumni Council and Kenyon Fund Executive Committee February 13-14, Friday-Saturday . . Winter meeting of Board of Trustees February 25, Wednesday . . . . . . . Ash Wednesday* February 28, Saturday . . . . . . . Spring Vacation begins March 16, Monday . . . . . . . . . . Classes resume April 3-4, Friday-Saturday . . . . . Parents' Advisory Council April 10, Friday . . . . . . . . . . Good Friday*; Eve of Passover* April 12, Sunday . . . . . . . . . . Easter Sunday April 14, Tuesday . . . . . . . . . Honors Day April 24-25, Friday-Saturday . . . . Spring meeting of the Board of Trustees May 1, Friday . . . . . . . . . . . Last day of classes May 2-4, 6, 8, 10 . . . . . . . . . Reading Days May 5, 7, 9, 11 . . . . . . . . . . Examination Days May 11, Monday . . . . . . . . . . . Second semester ends at 4:30 p.m. May 12, Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . Instructors submit senior grades by 10:00 a.m.; Residences close at Noon (Except Seniors) May 17, Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . 170th Commencement; Residences close for all at 7:00 p.m. May 19, Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . Instructors submit all remaining grades by 10:00 a.m. May 22-24, Friday-Sunday . . . . . . Alumni Reunion Weekend; Alumni Council
* Classes as usual. However, care should be taken when scheduling activities on religious holidays.20-May-1997