2009-2010 Calendar of Events
Saturday, November 21-Sunday, November 29
Thanksgiving Recess
Friday, December 11
Last Day of Classes
Monday, December 14-Saturday, December 19
Final Exams
Sunday, December 20-Sunday, January 10
Winter Break
Monday, January 11
First Day of Classes
Monday, January 18
Martin Luther King’s Birthday Recess
Saturday, February 13
Undergraduate Literary Symposium
Laurel and Monongahela Rooms, Mountainlair, 9:00-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 3
Semi-annual Pizza Party
130 Colson Hall, 11:30-1:30
Tuesday, March 9
Mary Ann Samyn Reading
130 Colson Hall, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Friday, March 12
Writing Contest Deadline
Friday, March 12
Graduate Student Colloquium
130 Colson Hall, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 13
Graduate Student Colloquium
Laurel and Monongahela Rms., Mountainlair, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 14 Graduate Student Colloquium Laurel and Monongahela Rms., Mountainlair, 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 27-Sunday, April 4
Spring Break
Friday, April 2
Friday before Easter recess
Friday, April 16
Ebery Family Distinguished Lecture
Saidiya Hartman
130 Colson Hall, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 21
Department of English Awards Luncheon
Gold Ballroom, Mountainlair, 11:30-1:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 22
Calliope Reading
Rhododendron Room, Mountainlair, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 29
MFA Reading
Gold Ballroom, Mountainlair, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Friday, April 30 Last day of classes
Monday, May 3-Saturday, May 8
Final Exams
Sunday, May 16
Commencement
Monday, May 17-Friday, August 6
Summer Term
May 20-23
Summer Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies with Rebecca Walkowitz
Public Lecture, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Thursday, May 20 130 Colson Hall
Monday, May 31
Memorial Day Recess
July 15-18
Writers’ Workshop