Events and Deadlines
FALL SEMESTER

August 17, 2009 Graduate School-wide Orientation
For GSAS Orientation Schedule as well as Department Orientation Information visit
http://artsci.wustl.edu/GSAS/GradStudents/schedule.html
August 19, 2009 New T.A. Orientation. First Time T.A. orientation hosted by the The Teaching Center.
August 26, 2009 First day of classes.
September 7, 2009 Labor Day holiday - no classes.
September 8, 2009 Last day for candidates to submit theses and dissertations for August 2009 degrees.
October 16, 2009  Fall Break-no classes.
October 23, 2009 Olin Fellowship Conference, "Beyond the Wedding Ring: LGBT Activism in the Age of Obama."  Keynote Speech by Urvashi Vaid, J.D., at 4 p.m. in Graham Chapel.
November 2, 2009
(Monday)
The Rolando Lara Memorial Lecture "Copies, Facsimiles, and the Invisible Text" will be presented by Carlo Ginzburg, Professor Emeritus - UCLA, at 8:00 PM in Whitaker Hall. For more information visit http://rll.wustl.edu/ginzburg
November 3, 2009
(Tuesday)
Carlo Ginzburg, a pioneer in Microhistory and major influential figure of our time will be the guest of honor during Coffee with the Graduate Students from 10:00 - 11:00 AM in the Liberman Graduate Center, DUC 300
Join Carlo Ginzburg for a Roundtable Discussion at 7:00 PM in the Joanne Golberg Formal Lounge, DUC 2nd Floor.  Download Professor Ginzburg's Recommended Readings Here
For more information visit http://rll.wustl.edu/ginzburg
November 25-29, 2009 Thanksgiving Break - no classes.
December 1, 2009Deadline to file Intent to Graduate for May 2010.
December 5, 2009The Chancellor's Recognition Ceremony (December 2009 Degree Candidates)  Saturday, December 5, 2009 in Graham Chapel at 1:30 p.m. A reception will be held immediately following the ceremony in Danforth Universtiy Center Tisch Commons.  For more information visit:
http://commencement.wustl.edu/december.html
December 11-17, 2009 Final Exams
January 4, 2010 Last day for candidates to submit theses and dissertations for December 2009 degrees.


SPRING SEMESTER
January 18, 2010Martin Luther King Holiday
January 19, 2010
(Tuesday)
First Day of Classes
March 7-13, 2010 Spring Break - No Classes
May 3, 2010
(Monday)
Last day for candidates to submit theses and dissertations for May 2010 degrees.
May 6-12, 2010 Final Exams
May 21, 2010 Commencement

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