OCTOBER

19

Monday

Official advising period begins for spring registration

21

Wednesday

Student-athlete evening advising period; 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

22

Thursday

Student-athlete evening advising period; 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

30

Friday

Official advising period ends

NOVEMBER

2

Monday

Graduate/Senior/Student-athlete priority registration begins at 1:00 p.m.

3

Tuesday

Junior priority registration begins at 1:00 p.m.

4

Wednesday

Regular fall registration begins for all students at 1:00 p.m.

18

Wednesday

Last day to apply for admission to the university to be eligible for regular spring registration

23

Monday

Thanksgiving Holiday begins (University offices closed Nov 25-27)

27

Friday

Thanksgiving Holiday ends

30

Monday

Regular registration ends at 11:59 p.m.

DECEMBER

10

Thursday

Fee bills mailed to registered students’ mailing address. Students must maintain up-to-date mailing address with the university. Fee payments taken in Smith Hall until Thursday, January 14 at 4 p.m.

21-31

University offices closed for holidays

JANUARY

1-3

University offices closed for holidays

4

Monday

University offices reopen after holiday break

4

Monday

Personal Touch Accounts (PTA) open in the MSU Bookstore

8

Friday

Applications received after this date will be assessed a $20 late fee

13

Wednesday

Cashier’s office open for extended fee payment – 6:30 p.m.

14

Thursday

Fee payment deadline is 4:00 p.m. Classes are subject to being dropped if the fee payment deadline is not met. Students who do not plan to attend McNeese this spring must officially resign by 4:30 p.m., January 21 to avoid tuition charges

14

Thursday

Freshman Orientation

15

Friday

Late registration begins at 7:45 a.m.

18

Monday

Martin L. King, Jr. Holiday (University offices closed)

19

Tuesday

Classes begin

21

Thursday

Last day to register, add classes, make section changes, and change credit or audit classification

22

Friday

Payment deadline for classes added during late registration – 4 p.m. A fee bill will not be mailed

22

Friday

Last day to pick up financial aid work assignment card for on-campus jobs

FEBRUARY

5

Friday

Official Reporting Day (14th Class Day)

5

Friday

First financial aid disbursement of funds

12

Friday

Last day to make grade appeal from Fall 2009

12

Friday

Personal Touch Accounts (PTA) close

18

Thursday

Refund checks from first financial aid disbursements mailed this week

15 -17

Monday

Mardi Gras holidays (University offices closed)

19

Friday

Last day to file for degree for spring commencement

19

Friday

Disbursement of loan proceeds for first time loan borrowers with less than 30 earned hours

MARCH

1

Monday

Payment deadline for fee deferral plan

15

Monday

Payment deadline for Personal Touch Account (PTA) – 1st half due

29

Monday

Spring Vacation begins (University closed 4/1 – 4/2)

APRIL

2

Friday

Spring Vacation ends

5

Monday

Last day for major professor to receive completed thesis for spring commencement

8

Thursday

Last day to withdraw from courses or resign from the university

14

Wednesday

Grad Fest for spring degree candidates in Parra Ballroom

15

Thursday

Payment deadline for Personal Touch Account (PTA) – 2nd half due

19

Monday

Last day for comprehensive final examination for completion of spring graduate degree requirements

23

Friday

Last day for submitting approved thesis for completion of degree requirements for spring

MAY

5

Wednesday

Last day for currently enrolled students to remove incomplete grades from the previous semester. (Grade Correction Reports for removal of incomplete grades are due by 4:00 p.m. in the Office of the Registrar)

5

Wednesday

Classes end (Classes beginning at or after 4:00 p.m. will not meet)

6

Thursday

Study Day – No class (Final exams for evening classes begin)

7

Friday

Final examinations begin

12

Wednesday

Final examinations end

12

Wednesday

Grades for degree candidates must be submitted online no later than 3:00 p.m.

14

Friday

Final grades due – 10:00 a.m.

14

Friday

Final grades available to students online through Banner Self-Service

14

Friday

Commencement rehearsal in Burton Coliseum at 6:30 p.m.

15

Saturday

Commencement exercises in Burton Coliseum at 10:00 a.m.