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December 22-26, 1997 & December 29 - January 2, 1998

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Current News

FROM THE MATHEMATICS LIBRARY

The Physics-Astronomy library will be closed January 1-10 for an asbestos removal project. No one will be admitted to the library during this time period and no PHX library staff members will be available for assistance with the collection.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

December 24 ALL-CAMPUS HOLIDAY - PM only.
December 25 ALL-CAMPUS HOLIDAY - Christmas Day.
December 26 ALL-CAMPUS HOLIDAY.
January 1 ALL-CAMPUS HOLIDAY - New Year's Day.
January 2 ALL-CAMPUS HOLIDAY.
IMPORTANT DATES - SPRING 1998

January 19 ALL-CAMPUS HOLIDAY - Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday.
January 20 First day of instruction; Last time to register without a late fine; 5:00 PM deadline to clear encumbrances.
January 21 8:00 AM late registration begins.
January 23 Deadline for an undergraduate student to add a first half-session course.
January 23 - 30 Registration of part-time nondegree students without penalty.
January 26 4:30 PM deadline to suppress directory information.
January 30 5:00 PM deadline for an undergraduate student to add a semester course and to reduce program and receive refund if moving to a lower credit range; 5:00 PM deadline for a graduate student to reduce program and receive refund if moving to a lower credit range.
February 6 Payment due at noon; deadline for a graduate student to add a first half-session course.
February 13 Deadline for an undergraduate student to drop a first half-session course and to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in a first half-session course.
February 27 Deadline for a graduate student to add a semester course and to drop a first half-session course.
March 10 Midsemester grades mailed to freshmen.
March 13 Deadline for an undergraduate student to drop a semester course, to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in a semester course and to remove an Ex grade from previous semester to prevent change to an F grade.
March 16 Second half-session courses begin (nontraditional courses may begin earlier or later).
March 23 - 29 SPRING BREAK begins 1:00 PM, Saturday.
March 27 Deadline for an undergraduate student to add a second half-session course.
April 3 Deadline for an undergraduate student to withdraw from the University and receive the minimum 40% pro-rata refund; Deadline for a graduate student to withdraw from the University and receive the minimum 40% pro-rata refund.
April 6 Registration for Fall 1998 begins; registration for Summer terms I and 2 begins.
April 10 Deadline for a graduate student to add a second half-session course.
April 17 Deadline for an undergraduate student to drop a second half-session course and to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in a second half-session course; Deadline for a graduate student to drop a semester course.
May 1 Deadline for a graduate student to drop a second half-session course.
May 6 Last day of instruction.
May 7 Reading day (no classes, no final examinations).
May 8 - 15 Final examination period.
May 17 Commencement.

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Coming Events

SPRING 1998 COLLOQUIA

Date Speakers
Feb 5 Roger Jones (De Paul)
Feb 12 (Faculty Colloquium) Bruce Reznick
Feb 19 Bernard Beauzamy (Universite Lyon)
Feb 26 Ezra Getzler (Northwestern)
April 2 William Dwyer (Notre Dame)
April 23 Bernd Sturmfels (Berkeley)

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