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Faculty Senate Meeting
February 24, 2015
New Business
PENDING FINAL APPROVAL
Once the Chancellor has approved this report, the Fall 2015 University Calendar will reflect the
changes noted below. Please call the Faculty Senate office at 328-6537 if you have any questions.
Thank you.
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR COMMITTEE REPORT
Proposed Changes to Fall 2015 University Calendar
The Calendar Committee was asked to change Fall 2015 Fall break to Halloween weekend and
increase the break from two to three class days in order to address the following concerns:
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The history of Halloween activities in Greenville is such that parties, disturbances and excessive
drinking have created a growing concern for the University and Greenville community at large.
The growth in the number of large parties and gatherings that require police intervention has
grown to such a point that university and Greenville city resources are insufficient to reasonably
and effectively respond.
The incidents of October 2014 where several thousand college-aged individuals gathered at
multiple locations in Greenville disrupting neighborhoods and placing students and the Greenville
community at risk have created a concern that further problems will occur in October 2015.
Campus Living has offered to close residence halls during the five day fall break, requiring all
students to vacate campus which would remove an estimated 5,800 students from Greenville over
the Halloween weekend and limit the scope of resources required by ECU and Greenville police in
managing crowd control and individual incidents that require police support.
Inappropriate behaviors have reached such a level on Halloween night that students are at risk
and cooperating with the city to minimize the number of students in Greenville by moving fall
break and closing the residence halls will help to make the overall city environment safer by
reducing the number of students who stay in town over the holiday weekend.
To meet this request, additional changes to the Fall 2015 University Calendar would include:
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Canceling the current two day fall break from Saturday, October 11 through Tuesday, October 14
and establishing a fall break from Thursday, October 29 through Monday, November 2.
Moving the last day of class back one day from Monday, December 7 to Tuesday, December 8.
Moving Reading day back one day from Tuesday, December 8 to Wednesday, December 9.
Moving Final exam week back one day beginning on Thursday, December 10 and ending on
Thursday December 17.
Establishing the last day of class, Tuesday, December 8 as a make-up class day for the Friday
October 30 class.
Establishing the Tuesday after fall break, November 3, as a Thursday class day to maintain the
required 14 Tuesday/Thursday class meetings.
The following proposed revised Fall 2015 University Calendar reflects these changes.
Proposed additions are noted in RED and deletions in strikethrough.
Fall Semester 2015
(Actual class days: 14 Mondays, 16 Tuesdays, 14 Wednesdays, 13 Thursdays, 13 Fridays.
Effective class days: 14 Mondays, 14 Tuesdays, 14 Wednesdays, 14 Thursdays, 14 Fridays)
March 20, Friday
March 23, Monday
August 21, Friday
August 21, Friday
August 24, Monday
August 28, Friday
September 4, Friday
September 7, Monday
October 5, Monday
October 10-13,
Saturday-Tuesday
October 14,
Wednesday
October 26 – 30,
Monday-Friday
October 28,
Wednesday
October 29 –
November 2,
Thursday-Monday
October 30, Friday
November 2, Monday
November 3, Tuesday
November 3, Tuesday
November 7,
Saturday
November 9-13,
Monday-Friday
November 13, Friday
November 14,
Saturday
November 16,
Monday
November 25-29,
Wednesday-Sunday
November 30,
Monday
November 30,
Monday
Early registration for special populations begins at 1:00 pm.
Registration for Fall Semester 2015 begins.
Faculty Meetings
Advising, registration, and schedule adjustments.
Classes begin; schedule changes.
Last day for registration and schedule changes (drop and add) by 5:00 pm.
Census Day (Official enrollment count taken at 5:00 pm).
State Holiday (no classes).
Last day for undergraduate students to drop term-length courses or withdraw
from school without grades by 5:00 pm. Block courses may be dropped only
during the first 50% of their regularly scheduled class meetings.
Fall Break.
8:00 am - Classes resume.
Advising for Spring Semester 2016.
Last day for graduate students to drop courses without grades by 5:00 pm.
Fall Break
Early registration for special populations begins at 1:00 pm.
Registration for Spring Semester 2016 begins.
8:00 am – Classes resume.
Thursday Makeup day. Classes that normally meet on Thursdays will meet
on this Tuesday so there will effectively be the same number of Tuesdays
and Thursdays as every other weekday during the semester. Tuesday
classes will not meet.
Last day to apply as an undergraduate student for the Spring Semester.
Advising for Spring Semester 2016.
Early registration for special populations begins at 1:00 pm.
Last day to apply as an undergraduate student for the Spring Semester.
Registration for Spring Semester 2016 begins
Thanksgiving Break.
8:00 am - Classes resume.
Undergraduate students last day to remove incompletes given during Spring
and/or Summer Session 2015.
December 1, Tuesday
December 7, Monday
December 7, Monday
December 8, Tuesday
December 8, Tuesday
December 8, Tuesday
December 8, Tuesday
December 9,
Wednesday
December 9,
Wednesday
December 10,
Thursday
December 16,
Wednesday
December 17,
Thursday
December 18, Friday
December 18, Friday
December 19,
Saturday
Last day to submit thesis to the Graduate School for completion of degree in
this term.
Graduate students last day to remove incompletes given during Fall 2014.
Classes end. Last day for submission of grade replacement requests.
Classes which would have met on Friday, October 30, will meet on this day
so there will effectively be the same number of Fridays and Tuesdays as
every other weekday during the semester; Tuesday classes will not meet.
Graduate students last day to remove incompletes given during Fall 2014.
Classes end. Last day for submission of grade replacement requests.
Reading day.
Reading day.
Final Examinations begin.
Final Examinations begin.
Exams for Fall Semester close at 4:30 pm.
Exams for Fall Semester close at 4:30 pm.
Commencement.
Grades due at 4:30 pm.
Grades due at 4:30 pm.
Fall Semester 2015
Examination Schedule
There will be no departure from the printed schedule, except as noted below: All examinations for
one credit hour classes will be held during the last regular meeting of the class. Classes meeting
more than three times a week will follow the examination schedule for MWF classes. Clinical and
non-traditional class schedules, including graduate level courses, may also adopt a modified
examination schedule as required. A final course meeting during the exam period is required in order
to satisfy the 750 contact minutes per credit hour required by the University of North Carolina Office
of the President. Department Chairs are responsible for monitoring adherence to scheduled
examination requirements.
Classes beginning 6:00 pm or later are considered night classes. Examinations in classes
meeting one night a week will be held at 7:30-10:00 pm on the first night of their usual meeting during
the examination period (December 9 - December 16) (December 10 - December 17). Examinations
in classes meeting two or more nights a week and beginning before 8:00 pm will be held at
7:30-10:00 pm on the first night of their usual meeting during the examination period (December
9 - December 16) (December 10 - December 17). Examinations in classes meeting two or more
nights a week and beginning at or after 8:00 pm will be held at 7:30-10:00 pm on the second night of
their usual meeting during the examination period (December 9 - December 16) (December 10 December 17). Distance education classes should give their final examinations in a timely fashion to
allow submitting grades in time.
Classes beginning on the half hour or meeting longer than one hour will have their final
examination at the time determined by the hour during which the classes begin (e.g., 9:30-11:00 am
TTh classes will follow the examination schedule of the 9:00 am TTh classes; 8:00-10:00 am MWF
classes will follow the examination schedule of the 8:00 am MWF classes).
Common examinations, including DE sections, will be held according to the following schedule:
MATH 1066
CHEM 0150, 1120, 1130, 1150, 1160
CHEM 1121, 1131, 1151, 1161, 2753, 2763
FREN 1001, 1003, SPAN 1001, 1004, GERM 1001
FREN 1002, SPAN 1002, 1003, GERM 1002
5:00 - 7:30 Thursday, December 10
5:00 - 7:30 Friday, December 11
5:00 - 7:30 Monday, December 14
5:00 - 7:30 Tuesday, December 15
5:00 - 7:30 Wednesday, December 16
Times class regularly meets
8:00 MWF
8:00 TTh
9:00 MWF
9:00 TTh (9:30)
9:00 TTh (9:30)
10:00 MWF
10:00 TTh
11:00 MWF
11:00 TTh
12:00 MWF
12:00 TTh (12:30)
12:00 TTh (12:30)
1:00 MWF
1:00 TTh
2:00 MWF
2:00 TTh
3:00 MWF (3:30)
3:00 TTh (3:30)
4:00 MWF
4:00 TTh
4:00 TTh
5:00 MWF
5:00 TTh
Time and day of examination
8:00 - 10:30 Monday, December 14
8:00 - 10:30 Tuesday, December 15
8:00 - 10:30 Wednesday, December 16
8:00 - 10:30 Wednesday, December 9
8:00 - 10:30 Thursday, December 17
8:00 - 10:30 Friday, December 11
8:00 - 10:30 Thursday, December 10
11:00 - 1:30 Monday, December 14
11:00 - 1:30 Thursday, December 10
11:00 - 1:30 Wednesday, December 16
11:00 - 1:30 Wednesday, December 9
11:00 - 1:30 Thursday, December 17
11:00 - 1:30 Friday, December 11
11:00 - 1:30 Tuesday, December 15
2:00 - 4:30 Monday, December 14
2:00 - 4:30 Tuesday, December 15
2:00 - 4:30 Wednesday, December 16
2:00 - 4:30 Thursday, December 10
2:00 - 4:30 Friday, December 11
2:00 - 4:30 Wednesday, December 9
2:00 - 4:30 Thursday, December 17
5:00 - 7:30 Monday, December 14
5:00 - 7:30 Thursday, December 10