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Calendar Information
Academic Calendars
Academic Year
Final Exams Schedule
Holidays
Vacations / Class Breaks / Examination Week
Zimbra Calendar
The academic calendar of each university shall be established by the President. Prior to establishing or making changes in the calendar, the President/designee shall afford opportunity to meet and confer with the Faculty Association.
The Academic Year is defined as beginning with the start of fall semester and ending with the completion of spring semester.
[IFO/MnSCU
Agreement, Article 5, Section M.]
Designated holidays or days on which duties are not to be scheduled are stipulated in the IFO/MnSCU Agreement, Article 10, Section D, Subd.1 and the MSUAASF/MnSCU Agreement, Article 17. Both contracts include the following fixed holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day (or the work day immediately preceding Christmas Day), and Christmas Day. In addition, the MSUAASF/MnSCU Agreement includes Independence Day. Both agreements include Veterans Day and President's Day which may, through meet and confer, be designated at other times. The IFO/MnSCU Agreement includes Columbus Day in this same category.
Vacations
/ Class Breaks / Examination
Week
Class
or semester breaks occur at the end of each academic term and represent a
short vacation period or break for students, classified seasonal employees,
and teaching faculty who have regular 9-month appointments.
Classified employees, faculty and unclassified administrators having
12-month contracts are required to be on duty, unless using annual leave.
At the end of each term the academic calendar provides an examination schedule which is comprised of days on which final examinations or class periods are held. Evening classes are to meet during this week just as are daytime classes. Classes normally scheduled for this week are not to be made up in advance or shifted to another period merely to lengthen free or vacation time. Such unauthorized changes will be treated as unauthorized absences. Rescheduling of classes during this week must be approved by the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
[M&C
5/15/92]
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