HEBREW UNION COLLEGE - JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION / CINCINNATI

2016-2017 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Last Day for Changing Thesis Topics or Advisors (Seniors) / July 3, 2016
Independence Day (Campus Closed) / July 4, 2016
New Rabbinic & Graduate Student Orientation / August 15-19, 2016
First Semester Begins-course syllabi to be distributed in classes / August 22, 2016
Convocation / August 24, 2016
Labor Day (Campus Closed) / September 5, 2016
High Holy Days Recess – No Classes / September 30, 2016 – October 18, 2016
Rosh Hashanah Eve (Campus Closed) / October 2, 2016
Rosh Hashanah (Campus Closed) / October 3-4, 2016
Yom Kippur Eve (Campus closes at 12:30pm) / October 11, 2016
Yom Kippur (Campus Closed) / October 12, 2016
Sukkot Eve (Campus Closed) / October 16, 2016
Sukkot (Campus Closed) / October 17, 2016
Classes Resume / October 19, 2016
Simchat Torah Eve (Campus Closed) / October 23, 2016
Simchat Torah (Campus Closed) / October 24, 2016
Simchat Torah Recess – No Classes / October 24-25, 2016
Classes Resume / October 26, 2016
Gerecht Institute / November 6-8, 2016
Society of Biblical Literature – Annual Meeting / November 19-22, 2016
Thanksgiving Day (Campus Closed) / November 24, 2016
Day after Thanksgiving (Campus Closed) / November 25, 2016
Classes Resume / November 28, 2016
Faculty Sign Off for Seniors / December 2, 2016
First Semester Ends / December 12, 2016
Reading Week / December 13-16, 2016
Final Exams / December 19-20, 2016
Winter Recess / December 21, 2016 – January 16, 2017
Christmas Eve (Campus Closed) / December 24, 2016
Christmas Day (Campus Closed) / December 25, 2016
Day after Christmas Day (Campus Closed) / December 26, 2016
New Year’s Eve (Campus Closed) / December 31, 2016
New Year’s Day (Campus Closed) / January 1, 2017
Day after New Year’s Day (Campus Closed) / January 2, 2017
Resumption of Clinical Learning Obligations (i.e. teaching, counseling, congregation) / January 3, 2017
Final Grades for Fall Semester Due- Unresolved Incompletes from prior semester convert to “IF” Incomplete/Fail* / January 4, 2017
Winter Intensives / January 9-12, 2017
Martin Luther King Day / January 16, 2017
Second Semester Begins-course syllabi to be distributed in classes / January 17, 2017
Last Day for submitting thesis topics (4th year) / January 25, 2017
Senior Thesis Deadline for Placement / January 27, 2017
Senior Placement (in Los Angeles) / February 4-7, 2017
Davidson Outreach Weekend / TBD
President’s Day (Campus Closed) / February 20, 2017
128th Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) / March 19-22, 2017
Senior Make-up Exams / TBD
PSGS Alumnus in Residence / TBD
Founders’ Day / March 30, 2017
Passover Recess – No Classes / April 8 – April 23, 2017
Grades & Incompletes Due for Degree/Ordination Candidates / April 14, 2017
Passover Eve (Campus closed) / April 10, 2017
Passover (Campus closed) / April 11, 2017
Passover 7th day Eve (Campus closed) / April 16, 2017
Passover 7th Day (Campus closed) / April 17, 2017
Classes End / May 1, 2017
Reading Week / May 2-5, 2017
Final Exams / May 8-9, 2017
Sexual Ethics Retreat (4th Year Students) / May 10, 2017
Prepare and Enrich Seminar / May 15, 2017
Summer Session Begins / May 17, 2017
Rehearsal for Ordination (Plum Street Temple) / May 18, 2017
Ordination / May 20, 2017
Graduation / May 21, 2017
Final Grades for Spring Semester Due- Unresolved Incompletes from prior semester converts to “IF” Incomplete/Fail. / May 24, 2017
Memorial Day (Campus closed) / May 29, 2017
Shavuot Eve (Campus closed) / May 30, 2017
Shavuot (Campus closed) / May 31, 2017