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FALL 2016
 
 AUGUST
 Date

  Time

  Event

 Location 
 17, Wed.                   

 Assigned times

 Corralers move into dorms
(room #'s given at ck-in)

 Residence Halls
 18, Thurs.

   Discover Dallas and Camp Corral

  
 19, Fri.

Camp Corral and Candlelight

  
 20, Sat.

  
 Find Your Classes, Sexual Violence Prevention Assembly,
Class Photo, A Night at the Club, and Corral After Hours
  
 20, Sat.

  Assigned times

 Move in day for those who did not attend Corral
(room #'s given at check-in)
  
 20, Sat.  3:00 - 4:00 pm
 New President's Scholars Welcome Reception
 Mack Ballroom
 21, Sun.

  4:45 pm line-up    

 Rotunda Passage and Opening Convocation

 Dallas Hall/McFarlin Auditorium
 22, Mon.

   CLASSES BEGIN

  
 24, Wed.

  1:00 - 6:00 pm

 President's Scholar Portraits
  		Perkins Admin 311
 25, Thurs.   

  6:00 - 8:00 pm

 First Year Supper with Advisors

 Off-Campus
 31, Thurs.  5:30 - 7:00 pm

 First Year A-LEC Visit

Loyd All-Sports Center

 
SEPTEMBER 
 Date  Time  Event                                                                               
Location                                     
 2, Fri.                         

 10:30 am

 Leave for SMU-in-Taos Retreat!

  
 3, Sat.                     

 6:00 pm         

SMU Football - SMU vs. UNT

 @ UNT
 5, Mon.                  
  5:30 pm               

Return to campus from  SMU-in-Taos Retreat

  
 10, Sat.

  2:30 pm
SMU Football - SMU vs. Baylor @ Baylor
 16, Fri.

  1:00 - 3:30 pm   

North Texas Food Bank Service Project

 N. Texas Food Bank
 17, Sat.

  6:00 pm

 SMU Football - SMU vs. Liberty
 Ford Stadium
 20, Tues.

  8:00 pm

 The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series
Tom Brokaw, Doris Kearns Goodwin,
David Gergen
 McFarlin Auditorium
 23, Fri. 

 7:00 pm

 Family Weekend PS Boulevard Tent
 Main Quad Fountain
 23, Fri.  7:00 pm

 SMU Football - SMU vs.TCU

Ford Stadium

 
 OCTOBER
 Date                         

Time  Event                                                                                     
 Location
 1, Sat.                 

 TBA            

SMU Football - SMU vs.Temple

 @ Temple
 7, Fri.                 

 TBA            

SMU Football - SMU vs.Tulsa

 @ Tulsa
10-11,
  Mon.- Tues.
  FALL BREAK

  
 13, Thurs.

  8:00 pm

 The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series: Bryan Stevenson

 McFarlin Auditorium
 18, Tues.

 4:30 - 5:30 pm  

Dr. and Mrs. R. Gerald Turner Reception
 Turner Home
 22, Sat.                 

 TBA            

SMU Football - SMU vs. Houston

 Ford Stadium
 29, Sat.                 

 TBA            

SMU Football - SMU vs.Tulane

@ Tulane

 
 NOVEMBER
 Date                        

Time
  Event                                                                          

Location 
 1, Tues.               

 8:00 pm        
The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series:  Scott Kelly     
McFarlin Auditorium     

 5, Sat.       
 TBA

 SMU Football - SMU vs. Memphis
 Ford Stadium
 5, Sat.     
 TBA Homecoming PS Boulevard Tent

Main Quad Fountain
 12, Sat.               

 TBA                
SMU Football - SMU vs. East Carolina      

@ East Carolina         

 19, Sat.       
 TBA

 SMU Football - SMU vs. USF
 Ford Stadium
 23, Wed.               

                     No Classes      

          

 24-25,
 Thurs.-Fri.  
 

 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
  
 26, Sat.               

 TBA                      
SMU Football - SMU vs. Navy     

Ford Stadium         

 29, Tues.   
 8:00 pm

 The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series:  David Leonhardt

McFarlin Auditorium

 
 DECEMBER
 Date                       

 Time                      
 Event                                                                  
                                                                   
 Location
 4, Sun.

 5:00 - 7:00 pm    

PS Holiday Party

 Home of  PS Advisors J. Cook & Kathleen Hugley-Cook
 5, Mon.

       Last Day of Instruction

 6 - 7,
 Tues.-Wed.
   Reading Days

  
 8 - 14,
 Thurs.-Wed.
   Final Exams (No exams scheduled for Sunday)

  
 15, Thurs.

  10:00 am

  Residence Commons close for Winter Break

  
 17, Sat.
    December Graduation   


WINTER BREAK     December 15 - January 8

First Day of Class for Spring Term is Monday, January 9, 2017

Designated as Mandatory


SPRING 2017
 JANUARY
 Date            

 Time                  

 Event

 Location 
 16, Mon.   
  

 Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday
 23, Mon.

  

 First Day of Class for Spring Semester

  
 27, Fri.
  

 Last Day to Add/Drop and Change Meal Plan   

 
 31, Tues.
  8:00 pm   

The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series
Angela Duckworth:Grit: The Power of Passion
and Perserverance
 McFarlin Auditorium

 FEBRUARY
 Date                 

Time                        

 Event                                                                        
 Location
 15, Thurs.

 12:00 - 1:30 pm Senior President’s Scholar Luncheon

 Perkins Administration 311
 26, Sun.
  5:30 - 8:00 pm
 Robert S. Hyer Induction Dinner       
Umphrey Lee-Mack Ballroom


 MARCH
 Date

  Time

  Event

 Location
7, Tues. 8:00 pm

The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series:
The Ebby Halliday Companies Lecture
Brandon Stanton: Author of Humans
of New York

  McFarlin Auditorium
11-19,
 Sat.-Sun.           
 

 SPRING BREAK

 17, Fri.

  
President’s Scholar Early Interviews

 Perkins Administration Building
 21, Tues.

  8:30 - 9:30 am         
Breakfast for Interviewers

 Umphrey Lee-Mack Ballroom
 23, Thurs.

  7:00 - 9:00 pm  
 Welcome Reception for Prospective Students                 

Umphrey Lee-Mack Ballroom
 24, Fri.
  
 SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEW DAY
 Campus
 
  6:00 pm
 Reception prior to Interview Day Dinner
 Prefunction Area/Hughes-Trigg
 
  6:30 pm
 Scholarship Interview Day Dinner
 Hughes-Trigg Ballrooms
   8:30 pm Alumni Reception (Pres. Scholar Alumni Only)                                       
TBA
 19, Sat.
 12:00 - 2:00 pm
 Final Committee Selection Meeting
 Perkins Administration Building, Room 311

 APRIL
 Date

  Time

  Event

 Location 
 4, Tues.      
8:00 pm             

The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series:
Indra Nooyi:Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo

  McFarlin Auditorium
 14, Fri.    Good Friday-All University Holiday                       
 
 17, Mon.  5:30 pm  Honors Convocation 

 21, Fri.   
                    Founder's Day                                            
Campus

 MAY
 Date

  Time

  Event

 Location 
 2, Tues.

8:00 pm              

The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series:
Alan Alda: Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner              
McFarlin Auditorium
 8, Mon.

  

  Last day of instruction

 9, Tues.

   
 Reading Day
  

 10-16,
Wed.-Tues.           

 
 Exams  (No exams on Sunday)


  
 17, Wed.
  1:00 pm
 Residential Commons close for
non-graduating students
 19, Fri.

 3:00 - 4:00pm       
Senior President’s Scholar Reception

 Jones Great Hall
 
Baccalaureate

  
 20, Sat.
  
 Commencement