COVENANT UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2015/2016 SESSION ALPHA SEMESTER Monday, August 3 - Friday, August 7, 2015 Sunday, August 9, 2015 Monday, August 10, 2015 Monday, August 10 - Friday, August 14, 2015 Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Thursday, August 13, 2015 Thursday, August 13 - Saturday, August 15, 2015 Friday, August 14, 2015 Friday, August 14, 2015 Executive Advance: Faculty & Staff Resumption: Fresh Students (100 Level) / Online Registration Welcome Assembly Orientation / Induction: Fresh Students (Evenings) Resumption: Returning Students (Undergraduate)/Online Registration Orientation: Returning Students (Evenings) College Orientation (4-5 pm); Departmental Orientation (5-6 pm) Saturday, August 15, 2015 CLR Orientation; CBSS/CLDS Students (9-12 noon); CoE/CST Students (12-3pm) Monday, August 17, 2015 Monday, August 17, 2015 Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Thursday, August 20, 2015 Thursday, August 20 - Saturday, August 22, 2015 Friday, August 21, 2015 Friday, August 21, 2015 Saturday, August 22, 2015 Monday, August 24, 2015 Monday, August 24, 2015 Friday, August 28, 2015 Saturday, August 29, 2015 Lectures Begin for Fresh and Returning Students Late Registration with Penalty Begins for Fresh Students Late Registration with Penalty Begins for Returning Students Spiritual Week of Emphasis Late Registration with Penalty Ends for Fresh Students Workshop on Problem Based Learning Workshop on Problem Based Learning Late Registration with Penalty Ends for Returning Students Commencement of Omega Semester 2014/2015 Make-up Examination 1
Monday, August 31 Friday, September 4, 2015 SIWES Defence Thursday, September 3, 2015 Mentoring Chat Series Friday, September 4, 2015 Monday, September 7 Test (1) - All Students Saturday, September 12, 2015 Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Thursday, September 10 - Friday, Orientation for Returning Students September 11, 2015 Thursday, September 10, 2015 Friday, September 11, 2015 Orientation Programme for New Faculty Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Wednesday, September 16 - Friday, September 18, 2015 Student Council Trade Fair Thursday, September 17, 2015 Friday, September 18, 2015 Friday, September 25, 2015 Friday, September 25, 2015 Saturday, September 26, 2015 Thursday, October 1, 2015 Friday, October 2, 2015 Monday, October 5 - Saturday, October 10, 2015 Thursday, October 8, 2015 Friday, October 9, 2015 Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Friday, October 16, 2015 Saturday, October 17, 2015 Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Thursday, October 22, 2015 Friday, October 23, 2015 Saturday, October 24, 2015 Sunday, October 25, 2015 Friday, October 30, 2015 Monday, November 2 - Friday, November 6, 2015 Friday, November 6, 2015 Inaugural Lecture INDEPENDENCE DAY PARLEY (Lecture Free) Test (2) - Mid-Semester Examination Community Outreach in Commemoration of the Founders' Day 13th Founders' Day (Lecture Free) Public Lecture FOUNDER S DAY (Thanksgiving Service @ University Chapel) Matriculation Ceremony (PG/Undergraduate) Upload of Lecture Attendance 2
Monday, November 9 - Friday, November 13, 2015 Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Tutorials/Course Evaluation Thursday, November 12, 2015 Friday, November 13, 2015 Saturday, November 14, 2015 COMMUNITY IMPACT (7.00 am 1.00 pm) Monday, November 16 - Friday, Alpha Semester Examinations (All Students) December 4, 2015 Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Thursday, November 19, 2015 Friday, December 4, 2015 Closing Assembly Saturday, December 5, 2015 Students Vacate Campus TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, SHILOH WEEK 2015 Monday, December 14, 2015 Faculty and Staff resume from Shiloh Consideration of Students' Results (Alpha Semester) Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Departmental Examination Board Meeting Thursday, December 17, 2015 College Examination Board Meeting Friday, December 18, 2015 Monday, December 21, 2015 Monday, December 21, 2015 Senate for Alpha Semester Examinations General Faculty and Staff Fellowship/Christmas Break COVENANT UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2015/2016 SESSION Sunday, January 3, 2016 Monday, January 4, 2016 OMEGA SEMESTER Resumption (All Students) Lectures Begin 3
Monday, January 4, 2016 Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Friday, January 8, 2016 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Thursday, January 14, 2016 Thursday, January 14, 2016 Friday, January 15, 2016 Monday, January 18, 2016 Thursday, January 21 - Saturday, January 23, 2016 Thursday, January 28 - Friday, January 29, 2016 Friday, January 29, 2016 Saturday, January 30, 2016 Saturday, January 30, 2016 Friday, February 5, 2016 Monday, February 8 Friday, February 12, 2016 Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Thursday, February 11, 2016 Friday, February 12, 2016 Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Thursday, February 18, 2016 Friday, February 19, 2016 Saturday, February 20, 2016 Friday, February 26, 2016 Friday, February 26, 2016 Saturday, February, 27, 2016 Tuesday, March 1 Friday, March 4, 2016 Friday, March 4, 2016 Saturday, March 5, 2016 Saturday, March 5, 2016 Monday, March 7 Friday, March 11, 2016 Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Thursday, March 10, 2016 Friday, March 11, 2016 Interaction with Students on Final Year Projects Begins Commencement of Alpha Semester 2015/2016 Make-up Examination Spiritual Week of Emphasis for Staff & Students Faculty & Staff Induction Community Impact Outreaches Test (1) (All Students) Public Lecture Mentoring Chat Series COMMUNITY IMPACT Career Fair Day COLLEGE WEEK/OPEN DAY/COLLEGE FAIR (Excursion/Campus Fair/Seminar) COMMUNITY IMPACT (7.00 am 1.00 pm) Test (2) - Mid-Semester Examination 4
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Thursday, March 17, 2016 Friday, March 18, 2016 Friday, March 18, 2016 Thursday, March 24, 2016 Friday, March 25, 2016 Sunday, March 27, 2016 Monday, March 28, 2016 Friday, April 1, 2016 Monday, April 4 Friday, April 8, 2016 Monday, April 4 Friday, April 8, 2016 Friday, April 8, 2016 Friday, April 8, 2016 Monday, April 11 Friday, April 15, 2016 Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Thursday, April 14, 2016 Friday, April 15, 2016 Monday, April 18 - Friday, May 6, 2016 Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Thursday, April 21, 2016 Saturday, April 23, 2016 Sunday, May 1, 2016 Friday, May 6, 2016 Saturday, May 7, 2016 Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Thursday, May 12, 2016 Monday, May 30, - Saturday, June 11, 2016 Friday, May 20, 2016 Monday, May 23, 2016 Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Thursday, May 26, 2016 Inaugural Lecture Submission of Student Council Nominees Commencement of Sale of Admission Forms for 2015/16 Academic Session Good Friday Easter Sunday Easter Monday Upload of Final Lecture Attendance Final Year Project Defence & Submission of Projects to the Library (Bindery Section) Change of Guards (Receiving New Student Council Representatives) Tutorials/Course Evaluation Omega Semester Examinations (All Students) MAY DAY Closing Assembly All Students Vacate Campus CUSAS Consideration of Students' Results (Omega Semester) Departmental Examination Board Meeting College Examination Board Meeting FOR EXAMINATIONS 5
Friday, June 24, 2016 CONVOCATION CEREMONY (RELEASE OF EAGLES) COVENANT UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2015/2016 SESSION Monday, May 9 - Sunday, July 31, 2016 SUMMER SCHOOL 6