Sociology Department

2005-2006 Calendar

2005-2006

The monthly calendars below display departmental information in combination with pertinent university information (registration deadlines and office holidays, for instance). Links to other calendars are provided at the bottom of this page.

September 2005

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
        1
2
Informal Orientation for incoming grad students, 3pm
3rd Floor Lounge
3
4 5
Labor Day
Office Closed
6
Classes begin
7 8
Welcoming Dept Luncheon for new graduate students
Noon: Connolly House
9 10
11 12 13
Noon: Dept Meeting
14
Drop/Add Period Ends
15 16 17
18
Beginning of Year Welcome Party
Julie Schor’s house
19 20
Noon: Dept seminar, McGuinn 415
21
Noon: Teaching Seminar Luncheon, Academic Learning Center
22 23 24
25 26
Grad Admissions Committee meeting, 4pm
27 28 29
30
Parents' Weekend
 

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October 2005

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
            1
Parents' Weekend
2
Parents' Weekend
3 4
Noon: Dept Seminar, 5th Fl Lounge McGuinn
5 6
7:30 pm: Sarah Willie speaking, Higgins 300
7 8
9 10
Columbus Day
No Classes
Office Closed
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18
Noon: Dept Meeting
19 20
Noon: Teaching Seminar Luncheon, Connors Learning Center
21 22
23 24
Noon: Grad Student/Advisor Relationship discussion,
Higgins 345
25
Noon: Dept Seminar, 415 McGuinn
26 27 28 29
30 31
Academic Advising Period begins
         

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November 2005

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
    1
Last date for undergrads to drop a 6th course in their Associate Dean's Office
2 3 4 5
6 7 8
Noon: Teaching Seminar Luncheon, Connors Learning Center
9 10
Grad Registration begins

Noon: Dept Seminar, 415 McGuinn

11
Undergrad Registration begins
12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22
Noon: Dept Seminar, 5th Fl Lounge McGuinn
23
Thanksgiving Break begins
No Classes
24
Thanksgiving
No Classes
Office Closed
25
Thanksgiving
No Classes
Office Closed
26
27 28
Last date for official withdrawal from a course or from the University
29
Noon: Dept Meeting
30      

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December 2005

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
        1
Noon: Teaching Seminar Luncheon, Connors Learning Center
2
Last date for all students who plan to graduate in December to confirm on-line
3
4 5 6 7 8
Noon: Dept Seminar, 5th Fl Lounge McGuinn
9 10
Study Day
11
Study Day
12
Study Day
13
Final Exams

Noon: Dept Meeting (if necessary)
Holiday Party
14
Final Exams
15
Final Exams
16
Final Exams
17
Final Exams
18
Final Exams
19
Final Exams
20
Final Exams
21 22
Final Grades Due By Noon
23
Christmas Break
Office Closed
24
25 26
Christmas Break
Office Closed
27
Christmas Break
Office Closed
28
Christmas Break
Office Closed
29
Christmas Break
Office Closed
30
Christmas Break
Office Closed
31

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January 2006

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15
Deadline for application to graduate programs
16
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Office Closed
17
Classes Begin
Drop/Add Period Begins
18 19
Noon: Seminar by Zine Magubane:
Breeders, Blogs, and Bad Mommies: Whiteness and the Construction of 'Hip' Motherhood
20 21
22 23 24
Dept Meeting: Noon
25
Drop/Add Period Ends

Last day for students graduating in May to confirm online

26 27 28
29 30 31
Dept Seminar: Noon
       

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February 2006

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
      1 2 3
Graduate Student Association Winter Ball, 8pm, Colonnade Hotel, purchase tix @ McElroy ticket booth
4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14
Noon: Seminar by Bill Gamson:
The Art of Reframing Political Debates
15
Majors Fair, Heights Room, 4pm
16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28
Noon: Seminar by Jim Hamm:
From Alienation to Agency: The Evolution of a Utilitarian Product To High-End Craft: A Research Proposal
       

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March 2006

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
      1 2
Hockey game at 7:30 - heavy traffic and parking
3 4
5 6
Spring Break
7
Spring Break
Plex closed
8
Spring Break
9
Spring Break
Heavy traffic because of hockey game at 7 pm.
10
Spring Break
Phones and voice mail will be off in McGuinn from 5:30 p.m. Friday until 10 a.m. Saturday
11
12 13 14
Noon: Seminar by Cynthia Young:
Black Internationalism, State Repression
15
Last date for undergrads to drop a 6th course in their Associate Dean's Office
16 17 18
19 20 21
Dept Meeting: Noon
22
5pm, Devlin 101:
Nancy Naples will present "Sexual Citizenship, LGBT Activism, and International Politics"
23 24
Academic Advising Begins
25
26 27 28
Noon: Seminar by Aimee Van Wagenen: Identity Work or Identity Play? Exploring the Dynamics of Sexual Identity in the Practice of HIV Prevention Outreach
29 30 31  

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April 2006

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
            1
2 3
MA & PH.D students turn in signed & approved copies of theses and dissertations for May 06 graduation
4 5
Graduate registration begins
6
Undergraduate registration begins
7 8
9 10 11
Noon: Seminar by Michael Goldman, Imperial Nature: The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in an Age of Globalization
12 13
Holy Thursday
No Classes
14
Good Friday
No Classes
Office Closed
15
16 17
Easter Monday/Patriot's Day
No Classes
Office Closed
18 19 20 21 22
23 24
World Fiesta Day 11am-4 pm in the Dustbowl.
25
Last date for official withdrawal from a course or from the University
4pm: Seminar by Eve Spangler: Palestinian Rights and The Problems of Narrative
26
5pm, Devlin 101: Francesca Polletta will present "Is Telling Stories Good for Democracy?"
27
Francesca Polletta seminar: Meaning in Movements
28 29
30            

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May 2006

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
  1 2 3 4 5
Study Day
Teaching Workshop for grad students, 9-5, 3rd floor lounge
6
Study Day
7
Study Day
8
Study Day
Annual Dept Retreat Meeting
9
Final Exams
10
Final Exams
11
Final Exams
12
Final Exams
13
Final Exams
14
Final Exams
15
Final Exams
16
Final Exams
17 18 19 20
21 22
Commencement
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      

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