2. Academic Calendar 2009-10
July 31 Tuition for Terms A and B due Jan 10 Residence Halls open, Term C
Aug 23 Residence Halls open; New Jan 11-15 Web Enrollment, Terms C and D
Student Orientation
Jan 13 Deadline for completion of
(Freshmen/Transfer)
Degree Requirement Forms for
Aug 24 Residence Halls open for February 2010 Graduation
returning students
Jan 14 First day of undergraduate
Aug 24-28 Web enrollment, Terms A and B classes, Term C
Aug 26 Deadline for completion of Jan 18 Martin Luther King Day
Degree Requirement Forms for (no classes)
Fall 2009 Graduation
Jan 19 First day of classes for graduate
Aug 27 First day of undergraduate class- courses
es, Term A (Monday schedule)
Jan 27 President’s IQP Award
Sep 7 Labor Day holiday (no classes) Competition
Sep 8 First day of classes for graduate Feb 18 Advising Appointment Day
courses (no undergraduate classes)
Sep 25-27 Parents Weekend Mar 5 Last day of undergraduate
classes, Term C
Sep 25 President’s IQP Awards entry
deadline Mar 6-14 Spring Recess
Oct 15 Last day of undergraduate Mar 15 First day of undergraduate
classes, Term A classes, Term D
Oct 16-26 Fall Recess April 19 Patriots Day (no classes)
Oct 27 First day of undergraduate April 22 Project Presentation Day
classes, Term B (Friday schedule) (no undergraduate classes)
Oct 30-31 Homecoming April 29 Deadline for completion of
Degree Requirement Forms for
Nov 23 Last day of undergraduate
May 2010 Graduation
classes
May 3 Last day of classes for graduate
Nov 24 Last day of graduate classes
course
Nov 25-29 Thanksgiving Recess
May 4 Last day of undergraduate
Dec 17 Last day of undergraduate classes, Term D
classes, Term B
May 6 12 noon - Residence Halls close
Dec 18-Jan 13 Winter Recess
May 14 Baccalaureate Ceremony
Dec 18 12 noon - Residence Halls close
May 15 Commencement
Dec 18 Last day of classes for graduate
June 3-6 Alumni Reunion
courses
Jan 4 Tuition for Terms C and D due Some dates are subject to change
3. Greetings
From the Dean of Students From the SGA President and
We are pleased to provide the WPI Campus GSG President
Planner and Resource Guide to members of the On behalf of the undergraduate and graduate
WPI community. Although primarily intended students of WPI, we would like to take this
for graduate and undergraduate students’ use, we opportunity to welcome you to our community.
are told that many in the WPI community have We are sure this next year will be full of exciting
found the publication to be a valuable resource. and rewarding challenges.
The WPI Campus and Community sections are Both the Student Government Association and
meant to serve as quick and easy resource guides the Graduate Student Government exist as links
to local services. While it is impossible to list between the students, the faculty, and the admin-
every resource from the community, we have istration. It is our duty to address any questions,
tried to present a sampling of the many needs and concerns of all students. We are also
opportunities available to you. here to support your educational and social
growth while you are at WPI through the various
WPI policies and procedures are provided to you
programs and events we sponsor.
as a part of the Campus Planner and Resource
Guide. The planner section of the book includes We hope this next year will be a fruitful experience
important dates and events to assist you with for you, one in which you will grow as a student
your own personal daily planning. and as a person.
We welcome feedback and suggestions on how WPI is an exciting place to be and we hope you
we can improve this publication in the future. will take full advantage of what it has to offer.
Please direct your comments to Bernice Lisk, Best wishes,
editor of the WPI Campus Planner and Resource
Guide. (blisk@wpi.edu) Ashleigh Smeal
Best wishes for a successful and productive year. SGA President
Sincerely, Jodi Lowell
GSG President
Philip N. Clay
Dean of Students
WPI’s Commitment to Pluralism
Pluralism, in its simplest sense, is the existence, within a society, of groups distinctive in ethnic origin, cultural patterns, race or religion. In its larger meaning,
however, pluralism is valuing the contributions and the preservation of such groups within a nation or community of people. In this sense, WPI is dedicated to
creating an atmosphere that encourages diversity in all aspects of campus life—academics, residential life, sports, and social interactions—among students,
faculty, and staff.
Recognizing the importance of pluralism to creativity, innovation, and excellence, the Institute acknowledges the obligation to promote a diverse community based
on respect and open-mindedness. This commitment is part of WPI’s institutional plan that proclaims the importance of fostering in all members of the community
an understanding and appreciation of differences among people. In addition, such a commitment prepares students, and the entire Institute, to function fully in
an increasingly international and multicultural environment.
The Campus Planner and Resource Guide is a publication of student and academic support services. Information was compiled in spring 2009 and may not be current.
Edited and compiled by Bernice Lisk, Dean of Students Office. Community divider photo by John L. Buckingham.
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4. Worcester Polytechnic Institute The Goal of WPI
Since its founding, WPI has been recognized as WPI was founded in 1865 to create and convey
a pioneer in technological higher education. It the latest science and engineering knowledge in
was the first institution to understand that stu- ways that would be most useful to the society
dents learn best when they have the opportunity from which its students came. Since that time,
to apply the knowledge they gain in the class- the disciplines of human inquiry have expanded
room to the solution of real problems. extraordinarily, as have WPI’s constituencies.
Originally, WPI students put theory into The WPI curriculum, accordingly, has been
practice as they worked side by side with pro- reshaped numerous times, but it has remained
fessionals in the Washburn Shops, then a real true to its original mission of fusing academic
manufacturing plant. Today, WPI’s more than inquiry with social needs, of blending abstrac-
2,700 undergraduates, working in teams at tion with immediacy, of linking new knowledge
locations around the globe, put their knowledge to applications.
and skills to work to solve important problems, The goals of the undergraduate program are
doing professional-level work that can have an to lead students to develop an excellent grasp of
immediate positive impact on society. Students fundamental concepts in their principal areas of
emerge from this program well rounded, with study; to lay a foundation for lifelong renewal of
the confidence, the interpersonal skills, and the knowledge; to gain a mature understanding of
commitment to innovation they need to make themselves; and, most important, to form a deep
a real difference in their professional and per- appreciation of the interrelationships among
sonal lives. basic knowledge, technological advance and
WPI awarded its first advanced degree human need. These principles are today mani-
in 1898, and today more than 1,000 full- fest in the WPI Plan, a unique, project-oriented
and part-time graduate students are pursuing program that emphasizes intensive learning
master’s and doctoral degrees in some 30 disci- experiences and direct application of knowl-
plines. In WPI research laboratories, faculty and edge. WPI remains committed to continued edu-
students—graduate and undergraduate—are cational improvement and innovation.
conducting cutting-edge work that is winning The goals of WPI’s program of graduate
recognition for the university in a broad range instruction and research are to create and con-
of fields of science, engineering, management, vey knowledge at the frontiers of academic
and the humanities and arts. inquiry. These endeavors are founded on the
Today the university has over 26,000 principle that vigorously pursued and rigorously
alumni. Through the years, WPI alumni have assessed scholarship is the lifeblood of the insti-
made many notable contributions to science, tution. High-quality graduate instruction con-
technology and society. These include the first veys the arts of scholarship to new generations,
liquid-fueled rocket, the principle of negative and it assists working professionals in maintain-
feedback, the area rule of high-speed aircraft ing currency in a world where knowledge
design, the first practical airbag safety system, becomes obsolete with ever increasing rapidity.
and the first wearable drug infusion pump. A WPI education encompasses continuous
striving for excellence coupled with an examina-
tion of the contexts of learning so that knowl-
edge is won not only for its own sake but also
for the sake of the human community of which
the people of WPI are part.
Endorsed by the WPI faculty on March 5, 1987,
and by the Board of Trustees on Oct. 16, 1987.
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5. M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
September 2009
1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
August 2009 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
30
24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30
31
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
November 2009
1 2 3 4 1
October 2009
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
December 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 January 2010 1 2 3
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
February 2010
March 2010
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 1 2
May 2010
April 2010
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4
June 2010
July 2010
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31
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6. U N D E R G R A D U A T E C A L E N D A R
2 0 0 9 - 1 0
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7. G R A D U A T E C A L E N D A R
2 0 0 9 - 1 0
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8. A U G U S T “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” –Helen Keller
MONDAY
Note: This calendar is a listing of WPI events only.
All dates are subject to change. Contact individual
departments to confirm dates, times and locations.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
Lammas (Christian)
SUNDAY
2
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9. “There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.” –Henry Ford
A U G U S T
3
MONDAY
4
TUESDAY
5
WEDNESDAY
Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)
Lailat al Bara’ah (Islam)
6
THURSDAY
7
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
8
SUNDAY
9
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10. “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.
A U G U S T We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” –Albert Einstein
10
MONDAY
11
TUESDAY
12
WEDNESDAY
13 THURSDAY
14
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
15
SUNDAY
16
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11. “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” –Yogi Berra
A U G U S T
17
MONDAY
18
TUESDAY
19
WEDNESDAY
20
THURSDAY
21
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
22
Ramadan begins (Islam)
SUNDAY
23
Residence halls open for new students (freshman)
New Student Orientation begins (freshman)
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12. A U G U S T “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” –Lao Tzu
24
MONDAY
Residence halls and apartments open for returning students
New Student Orientation
Web enrollment for Term A & B
25
TUESDAY
New Student Orientation
Web enrollment for Term A & B
26
WEDNESDAY
New Student Orientation
Deadline for completion of Degree Requirement Forms for Fall graduates
Web enrollment for Term A & B
Women’s Equality Day
27 THURSDAY
First day of undergraduate classes, Term A (Monday schedule)
Web enrollment for Term A & B
28
FRIDAY
Web enrollment for Term A & B
SATURDAY
29
SUNDAY
30
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Riley
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13. A U G U S T - S E P T E M B E R
31
MONDAY
1
TUESDAY
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
Men’s Soccer game vs. Worcester State 5:00 PM (away) Field Hockey game vs. Regis 4:30 PM (home)
Women’s Soccer game vs. Salve Regina 7:00 PM (home) Volleyball game vs. Simmons 7:00 PM (away)
2
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
3
THURSDAY
4
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
5
Football game vs. Salve Regina 7:00 PM (home)
SUNDAY
6
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Riley
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14. S E P T E M B E R National Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 – Oct. 15
7
MONDAY
Labor Day (no classes)
8
TUESDAY
First day of classes – graduate courses
WPI Venture Forum, 5:30 PM, Odeum
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
9
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
10 THURSDAY
11
FRIDAY
Patriot Day
SATURDAY
12
Men’s Soccer game vs. Framingham State 11:00 AM (home)
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Engineers Cup - TBA
SUNDAY
13
Grandparent’s Day
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Riley
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15. “You need to make a commitment. Once you do, life will start giving you some answers.” –Les Brown
S E P T E M B E R
14
MONDAY
15
TUESDAY
National Hispanic Heritage Month begins
IGSD Global Fair
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
Volleyball game vs. Coast Guard 7:00 PM (home)
16
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
17
THURSDAY
18
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
19
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
SUNDAY
20
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Riley
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16. S E P T E M B E R “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” –Maya Angelou
21
MONDAY
International Day of Peace
Eid al Fitr (Islam)
22
TUESDAY
First day of Autumn
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
23
WEDNESDAY
Career & Graduate School Fair sponsored by Career Development Center, Harrington
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
24 THURSDAY
25
FRIDAY
Parents Weekend
President’s IQP Awards Entry Deadline
SATURDAY
26
Parents Weekend
SUNDAY
27
Parents Weekend
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Riley
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17. S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R
28
MONDAY
Yom Kippur (Jewish)
29
TUESDAY
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
30
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
1
THURSDAY
2
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
3
Sukkot (Jewish)
SUNDAY
4
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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18. National Italian American Heritage Month
O C T O B E R National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
5
MONDAY
6
TUESDAY
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
7
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
8 THURSDAY
9
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
10
Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
SUNDAY
National Coming Out Day
11
Simbat Torah (Jewish) Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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19. “I can be changed by what happens to me. I refuse to be reduced by it.” –Maya Angelou
O C T O B E R
12
MONDAY
Columbus Day
Admissions Open House
13
TUESDAY
WPI Venture Forum, 5:30 PM, Odeum
14
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
15
THURSDAY
Last day of undergraduate classes, Term A
National Hispanic Heritage Month ends
16
FRIDAY
Term A recess begins
SATURDAY
17
Term A recess
Diwali (Hindu)
SUNDAY
18
Term A recess
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20. O C T O B E R “If you imagine it, you can achieve it; if you dream it, you can become it.” –William Arthur Ward
19
MONDAY
Term A recess
20
TUESDAY
Term A recess
21
WEDNESDAY
Term A recess
22 THURSDAY
Term A recess
23
FRIDAY
Term A recess
SATURDAY
24
Term A recess
SUNDAY
25
Term A recess
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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21. O C T O B E R - N O V E M B E R
26
MONDAY
Term A recess ends
27
TUESDAY
First day of undergraduate classes, Term B (Friday schedule)
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
28
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
29
THURSDAY
30
FRIDAY
Homecoming Weekend
SATURDAY
31
Homecoming Weekend
Halloween
SUNDAY
1
Daylight Savings Time Ends (set clocks back 1 hour)
All Saints’ Day (Christian) Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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22. N O V E M B E R Native American Heritage Month
2
MONDAY
3
TUESDAY
National Election Day
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
4
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
5 THURSDAY
6
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
7
SUNDAY
8
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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23. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world:
indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead N O V E M B E R
9
MONDAY
10
TUESDAY
WPI Venture Forum, 5:30 PM, Odeum
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
11
WEDNESDAY
Veteran’s Day
Admissions Open House
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
12
THURSDAY
Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
13
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
14
SUNDAY
15
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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24. N O V E M B E R “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” –Albert Einstein
16
MONDAY
International Day of Tolerance
17
TUESDAY
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
18
WEDNESDAY
Drama/Theatre and Masque Conservatory Production, Little Theatre, 8:00 PM
November 18 is a preview production, free of charge to the WPI campus. Play t.b.a.
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
19 THURSDAY
Drama/Theatre and Masque Conservatory Production, Little Theatre, 8:00 PM
Great American Smokeout
20
FRIDAY
Drama/Theatre and Masque Conservatory Production, Little Theatre, 8:00 PM
SATURDAY
21
Drama/Theatre and Masque Conservatory Production, Little Theatre, 8:00 PM
SUNDAY
22
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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25. “After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.” –Italian Proverb
N O V E M B E R
23
MONDAY
Last day of classes – graduate courses – Thanksgiving recess
24
TUESDAY
Last day of undergraduate classes – Thanksgiving recess
25
WEDNESDAY
Thanksgiving recess
26
THURSDAY
Thanksgiving recess
Thanksgiving Day
27
FRIDAY
Thanksgiving recess
Eid al Adha (Islam)
SATURDAY
28
Thanksgiving recess
SUNDAY
29
Thanksgiving recess
Advent – First Sunday (Christian) Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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26. N O V E M B E R - D E C E M B E R
30
MONDAY
All classes resume
1
TUESDAY
World AIDS Day
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
2
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
3 THURSDAY
4
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
5
Winter Carnival sponsored by SocComm
ISC International Dinner, Alden Hall, 7:00 PM
SUNDAY
6
Winter Carnival sponsored by SocComm
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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27. “Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” –John Wooden
D E C E M B E R
7
MONDAY
Pearl Harbor Day
Winter Carnival sponsored by SocComm
8
TUESDAY
Winter Carnival sponsored by SocComm Catholic (Immaculate Conception) Mass, 11:00 AM, Riley
Bodhi Day (Buddhist) WPI Venture Forum, 5:30 PM, Odeum
Immaculate Conception – Holy Day (Catholic Christian) SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
9
WEDNESDAY
Winter Carnival sponsored by SocComm
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
10
THURSDAY
Human Rights Day
Winter Carnival sponsored by SocComm
11
FRIDAY
Winter Carnival sponsored by SocComm
SATURDAY
12
Hanukkah begins (Jewish)
Winter Carnival sponsored by SocComm
SUNDAY
13
Winter Carnival sponsored by SocComm
Catholic Mass, 7:00 PM, Riley
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28. D E C E M B E R “The only journey is the journey within.” –Rainer Maria Rilke
14
MONDAY
15
TUESDAY
16
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
17 THURSDAY
Last day of undergraduate classes, Term B
18
FRIDAY
Winter recess begins
Residence halls close for Winter recess
Last day of classes – graduate courses
Al-Hijra (Islam)
SATURDAY
19
Hanukkah ends
Winter recess
SUNDAY
20
Winter recess
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29. “People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.” –George Matthew Allen
D E C E M B E R
21
MONDAY
First Day of Winter
Yule (Christian)
Winter recess
22
TUESDAY
Winter recess
23
WEDNESDAY
Winter recess
24
THURSDAY
Christmas Eve (Christian)
Winter recess
25
FRIDAY
Christmas Day (Christian)
Winter recess
SATURDAY
26
Kwanzaa Begins (African American)
Winter recess
SUNDAY
27
Winter recess
Ashura (Islam)
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30. D E C E M B E R - J A N U A R Y
28
MONDAY
Winter recess
29
TUESDAY
Winter recess
30
WEDNESDAY
Winter recess
31 THURSDAY
New Year’s Eve
Winter recess
1
FRIDAY
New Year’s Day
Winter recess
SATURDAY
2
Winter recess
SUNDAY
3
Winter recess
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31. “At the start, it is far more important to recognize the questions than to know the answers.” –Daniel B. Dixon
J A N U A R Y
4
MONDAY
Winter recess
Tuition due for Terms C & D
5
TUESDAY
Winter recess
6
WEDNESDAY
Winter recess
Epiphany (Christian)
Feast of the Theophany (Orthodox Christian)
7
THURSDAY
Winter recess
Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christian)
8
FRIDAY
Winter recess
SATURDAY
9
Winter recess
SUNDAY
10
Residence halls open for Term C
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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32. J A N U A R Y “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” –Michael Jordan
11
MONDAY
Web enrollment for C & D Term
12
TUESDAY
Web enrollment for C & D Term
WPI Venture Forum, 5:30 PM, Kinnicutt Hall
13
WEDNESDAY
Web enrollment for C & D Term
Deadline for completion of Degree Requirements Forms for February graduates
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
14 THURSDAY
Web enrollment for C & D Term
First day of undergraduate classes, Term C
15
FRIDAY
Web enrollment for C & D Term
SATURDAY
16
SUNDAY
17
World Religion Day
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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33. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but
where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. J A N U A R Y
18
MONDAY
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes)
19
TUESDAY
First day of classes – graduate courses
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
20
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
21
THURSDAY
22
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
23
SUNDAY
24
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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34. J A N U A R Y “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” –Thomas Jefferson
25
MONDAY
26
TUESDAY
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
27
WEDNESDAY
President’s IQP Award Competition
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
28 THURSDAY
29
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
30
Mahayana Buddhist New Year (Buddhism)
Tu B’shavat (Jewish)
SUNDAY
31
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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35. Black History Month F E B R U A R Y
1
MONDAY
2
TUESDAY
Groundhog Day
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
3
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
4
THURSDAY
5
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
6
SUNDAY
7
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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36. F E B R U A R Y “To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.” –Shakespeare
8
MONDAY
9
TUESDAY
WPI Venture Forum, 5:30 PM, Kinnicutt Hall
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
10
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
11 THURSDAY
12
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
13
SUNDAY
Valentine’s Day
14
Chinese New Year
Admissions Winter Preview for accepted students Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Riley
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37. “You have to learn the rules of the game, and then you have to play better than anyone else.” –Albert Einstein
F E B R U A R Y
15
MONDAY
Nirvana Day (Buddhism)
President’s Day
16
TUESDAY
Mardi Gras
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
17
WEDNESDAY
Ash Wednesday - Lent begins (Christian)
Catholic Mass, 10:00 AM, Alden Hall
18
THURSDAY
Advising Appointment Day (no undergraduate classes)
Career Fair sponsored by the Career Development Center, Odeum
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
19
FRIDAY
Lenten Mass, 12:00 noon, Religious Center
SATURDAY
20
ISC Cultural Festival, Alden Hall, 1-4 PM
SUNDAY
21
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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38. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving.
F E B R U A R Y They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” –Conrad Hilton
22
MONDAY
Washington’s Birthday
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
23
TUESDAY
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
24
WEDNESDAY
Housing Selection Night
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
25 THURSDAY
Housing Selection Night
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
26
FRIDAY
Lenten Mass, 12:00 noon, Religious Center
SATURDAY
27
SUNDAY
28
Purim (Jewish)
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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39. National Women’s History Month M A R C H
1
MONDAY
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
2
TUESDAY
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
3
WEDNESDAY
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
4
THURSDAY
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
5
FRIDAY
Last day of undergraduate classes, Term C
Lenten Mass, 12:00 noon, Religious Center
SATURDAY
6
Term C recess begins
SUNDAY
7
Term C recess
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40. M A R C H “The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” –Frank Loyd Wright
8
MONDAY
Term C recess
International Women’s Day
9
TUESDAY
Term C recess
WPI Venture Forum, 5:30 PM, Odeum
10
WEDNESDAY
Term C recess
11 THURSDAY
Term C recess
12
FRIDAY
Term C recess
Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
SATURDAY
13
Term C recess
SUNDAY
Term C recess
14
Daylight Savings Time begins (set clocks ahead 1 hour) Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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41. “We all blossom in the presence of one who sees the good in us
and who can coax the best out of us.” –Desmond Tutu M A R C H
15
MONDAY
First day of undergraduate classes, Term D
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
16
TUESDAY
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
17
WEDNESDAY
St. Patrick’s Day
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
18
THURSDAY
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
19
FRIDAY
Lenten Mass, 12:00 noon, Religious Center
SATURDAY
20
First Day of Spring/Spring Equinox
SUNDAY
21
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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42. “If you look at what you do not have in life, you don’t have anything,
M A R C H If you look at what you have in life, you have everything.” –Anonymous
22
MONDAY
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
23
TUESDAY
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
24
WEDNESDAY
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
25 THURSDAY
Biotechnology & Bioengineering Career Fair sponsored by CDC, Odeum
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
26
FRIDAY
Lenten Mass, 12:00 noon, Religious Center
SATURDAY
27
SUNDAY
28
Palm Sunday (Christian)
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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43. “The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.” –Elbert Hubbard
M A R C H - A P R I L
29
MONDAY
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
30
TUESDAY
Passover begins (Jewish)
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Higgins House Library
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
31
WEDNESDAY
Lenten Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
1
THURSDAY
April Fool’s Day
Maundy Thursday (Christian)
Catholic Mass (Holy Thursday), 5:00 PM, Odeum A
2
FRIDAY
Good Friday (Christian)
Lenten Mass, 12:00 noon, Religious Center
Catholic Mass, 5:00 PM, Alden Hall
SATURDAY
3
SUNDAY
4
Easter (Christian)
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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44. A P R I L “No matter how good you get, you can always get better, and that’s the exciting part.” –Tiger Woods
5
MONDAY
6
TUESDAY
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
7
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
8 THURSDAY
9
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
10
SUNDAY
11
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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45. “To the world you are but just one person, but to one person you could be the world.” –Brandi Snyder
A P R I L
12
MONDAY
13
TUESDAY
WPI Venture Forum, 5:30 PM, Odeum
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
14
WEDNESDAY
Admissions Closer Look for accepted students
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
New Voices 28, Little Theatre. Free, times vary
15
THURSDAY
New Voices 28, Little Theatre. Free, times vary
16
FRIDAY
New Voices 28, Little Theatre. Free, times vary
SATURDAY
17
Quadfest sponsored by SocComm
New Voices 28, Little Theatre. Free, times vary
SUNDAY
18
Quadfest sponsored by SocComm
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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46. A P R I L “You always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” –Wayne Gretzky
19
MONDAY
Patriot’s Day (no classes)
Quadfest sponsored by SocComm
20
TUESDAY
Quadfest sponsored by SocComm
SGA Meeting, 6:00 PM, Hagglund Room
21
WEDNESDAY
Quadfest sponsored by SocComm
Admissions Closer Look for accepted students
Administrative Professionals Day
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
22 THURSDAY
Earth Day
Project Presentation Day (no undergraduate classes)
Quadfest sponsored by SocComm
23
FRIDAY
Quadfest sponsored by SocComm
SATURDAY
24
Quadfest sponsored by SocComm
SUNDAY
25
Quadfest sponsored by SocComm
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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47. “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” –Walt Disney
A P R I L - M A Y
26
MONDAY
27
TUESDAY
28
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Mass, 10:00 PM, Religious Center
29
THURSDAY
Deadline for completion of Degree Requirement Forms for May graduates
30
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
SUNDAY
2
Catholic Mass, 11:30 AM, Alden Hall
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48. M A Y “Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself.” –Theodore T. Hunger
3
MONDAY
Last day of classes – graduate courses
4
TUESDAY
Last day of undergraduate classes, Term D
National Teacher Day
5
WEDNESDAY
Cinco de Mayo
Employee Long Service Dinner
6 THURSDAY
Residence halls close
National Day of Prayer (Interfaith USA)
7
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
8
SUNDAY
9
Mother’s Day
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49. ”Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,
but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not
an act but a habit.” –Aristotle M A Y
10
MONDAY
11
TUESDAY
WPI Venture Forum, 5:30 PM, Odeum
12
WEDNESDAY
13
THURSDAY
Ascension of Christ (Christian)
14
FRIDAY
Baccalaureate
SATURDAY
15
Commencement
SUNDAY
16
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50. “Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your
M A Y goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” –Mario Andretti
17
MONDAY
18
TUESDAY
19
WEDNESDAY
Shavuot (Jewish)
20 THURSDAY
21
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
22
SUNDAY
23
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51. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist
sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” –Winston Churchill M A Y
24
MONDAY
25
TUESDAY
26
WEDNESDAY
27
THURSDAY
Buddha Day (Buddhism)
28
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
29
SUNDAY
30
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52. M A Y - J U N E “Life is an echo; what you send out comes back.” –Chinese Proverb
31
MONDAY
Memorial Day
1
TUESDAY
2
WEDNESDAY
3 THURSDAY
Alumni Reunion
4
FRIDAY
Alumni Reunion
SATURDAY
5
Alumni Reunion
SUNDAY
6
Alumni Reunion
Pentecost (Christian)
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53. “There is no glory in practice, but without practice, there is no glory.” –Unknown
J U N E
7
MONDAY
8
TUESDAY
WPI Venture Forum, 5:30 PM, Odeum
9
WEDNESDAY
10
THURSDAY
11
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
12
SUNDAY
13
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54. “When you put on that jersey, the name on the front is more important
J U N E than the name on the back.“ –1980 US Olympic Hockey Team
14
MONDAY
Flag Day
15
TUESDAY
16
WEDNESDAY
17 THURSDAY
18
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
19
SUNDAY
20
Father’s Day
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55. “What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson J U N E
21
MONDAY
First Day of Summer
22
TUESDAY
23
WEDNESDAY
24
THURSDAY
25
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
26
SUNDAY
27
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56. J U N E - J U L Y “Education is the movement from darkness to light.” –Allan Bloom
28
MONDAY
29
TUESDAY
30
WEDNESDAY
1 THURSDAY
2
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
3
SUNDAY
4
Independence Day
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57. “A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.” –General Douglas MacArthur
J U L Y
5
MONDAY
6
TUESDAY
7
WEDNESDAY
8
THURSDAY
9
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
10
SUNDAY
11
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58. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more
J U L Y and become more, you are a leader.” –John Quincy Adams
12
MONDAY
13
TUESDAY
14
WEDNESDAY
15 THURSDAY
16
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
17
SUNDAY
18
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59. “We learn to walk by stumbling.” –Bulgarian Proverb
J U L Y
19
MONDAY
20
TUESDAY
21
WEDNESDAY
22
THURSDAY
23
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
24
SUNDAY
25
Parent’s Day
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60. J U L Y “If you have something to do that is worthwhile doing, don’t talk about it…. do it.” –George W. Blount
26
MONDAY
27
TUESDAY
28
WEDNESDAY
29 THURSDAY
30
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
31
SUNDAY
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