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President's Scholars Calendar
Fall 2005
Date & Time Event Description Location
AUGUST

14, Sun. 5-6 pm

 New PS Reception Umphrey Lee, University Rms 1 & 2
15, Mon. 6:30-8:30 pm New PS Pizza Party Hopkins/LaSalle Home
16, Tues. 8:30 am-2 pm New PS Orientation Althuler Learning Enhancement Center
17, Wed. 5:00 pm Opening Convocation McFarlin Auditorium
18, Thurs 5:00 pm Honors Assembly/Barbecue McCord Auditorium
22, Mon. 5:30-6:00 pm President's Scholars' Pictures Portico A/ Hughes Trigg
SEPTEMBER
2-5, Fri-Mon. PS Retreat Ft. Burgwin, Taos, NM
3, Sat   TBA SMU Football--SMU vs. Baylor Ford Stadium
6, Tues   8:00 pm Tate Lecture-- Hart--Colin Powell and David Gergen McFarlin Auditorium
11, Sun. 6-8 pm OWLS Party TBA
12, Mon. 5:30 pm First Year Meeting /Sponsor Decision Blanton Buliding, Rm 110/112
19-23, Mon.-Fri. Appointments with Dr. Tunks--1st-Year PSs 209 Perkins
23-25, Wed.-Fri. Family Week-end
23, Fri. 2-3 pm PS Family Reception Umphrey Lee, University Rms. 1&2
25, Sat. 7 pm SMU Football - SMU vs. Tulane. Ford Stadium
OCTOBER
10-11, Mon-Tues. FALL BREAK
11, Tues. 8:00 pm Tate Lecture- Omni Hotels- David McCollough McFarlin Auditorium
15, Sat. TBA  SMU Football- SMU vs. East Carolina Ford Stadium
NOVEMBER
3-6, Thurs-Sun. Homecoming Events TBA
5, Sat    TBA SMU Football  SMU vs. Rice Ford Stadium
15, Tues. 8:00 pm Tate Lecture -Engles--Eliot Spitzer- McFarlin Auditorium
16, Wed. File for May 2006 graduation (thru January 17, 2006)  
23-25, Wed-Fri. THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY (3 days)
29, Tues. 8:00 pm Tate Lecture-Tolleson--Carly Fiorina McFarlin Auditorium
DECEMBER
TBA PS Holiday Party Hopkins home
1, Thur. Last Day of Instruction
5-10, Mon.-Sat. Exams  
10, Sat. December graduation McFarlin Auditorium
11, Sun. 10:00 am Residence Halls close for Winter Break
December 11-January 16 Winter Break (Residence Halls reopen on January 10)

First Day of Class for Spring Term is Monday, January 17.

 
 
 

Spring 2006
Date & Time Event Description Location
JANUARY
16, Mon Martin Luther King Day
17, Tues. 5:00 pm First day of class
FEBRUARY
6, Mon

Upper Class President's Scholars Final Selection
7, Tues. 8 pm

Tate Lecture-Cook-Frank Gehry, Architect

 McFarlin Auditorium
MARCH
7, Tues  8 pm

Tate Lecture-Lacerte-Isabel Allende, Author

 McFarlin Auditorium
11-19 SPRING BREAK
21, Tues Luncheon for PS Interviewers Umphrey Lee Univ. rm #1
23, Thurs  7-9 pm Reception for 2006 PS Finalists Faculty Club
24, Fri   9 am- 3 pm PS Finalist Interviews Campus
24, Fri  6 pm Interview Day Dinner, host President Turner Hughes Trigg Ballrooms
28, Tues  8 pm Tate Lecture-Jones Day--Juan Enriquez--First Year PS Ushers McFarlin Auditorium
APRIL
13-20, Passover  
14, Fri Good Friday
16, Sun Easter  
18, Tues  8 pm Tate Lecture-TXU-Christine Amanpour McFarlin Auditorium
24, Mon  5:30 pm Honors Convocation McFarlin Auditorium
MAY
2, Tues. Last Day of Instruction  
3-4, Wed-Thurs Reading Days
5-11, Fri-Thurs Exams
12, Fri  1 pm Residence Halls close for non-graduating students
14, Sun Mother's Day
19, Fri 2-3 pm Senior President's Scholar Reception DeGolyer/Texana Room
19, Fri Baccalaureate
20, Sat Graduation :(

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