2009 ACADEMIC CALENDAR (Spring)

(Summer) (Fall)

Oct. 20 - Nov. 3
Spring 2009 registration begins for currently enrolled WKCTC students. Please make appointment with assigned academic advisor.
October 26

PELL, SEOG, and Student Loan recipients (Title IV) who officially withdraw from this date forward may not be required to repay a portion of their financial aid.

Nov. 3 - Dec. 17 

Spring 2009 Registration begins for new students Monday – Thursday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm; Friday  8:00 am - 4:00 pm. In the Advising Center.   Registration continues for currently enrolled students for Spring 2009 courses. Please make appointment with  assigned academic advisor.

November 4

Election Day - Campus closed.

November 15
Financial Aid Priority Deadline. Students applying after this date must make payment arrangements and complete the FAFSA immediately at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. See the college Web site for more details at: www.westkentucky.kctcs.edu.
November 26 Academic Holiday - No classes.
November 27-28 Thanksgiving Holiday; Campus closed.
December 11 New Student Orientation at 6:00 pm in the Student Center.
December 12
Deadline for setting up tuition payment plan to qualify for paying Spring 2009 tuition in three payments with 25% required down payment.

Last day to pay Spring 2009 tuition or make payment arrangements to avoid cancellation of spring classes. AFTER DEC. 13, STUDENTS REGISTERING MUST PAY OR SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN AT TIME OF REGISTRATION.
Dec. 22- Jan. 2 Christmas and New Year's Holiday; Campus closed.
January 5
Offices closed for faculty and staff in-service.
January 6
Spring 2009 Registration resumes for currently enrolled and new students. Tuesday - Thursday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm; Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm in the Advising Center.
January 9
Deadline for setting up tuition payment plan to qualify for paying in two payments with 50% required down payment.
January 12 Spring 2009 Class work begins.

Registration and schedule readjustment continues for courses which have not yet met. PAYMENT REQUIRED AT TIME OF REGISTRATION.
January 16 For 16-week classes
  • Last day to drop a course without a grade.
  • Last day to withdraw and receive 100% tuition refund.
January 19
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday (KCTCS Holiday - Campus closed.)
February 10
Last day to withdraw and receive a 50% refund (16-week classes only).

Last day to file an application for a May 2009 degree in the Registrar’s Office.
February 16
President's Day Holiday (KCTCS Holiday - Campus closed.)

February 17

  • Last day to withdraw and receive a 50% refund (16 week classes only).
  • Last day to file an application to file for a May 2009 degree in the Registrar's Office.

March 9 - 13

Spring break (Academic Holiday - No classes)

March 15 (4:00pm)

Application deadline for academic scholarship.

March 18

Pell, SEOG, and Student Loan recipients (Title IV) who officially withdraw from this date forward may not be required to repay portion of their financial aid.

March 20

  • Midterm
  • Last day for students, at their discretion, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of "W"
    (16-week classes only)
  • Last day to change from credit to audit
    (16-week classes only)

March 23

  • Second Bi-term begins
  • Spring 2009 registration begins for currently enrolled WKCTC students. Please make appointment with assigned academic advisor.

April 6

Spring 2009 Registration begins for new students. Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm; Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. In the Advising Center. Registration continues for currently enrolled students for Spring 2009 courses. Please make appointment with assigned academic advisor.

April 10

Good Friday - Campus closes at noon.

April 15

Financial Aid Priority Deadline for Summer 2009. Students applying after this date must make payment arrangements and complete the FAFSA immediately at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.

May 1

End of class work and last day for a student, at the discretion of the instructor, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of "W"
(16-week classes only)

May 9 - 15

Final Exams for Spring 2009.

May 14

Honors will be held Thursday evening, May 14, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. in Haws Gymnasium.

May 15

Graduation will be at 7:00 pm in the Carson Four Rivers Center.
* Applicants who have scored less than an 18 in English and reading and 20 in math on the ACT must also take the ASSET or COMPASSS placement assessment. The COMPASS placement assessment is given in the Assessment Center located in the Anderson Technical Building and in the Workplace Skills Center at Kentucky Oaks Mall. Specific dates and times of the assessments can be found at: http://www.westkentucky.kctcs.edu/geninfo/career.shtml.
** Refund dates are subject to change at the discretion of the KCTCS Board of Regents.
 

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