2011-2012
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 18-22 | Fall Quarter Registration for Current Students |
| August 17-18 | Orientation for Incoming Graduate Students |
| August 18-19 | Registration for Incoming Graduate Students |
| August 22 | Fall Quarter Classes Begin |
| August 26 | Summer Quarter Grades Due |
| September 2 | Last Day to Drop or Add Courses |
| September 5 | Labor Day (Holiday) |
| October 10 | Columbus Day (Holiday) |
| October 17-21 | Winter Quarter Registration |
| November 10 | Veterans' Day (Holiday) |
| November 11 | Fall Quarter Ends |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 14 | Winter Quarter Classes Begin |
| November 24-27 | Thanksgiving Recess |
| November 30 | Last Day to Drop or Add Courses |
| November 30 | Fall Quarter Grades Due |
| Dec. 17, 2011- Jan.3, 2012 | Winter Recess |
| January 16 | Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday (Holiday) |
| January 23-27 | Spring Quarter Registration |
| February 17 | Winter Quarter Ends |
| February 20 | President's Day (Holiday) |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 21 | Spring Quarter Classes Begin |
| March 5 | Last Day to Drop or Add Classes |
| March 5 | Winter Quarter Grades Due |
| March 17-25 | Spring Recess |
| April 23-27 | Summer Quarter Registration |
| May 15-16 | USU Research Week |
| May 18 | Spring Quarter Ends |
| May 19 | USU Commencement |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 21 | Summer Quarter Begins |
| May 28 | Memorial Day (Holiday) |
| June 1 | Last Day to Drop/Add Courses |
| June 1 | Spring Quarter Grades Due |
| July 4 | Independence Day (Holiday) |
| July 16-20 | Fall Quarter Registration |
| August 10 | Summer Quarter Ends |
| August 10 | Academic Year Ends |
Highlights
Spotlight
Navy Lieutenant Commander Pamela Wall, director of USU's Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, recently spoke at a Joining Forces event held at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is working toward a Doctor of Philosophy.
"The Joining Forces initiative is important, because it provides America's nurses with the education, information and sensitivity they need to recognize and treat conditions that are unique to military and veteran populations," said Wall, who was hand-selected by the dean of Penn's nursing school to talk about her nurse corps experiences.
At the event, Wall also introduced first lady Michelle Obama, another Joining Forces guest speaker, who called nurses the "frontline of America's healthcare."

