The semester will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 2, and end on Saturday, Dec. 20. The spring 1998 semester will run from Tuesday, Jan. 20, through Thursday, May 14. Commencement weekend will be held from May 15-17.
The calendar had been revised by the Calendar Commission after the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, at its Oct. 9 meeting, objected to the commission's first proposal that would have started the fall semester a week before Labor Day and the spring semester on Jan. 12, with commencement set for May 10. The FSEC had asked the commission to reconsider the proposal, citing concerns that the earlier-than-usual spring start-up would stifle scholarship during the intersession.
The commission then came back to the FSEC at its Oct. 30 meeting with its original proposal and the proposal, ultimately approved by Greiner, that would start fall classes after Labor Day. At that time, Greiner said that he believed UB should start classes after Labor Day in those years when the holiday falls early in the month. He said this would allow the university to start after the holiday while providing enough time to meet the state guidelines of 15 weeks of instruction per semester, including exam time.
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