Academic Calendar 2008-2009
Summer Quarter 2008
| First Day of Instruction | June 23 |
| Independence Day (Holiday-all staff-no classes) |
July 4 |
| Last Day of Instruction | August 13 |
| Final Examination Days | August 14-15 |
| QUARTER BREAK | |
| Students | August 18-September 19 |
| Faculty | August 18-September 12 |
Fall Quarter 2008
| Kick-off Week | September 15-19 |
| First Day of Instruction | September 22 |
| Student Advising Day (no day classes) |
October 29 |
| Veterans Day (Holiday-all staff-no classes) |
November 11 |
| Thanksgiving (Holiday-all staff-no classes) |
November 27-28 |
| Last Day of Instruction | December 5 |
| Final Examination Days | December 8-12 |
| Faculty Day | December 15-16 |
| QUARTER BREAK | |
| Students | December 15-January 2 |
| Faculty | December 17-January 2 |
Winter Quarter 2009
| First Day of Instruction | January 5 |
| Martin Luther King Day (Holiday-all staff-no classes) |
January 19 |
| Student Advising Day (no day classes) |
February 10 |
| President's Day (Holiday-all staff-no classes) |
February 16 |
| Last Day of Instruction | March 19 |
| Final Examination Days | March 23-27 |
| Faculty Day | March 20 |
| QUARTER BREAK | |
| Students | March 30-April 3 |
| Faculty | March 30-April 3 |
Spring Quarter 2009
| First Day of Instruction | April 6 |
| Student Advising Day (no day classes) |
May 14 |
| Memorial Day (Holiday-all staff-no classes) |
May 25 |
| Last Day of Instruction | June 15 |
| Final Examination Days | June 16-22 |
| Graduation | June 19 |
| QUARTER BREAK | |
| Students | June 23-26 |
| Faculty | June 23-26 |
Summer Quarter 2009
| First Day of Instruction | June 29 |
| Independence Day (Holiday-all staff-no classes) |
July 3 |
| Last Day of Instruction | August 19 |
| Final Examination | August 20-21 |
| QUARTER BREAK | |
| Students | August 24-September 18 |
| Faculty | August 24-September 11 |
Program Highlight
Anthropology
Program
South Puget Sound Anthropology students have a unique opportunity to preserve Native American culture for future generations. For several years the college in partnership with the Squaxin Island Tribe has conducted archaeological excavations of a Mud Bay site.