Rhodes University

DIARY FOR 2011

JANUARY
24 Monday Supplementary Examinations begin
28 Friday 14:15 Dean of Students / Hall Wardens Committee
30 Sunday 10:00 Hall Leaders Camps
31 Monday 10:00 Hall Leaders Camps
FEBRUARY
1 Tuesday 09:00 Sub-Warden Training
2 Wednesday 09:00 House Committee Training Workshops
3 Thursday 09:00 House Committee Training Workshops
Thursday 14:15 Safety / Events Committee
4 Friday 09:00 House Committee Training Workshops
Friday Supplementary Examinations end
5 Saturday 09:00 Registration for First-Year Students /
Residences open for First-Year Students
6 Sunday 09:00 Registration for First-Year Students
7 Monday 08:00 New Students' Orientation Programme begins
Monday 09:00 Parents' Orientation Programme
Monday 17:00 Vice-Chancellor's Opening Address (Monument)
8 Tuesday 08:30 New Students' Orientation Programme continues
9 Wednesday 08:30 New Students' Orientation Programme continues
Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
10 Thursday 08:30 New Students' Orientation Programme continues
11 Friday 09:00 Curriculum Approval for First-Year Undergraduate Students and all LLB Students
12 Saturday 09:00 Curriculum Approval for Second-, Third and Fourth-year Undergraduate Students
14 Monday First Term and Lectures in all undergraduate courses begin
Monday 14:15 Employment Equity and Institutional Culture Committee
15 Tuesday 14:15 Humanities Higher Degrees Committee
16 Wednesday 11:00 Naming Committee (Alumni House)
Wednesday 12:30 NTEU / HR Management
Wednesday 14:15 CSD Management Committee (CSD Training Centre)
17 Thursday 14:15 Lecture Venue Sub-Committee
18 Friday 14:15 Academic Freedom Committee (Alumni House)
Friday 14:15 Board of the School of English (Gold Fields Centre)
21 Monday 14:15 Library Committee (Level 4 Meeting Room - Library)
Monday 14:15 Commerce Higher Degrees Committee
22 Tuesday 11:00 Orientation Committee
Tuesday 14:15 NTEU / Management Liaison Committee
23 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 14:15 Humanities Standing Committee
24 Thursday 14:15 Equity and Institutional Culture Committee
25 Friday 14:15 HIV and AIDS Committee
Friday 14:15 ISEA Executive Committee (Gold Fields Centre)
28 Monday 14:15 Institutional Planning Committee
MARCH
1 Tuesday 14:15 Community Engagement Committee
Tuesday 15:00 Conference / Vacation Accommodation Committee
2 Wednesday 11:00 Staffing Committee
Wednesday 15:30 Board of Residences
Wednesday 17:00 Sports Council Executive (Old Mutual Pavilion)
3 Thursday 14:15 Gender Action Forum
4 Friday 09:00 Deans' Forum (Alumni House)
Friday 14:15 Institutional Forum
7 Monday 14:15 Law Faculty Board
Monday 14:15 ISER Board of Management (ISER Seminar Room)
8 Tuesday 11:00 Humanities Library Research Fund (Randell House)
Tuesday 14:15 Commerce Faculty Board
9 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 14:15 Education Faculty Board
10 Thursday 11:00 Rhodes Music Radio Board (RMR Board Room)
Thursday 14:15 Science Faculty Board
11 Friday 14:15 Humanities Faculty Board
Friday 14:00 Middle Management(Gavin Relly Postgraduate Village)
14 Monday 14:15 Pharmacy Faculty Board
15 Tuesday 14:15 Information Technology Steering Committee
16 Wednesday 12:30 NTEU / HR Management
Wednesday 15:30 Student Services Council
17 Thursday 14:15 Academic Technologies Roundtable (CHERTL Seminar Room)
Thursday 14:15 Joint Research Committee
18 Friday 14:15 Theatre Management Committee
21 Monday Human Rights Day
22 Tuesday 14:15 Executive Committee of Senate
23 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 14:15 RU Environmental Committee
24 Thursday 14:15 Internationalisation Committee
25 Friday 14:15 Teaching and Learning Committee
28 Monday 11:00 Safety / Events Committee
29 Tuesday 14:15 Ethical Standards Committee
30 Wednesday 14:15 Disciplinary Committee
Wednesday 14:15 Cory Library Advisory Board (Level 4 Meeting Room - Library)
31 Thursday 11:00 Finance and General Purposes Committee
Thursday 14:15 Audit Committee
APRIL
1 Friday 14:15 Senate
Friday First Term ends
6 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
7 Thursday Graduation
8 Friday Graduation
9 Saturday Graduation
11 Monday Second Term begins
Monday 14:15 Employment Equity and Institutional Culture Committee
12 Tuesday 09:00 Constitution Committee (Office of the Registrar)
Tuesday 14:15 Humanities Higher Degrees Committee
13 Wednesday 12:30 NTEU / HR Management
Wednesday 14:15 Law Higher Degrees Committee (Law Staff Reading Room)
15 Friday 14:15 ISEA Executive Committee (Gold Fields Centre)
18 Monday 11:00 Naming Committee (Alumni House)
Monday 14:15 Institutional Planning Committee
19 Tuesday 14:15 Equity and Institutional Culture Committee
20 Wednesday 10:30 Council
Wednesday 14:00 Remuneration Committee of Council (VC's Office)
Wednesday 14:15 Commerce Higher Degrees Committee
22 Friday Good Friday
25 Monday Family Day
27 Wednesday Freedom Day
MAY
1 Sunday Worker's Day
2 Monday Worker's Day observed
3 Tuesday 15:00 Conference / Vacation Accommodation Committee
Tuesday 14:15 Humanities Standing Committee
4 Wednesday 15:30 Board of Residences
5 Thursday 14:15 Academic Freedom Committee (Alumni House)
Thursday 14:00 Board of Governors
Thursday 14:15 Dean of Students / Hall Wardens Committee
6 Friday 14:15 Ethical Standards Committee
9 Monday 14:15 Law Faculty Board
Monday 14:15 Academic Technologies Roundtable (CHERTL Seminar Room)
10 Tuesday 14:15 Commerce Faculty Board
11 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 14:15 Education Faculty Board
12 Thursday 14:15 Science Faculty Board
13 Friday 09:00 Deans' Forum (Alumni House)
Friday 14:15 Pharmacy Faculty Board
16 Monday 14:15 Humanities Faculty Board
17 Tuesday 11:00 Staffing Committee
18 Wednesday 12:30 NTEU / HR Management
Wednesday 14:15 Library Committee (Level 4 Meeting Room - Library)
Wednesday 15:30 Student Services Council
Wednesday 17:00 Sports Council Executive (Old Mutual Pavilion)
19 Thursday 11:00 Rhodes Music Radio Board (RMR Board Room)
Thursday 14:15 CSD Management Committee (CSD Training Centre)
Thursday 14:15 Institutional Forum
20 Friday 11:00 Financial Aid Committee
Friday 14:15 Teaching and Learning Committee
23 Monday 14:15 HIV and AIDS Committee
Monday 14:15 NTEU / Management Liaison Committee
24 Tuesday 14:15 Executive Committee of Senate
25 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 11:00 Honorary Degrees Committee
Wednesday 14:15 Information Technology Steering Committee
26 Thursday 14:15 Internationalisation Committee
27 Friday 14:00 Middle Management (Gavin Relly Postgraduate Village)
Friday 14:15 RU Environmental Committee
Friday Lectures for undergraduate students end
30 Monday Swot Week begins
Monday 14:15 Gender Action Forum
31 Tuesday 14:15 Joint Research Committee
JUNE
1 Wednesday 14:15 Cory Library Advisory Board (Level 4 Meeting Room - Library)
3 Friday 14:15 Senate
Friday Swot Week ends
4 Saturday Mid-year Examinations begin
6 Monday 14:15 Community Engagement Committee
8 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
9 Thursday 11:00 Finance and General Purposes Committee
Thursday 14:15 Audit Committee
16 Thursday Youth Day
20 Monday 14:15 Commerce Higher Degrees Committee
21 Tuesday 14:15 Law Higher Degrees Committee (Law Staff Reading Room)
22 Wednesday 12:30 NTEU / HR Management
Wednesday 14:15 Humanities Higher Degrees Committee
23 Thursday 10:30 Council
24 Friday Mid-year Examinations end
Friday Second Term ends
29 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
30 Thursday National Arts Festival begins
JULY
10 Sunday National Arts Festival ends
13 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
20 Wednesday 12:30 NTEU / HR Management
Wednesday 14:15 Employment Equity and Institutional Culture Committee
21 Thursday 14:15 Humanities Standing Committee
22 Friday 11:00 Safety / Events Committee
Friday 14:15 Dean of Students / Hall Wardens Committee
25 Monday Third Term begins
Monday 14:15 Law Faculty Board
26 Tuesday 11:00 Constitution Committee (Office of the Registrar)
Tuesday 14:15 Commerce Faculty Board
27 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 14:15 Education Faculty Board
28 Thursday 11:00 Honorary Degrees Committee
Thursday 14:15 Science Faculty Board
29 Friday 14:15 Equity and Institutional Culture Committee
Friday 14:15 ISEA Executive Committee (Gold Fields Centre)
AUGUST
1 Monday 14:15 Pharmacy Faculty Board
Monday 14:15 Academic Technologies Roundtable (CHERTL Seminar Room)
2 Tuesday 14:15 Humanities Faculty Board
Tuesday 15:00 Conference / Vacation Accommodation Committee
3 Wednesday 14:15 Joint Research Committee
Wednesday 17:00 Sports Council Executive (Old Mutual Pavilion)
4 Thursday 11:00 Rhodes Music Radio Board (RMR Board Room)
Thursday 14:15 Internationalisation Committee
5 Friday 14:15 Institutional Forum
8 Monday 14:15 Institutional Planning Committee
9 Tuesday Women's Day
10 Wednesday 14:15 Teaching and Learning Committee
11 Thursday 11:00 Naming Committee (Alumni House)
Thursday 15:30 Board of Residences
12 Friday 09:00 Deans' Forum (Alumni House)
Friday 14:15 ISER Board of Management (ISER Seminar Room)
12 & 13 Fri / Sat Intervarsity Sports Weekend
15 Monday 14:15 Library Committee (Level 4 Meeting Room - Library)
Monday 14:15 HIV and AIDS Committee
16 Tuesday 14:15 Executive Committee of Senate
17 Wednesday 12:30 NTEU / HR Management
Wednesday 14:15 Ethical Standards Committee
18 Thursday 14:15 Gender Action Forum
19 Friday 14:15 Community Engagement Committee
22 Monday 11:00 Examinations Committee
Monday 14:15 Information Technology Steering Committee
23 Tuesday 11:00 Staffing Committee
24 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 14:15 CSD Management Committee (CSD Training Centre)
Wednesday 14:15 NTEU / Management Liaison Committee
25 Thursday 11:00 Finance and General Purposes Committee
Thursday 14:15 Audit Committee
26 Friday 14:15 Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards Selection Committee (Alumni House)
27 Saturday Rhodes University Founders Day
Saturday Convocation / Old Rhodian Union Committee
29 Monday 14:15 RU Environmental Committee
30 Tuesday 15:30 Student Services Council
31 Wednesday 14:15 Commerce Higher Degrees Committee
SEPTEMBER
1 Thursday 14:15 Humanities Higher Degrees Committee
2 Friday 14:15 Senate
5 Monday 14:15 Law Higher Degrees Committee (Law Staff Reading Room)
6 Tuesday 14:15 Theatre Management Committee
8 Thursday 10:30 Council
Thursday 14:00 Remuneration Committee of Council (VC's Office)
9 Friday 08:30 Academic Promotions Committee
Friday 14:15 Academic Promotions Committee
Friday Third Term ends
14 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
16 Friday 14:00 Middle Management (Gavin Relly Postgraduate Village)
19 Monday Fourth Term begins
Monday 14:15 Orientation Committee
20 Tuesday 14:15 Board of the School of English (Gold Fields Centre)
Tuesday 14:15 Humanities Standing Committee
21 Wednesday 12:30 NTEU / HR Management
Wednesday 17:00 Sports Council Executive (Old Mutual Pavillion)
22 Thursday 14:15 Equity and Institutional Culture Committee
24 Saturday Heritage Day
26 Monday 08:30 Institutional Planning Committee (Staff proposals)
27 Tuesday 14:15 Cory Library Advisory Board (Level 4 Meeting Room - Library)
28 Wednesd ay 12 :45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 14:15 Employment Equity and Institutional Culture Committee
29 Thursday 11:00 Safety / Events Committee
Thursday 14:15 Disciplinary Committee
30 Friday 10:00 Senate Nominations Committee (Alumni House)
Friday 14:15 Humanities Faculty Board
OCTOBER
3 Monday 14:15 Law Faculty Board
4 Tuesday 14:15 Commerce Faculty Board
5 Wednesday 14:15 Education Faculty Board
6 Thursday 14:15 Science Faculty Board
7 Friday 09:00 Deans' Forum (Alumni House)
Friday 14:15 Pharmacy Faculty Board
Friday 17:30 RU Environmental Awards Ceremony
10 Monday 14:15 Institutional Planning Committee
11 Tuesday 14:15 Library Committee (Level 4 Meeting Room - Library)
Tuesday 15:00 Conference / Vacation Accommodation Committee
12 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 14:15 Humanities Higher Degrees Committee
13 Thursday 15:30 Board of Residences
Thursday 14:15 Academic Technologies Roundtable (CHERTL Seminar Room)
14 Friday 08:30 Academic Promotions Committee /
Academic Merit Awards Committees - Review Process
14:15 Acad Promo Com / Acad Merit Awards - Review Process
17 Monday 11:00 Budget Committee
18 Tuesday 14:15 Executive Committee of Senate
19 Wednesday 12:30 NTEU / HR Management
Wednesday 14:15 Institutional Forum
20 Thursday 11:00 Rhodes Music Radio Board (RMR Board Room)
Thursday 14:15 Information Technology Steering Committee
21 Friday 15:30 Student Services Council
Friday Sports Awards Dinner
24 Monday 14:15 RU Environmental Committee
25 Tuesday 11:00 Naming Committee (Alumni House)
Tuesday 14:15 Teaching and Learning Committee
26 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 14:15 CSD Management Committee (CSD Training Centre)
Wednesday 14:15 Gender Action Forum
27 Thursday 14:15 NTEU / Management Liaison Committee
28 Friday 14:15 Senate
Friday Lectures for undergraduate students end
31 Monday Swot week begins
Monday 14:15 Community Engagement Committee
NOVEMBER
1 Tuesday 14:15 Law Higher Degrees Committee (Law Staff Reading Room)
2 Wednesday 14:15 Commerce Higher Degrees Committee
3 Thursday 14:00 Board of Governors (Johannesburg)
4 Friday 14:15 ISEA Executive Committee (Gold Fields Centre)
Friday 14:15 Dean of Students / Hall Wardens Committee
Friday Swot week ends
5 Saturday End of Year Examinations begin
7 Monday 09:00 Budget Committee
8 Tuesday 14:15 Institutional Planning Committee
9 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
Wednesday 14:15 Financial Aid Committee
10 Thursday 14:15 Ethical Standards Committee
11 Friday 14:15 ISER Board of Management (ISER Seminar Room)
14 Monday 14:15 HIV and AIDS Committee
15 Tuesday 09:00 Constitution Committee (Office of the Registrar)
16 Wednesday 12:30 NTEU / HR Management
Wednesday 14:15 Humanities Higher Degrees Committee
17 Thursday 11:00 Finance and General Purposes
Thursday 14:15 Audit Committee
22 Tuesday 14:15 Joint Research Committee
23 Wednesday 12:45 NEHAWU / Management
24 Thursday 14:15 Employment Equity and Institutional Culture Committee
25 Friday 14:15 Senate
29 Tuesday 14:15 Internationalisation Committee
30 Wednesday 11:00 Examinations Committee
DECEMBER
1 Thursday 10:30 Council
Thursday End of Year Examinations end
9 Friday Last day of submission for theses Masters and Doctoral for Graduation in 2012 (all Faculties)
12 Monday 09:00 Pharmacy Faculty Board
Monday 14:15 Law Faculty Board
13 Tuesday 09:00 Science Faculty Board
Tuesday 14:15 Commerce Faculty Board
14 Wednesday 09:00 Humanities Faculty Board
Wednesday 14:15 Education Faculty Board
16 Friday Day of Reconciliation
Friday Fourth Term ends

DATES OF TERMS 2011:

Term 1 Monday 14 February 2011 to Friday 1 April 2011
Term 2 Monday 11 April to Friday 24 June 2011
Term 3 Monday 25 July 2011 to Friday 9 September 2011
Term 4 Monday 19 September 2011 to Friday 16 December 2011


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