Academic Year Funding
Conference Travel Awards
Guidelines:
- Funding can be applied toward conference registration fees, travel, accommodation, and food expenses.
- Applicants must be presenting their own original scholarly research at the conference.
- Travel award applications must be accompanied by a letter of support from the applicant's faculty mentor or research supervisor. ** Be sure to give your faculty letter writer at least 2-3 weeks advance notice.
- Applicants must submit a budget showing how the award will be spent. Awards cannot exceed $450.
- Students can apply for one travel award per academic year. There is no deadline to apply; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Application:
BMC Student Handbook 2012-2013
January 18
Dorms open at noon
January 21
Martin Luther King Day (No Classes)
January 22
First day of classes
PE registration begins
January 23-24
Language Proficiency Exams
January 28
PE classes begin
January 28-30
Confirmation of Registration for all students
Guild Hall -- 3rd floor
February 8
Last day to sign up for Credit/No Credit for first-quarter classes
Last day to drop a fifth class
March 1
Last day to sign up for Credit/No Credit for semester classes
March 8
First-quarter (including PE) classes end
Spring break begins after last class
March 18
Spring break ends at 8a.m.
Second-quarter classes (including PE) begin
March 22
Last day to add a second quarter class
March 27
Last day to drop a second quarter class
April 5
Last day to sign up for Credit/No Credit for second quarter classes
April 5 - 12
Language Proficiency Exams
April 8
Preregistration for Fall 2013 begins
April 19
Preregistration for Fall 2013 ends
May 3
Last day of classes
May 5
May Day
May 4-May 5
Review Period
May 6
Final examinations begin
May 11
Final examinations end for seniors
May 17
Final examinations end for other students
May 18
Commencement
May 19
Dorms close at noon