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2009-2010 Master Calendar

AUGUST
23          Pomona First-Years Arrive
24-28     Sponsor Training
27          Remaining New Students Arrive
             Orientation Begins

SEPTEMBER
1            Fall Semester Begins
3            New Student Luncheon for SCRIPPS
4            New Student Luncheon for PITZER
              New Student Dinner for HMC
7            Labor Day - Holiday Observed
8            New Student Luncheon for CMC
9            New Student Luncheon for POMONA
              Sponsor Dinner Meeting
11-13    New Student Retreat
17           Latino Heritage Begins with Open House and 40th Anniversary Celebration
              including a farewell to Robert Viteri and Welcome to Hugo Garcia and
              featuring Mariachi Serrano de Claremont
24           Alumni Networking Lunch with Francisco Vazquez, CMC '72 and CGU '77,
              Sonoma State University, 12 noon.
              Latino Heritage Month Keynote Lecture, "Latinos in the United States:
              A Continental Quest for Democracy," Francisco Vazquez, CMC '72 and CGU '77,
              Director of the Hutchins Institute for Public Policy Studies and Community
              Action at Sonoma State University, 5:30 p.m., Athenaeum, CMC.

OCTOBER
8            Reception highlighting CLSA Chapbook "Almas Unidas: Nuestra Visión"
13          Alumni Roundtable discussion featuring alums Josie Franco-Mercado,
              Javier Galvez, Luis Mata, Isabel Rodriguez
14          Scripps Tea hosted by CLSA in honor of Día de la Raza featuring
              Mariachi Serrano de Claremont, Seal Court, Scripps College
19-20      Fall Break
21          Classes Resume
              Lunch Lecture "Obama's Latino Report Card: Assessing Year One,"
              Tómas Summers Sandoval, Pomona Professor of History
22          Interested in Graduate School? McNair Scholars Information Session
23          Calavera (Sugar Skull) Decorating
27          "Towards a New Civil Rights Movement: Undocumented Students, Citizenship,
              and Higher Education Access," William Perez, Pomona Alum and CGU Professor
28          "How to Write a Personal Statement," Josephine Moreno, UC Berkeley,
              Graduate Diversity Director, Arts and Humanities
29          Día de Los Muertos Altar and Community Luncheon

NOVEMER
4         "Masters vs Doctoral Degree: What's Right for Me & What Exams Do I Take?,"
             Hugo & Dr. Angie Garcia
12          The Deportee's Wife
16          Annual Pie Fest
             Senior Thesis Workshop
             National and International Awards Session
19          Registering for Spring Semester Classes (for first year students)
26-27     Thanksgiving Recess

DECEMBER
12          Virgen de Guadalupe
14-18     Final Exams
14          Pan Dulce Study Break
16          Pan Dulce Study Break

JANUARY
17          Residence Halls Open
18          Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observed
28          Monthly Community Lunch

FEBRUARY
11          Monthly Community Lunch
12-14     Family Weekend
14          Día de la Familia

MARCH
10          Identity Panel
11          Community Lunch
15-19     Spring Break
22          César Chávez Celebration Begins
24          Scripps Tea hosted by CLSA
25          Sponsor Group Interviews
26          Cesar Chavez Holiday Observed
27          Rockabilly Festival
29          Sponsor Group Interviews

APRIL
2           Sponsor Selection
8            Community Lunch with John Polk, Boston
30-2       Alumni Weekend
30          Chicano/Latino Alumni Reception

MAY
5            Cinco de Mayo Community Lunch
7            Senior Dinner Dance
10-14     Final Exams
10          Paleta Study Break
12          Paleta Study Break
14          Baccalaureate
15          Commencement Day for CGU, CMC and Pitzer
16         Commencement Day for HMC, Pomona and Scripps