JH ACADEMIC YEAR ADOPTED A£ The Pennsylvania State University has announced the adoption of a four term academic year* Dr* Eric A* Walker, university pre sident, said the change will go in effect at University Park and at the fourteen affiliated campuses June 15, 1961, when a ten-week summer term will begin* The summer term will extend from Juße 15 to August 24. The fall term will run from October 2 to December 12, the winter term from January 3 to March 13, and the spring term from March 21 to May 31. All terms will run ten weeks. The present academic year consists of two semesters of fifteen weeks each* Under the new academic year, class periods will be lengthened from fifty minutes to seventy five minutes, with a twenty-minute interval between classes* However, total time spent in classes will remain unchanged, so will course organi zation and credit structure. The tuition also will remain the Student parking and traffic regulat same„ The student who now pays $4BO tui- ions* including penalties fox violations, tion for two semesters (thirty weeks) as established for the University Park sl6o pe:r term, or $4BO for three Campus* will be enforced for all students terms weeks)* of the University* regardless of the parti:ular campus which the student attends.^ The new academic year will make it possible for a student to graduate in three calendar years by attending school all four terms of each year. Mr. Walker said the continuing in crease in enrollment necessitated the a doption of the new plan.. He pointed out it also would utilize the university facilities on a year-round basis. PENN STATE We are requesting all students who plan to return to the Hazleton Campus for the Spring 1961 semester to pre-re gister before November 4th on the follow ing basis* Week of Oct*. 17 3rd -semester students Week of Oc w 24 2nd semester students Week of Ocs o 31 Ist- semes t-'-r -tr: idonvs Students who do not plan to return to the Hazleton Campus for spring term classes should report that fact to Mr. Schneider as soon as possible c Cheek the rules that govern pre-re gistration on the bulletin boards. Late registration fee of $2.00 may be put into effect for late pre—regist w ~ rants® parking and traffic regulations for COMMONWEALTH CAMPUS STUDENTS Oh mnVERSITC PARK CAMPUS Commonwealth Campus students who wish to drive cars on the University Park Campus are not required to register their cars or purchase parking permits at University Park® Any regulations concern ing registration and parking permits as established at each Commonwealth Campus will be honored when these cars are on the University Park Campus $ permitting parking under the University Park student t'egulationsr, 22 s£k STUDENTS
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