National Scholars Program
Calendar: Spring 2006
January
9 Classes begin
16 MLK DAY—No Classes
18 Last day to add a class
25 Last day to drop a class without a "W" grade
27 Weekly Current Events/NY TImes Discussion
Topic: Palestinian Elections and Hamas
1:15-2:15 pm - NSP Office
February
2 Last day to order diploma for May commencement
3 Weekly Current Events/NY TImes Discussion
Topic: The Alito Confirmation
2:15-3:15 pm
NSP Office
10 Weekly Current Events/NY TImes Discussion
Topic: World Reaction to Editorial Cartoon
1:15-2:15 pm
NSP Office
17-19 National Scholars Weekend
24 Weekly Current Events/NY TImes Discussion
Topic: US port security in foreign hands
1:15-2:15 pm
NSP Office
March
3 Last day to drop a class without a final grade
9

Bank of America/Clemson University Global Leadership Forum Dinner
The Celtic Tiger and The New Carolina
Speaker: Dan Flinter
Managing Director Emeritus of Enterprise Ireland
6:30 pm - Palmetto Expo Center
10 Weekly Current Events/NY TImes Discussion
Topic: Recent campus newspaper controversies
1:15-2:15 pm - NSP Office
20-24 SPRING BREAK—No Classes
31 Weekly Current Events/NY TImes Discussion
Topic: Immigration Reform
1:15-2:15 pm - NSP Office
31 2006-2007 Planning Meeting
2:30-4 pm - 233 Brackett Hall
April
3 Registration for Fall 2004 begins
4 Senior Mentor Dinner
5:30-8 pm - President's Box, Clemson Memorial Stadium
10

President's Honors Colloquium
Speaker: Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki
Why We Fight, 2005 Sundance Grand Jury Winner
5 pm - Strom Thurmond Institute
13 High Tea with the Barkers (first-years only)
4:30-5:30 pm - President's House
8-15 Honors and Awards Week
19 Book Discussion: The Assassins' Gate
5-7 pm - NSP Office
26 Senior Sayonara Cook-Out
5-7 pm - Madren Center Patio (outside of Seasons)
29-30 Final Exams
May
1-6 Final Exams
12 Commencement