August

17-23 — Hawk Week, the official welcome week for Kansas University students. For more on Hawk Week, go to www.hawkweek.ku.edu/

21 — First day of fall classes.

30 — Kansas University football opener vs. Northwestern.

September

1 — Labor Day, no classes.

5 — University Theatre’s “Picnic,” 7:30 p.m., Murphy Hall.

6 — Band Day, KU football vs. UNLV. University Theatre’s “Picnic,” 7:30 p.m., Murphy Hall.

7 — University Theatre’s “Picnic,” 2:30 p.m., Murphy Hall.

9-10 — “Sing-A-Long Wizard of Oz,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

13 — KU football at Wyoming.

18 — Business career fair, 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m., Kansas Union ballroom.

19 — Collage concert, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

19-20 — Family weekend.

20 — Open house, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. KU football vs. Jacksonville State, Parents Day. Musical “Fame,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

22 — First day to elect credit/no credit grade option.

27 — KU football vs. Missouri.

October

2 — International Career Conference, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Kansas Union.

3 — Last day to elect credit/no credit grade option.

4 — Dance performance, “Hubbard Street Dance Chicago,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

8 — Miami City Ballet, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

11 — KU football at Colorado.

14 — International business conference, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Kansas Union.

16 — National Association of Engineering Student Councils conference, all day.

17 — Late Night with Bill Self, 10 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse

National Association of Engineering Student Councils conference, all day

18 — National Association of Engineering Student Councils conference, all day

KU football vs. Baylor, homecoming.

19 — National Association of Engineering Student Councils conference, all day.

22 — Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

23-26 — Fall recess, no classes.

25 — KU football at Kansas State.

28 — Scrap arts music concert, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

November

1 — KU football at Texas A&M, College Station, Texas.

7 — “Othello,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

8 — KU football vs. Nebraska

9 — Concert, eighth blackbird, 2 p.m., Lied Center.

14 — Concert, La Bottine Souriante, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

15 — KU football at Oklahoma State. “The Music Man,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

21 — University Dance Company with Cohan/Suzeau, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

22 — KU football v. Iowa State.

26-30 — Thanksgiving holiday.

December

4 — New Dance performance, 7:30 p.m., Robinson Center.

5 — New Dance performance, 7:30 p.m., Robinson Center.

6-7 — Holiday Vespers, Lied Center.

12 — Stop day.

15-19 — Finals.

January

23 — First day of spring classes.

February

7 — Concert, Canadian Brass, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

17-18 — Musical “Cats,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

22 — Concert, St. Lawrence String Quartet with Todd Palmer, clarinet, 2 p.m., Lied Center.

March

5 — Opera, Verdi’s “La Traviata,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

10 — Majors Fair, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Kansas Union ballroom.

14 — Concert, Concertante, 2 p.m., Lied Center.

16 — Musical, “Grease,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

22-26 — Spring break, no classes.

April

8 — Musical, “Pirates of Penzance,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

16 — Dance performance, Diavolo Dance Theater, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

17 — Concert, Yo-Yo Ma with the Silk Road Ensemble, 8 p.m., Lied Center.

22 — University Dance Company with Cohan/Suzeau, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

23 — University Dance Company with Cohan/Suzeau, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center

May

14 — Stop day, no classes.

17-21 — Final examinations.

23 — Commencement.