5th OPT II Clinic Orientation and White Coat Ceremony Friday
8th All classes, labs, clinics, and externships begin Monday
15th Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (UEI and federal externships) Monday
20th-21st OPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday
FEBRUARY
7th-13th OPT I Exam Week I Wednesday thru Tuesday
22nd-25th TOA Convention UEI clinics closed Friday, February 23, but classes and labs meet as scheduled
TBD OPT IV & OPT III Benedict Professor Lecture Saturday (A.M. for OPT IV & P.M. for OPT III)
MARCH
12th-16th Spring Break Monday thru Friday
19-23rd No OPT 3 classes or labs; OPT 3 clinics will remain open Monday thru Friday
20th-23rd NBEO Part I (ABS) Exam Tuesday thru Friday(test is now a single day; students excused from clinics day before and day of their scheduled exam day)
21st-27th OPT I Exam Week II Wednesday thru Tuesday
24th-25th OPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday
APRIL
7th Spring Awards Banquet Saturday
8th UHCOpen House Sunday
APRIL
MAY
23th-2rd Final ExamsFriday thru Monday
29th-3rd ARVO Sunday thru Thursday
MAY
11th or 12th Convocation Friday or Saturday
AUGUST
18th First Year Orientation Friday
21st All clinics, externships, classes, and labs begin Monday
26-27th OPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday
SEPTEMBER
4thLabor Day Holiday Monday
16th OPT III & Externship Preceptors Meeting Saturday
20-26th OPT I & OPT II Exam Week #1Wednesday thru Tuesday
OCTOBER
2nd OPT IV Benedict Professor Lecture Monday evening
7-8thOPT III Clinical Medicine Course Saturday and Sunday
10-13thOPT III & IV Classes and Clinics Cancelled for American Academy of
OptometryTuesday thru Friday (does not apply to all externship sites)
11-14thAmerican Academy of OptometryWednesday thru Saturday
20-22ndOPT III KMK NBEO Review Course Weekend #1 Friday P.M.-Sunday
No OPT III Clinics Friday afternoon only. All Friday morning clinics operate as
scheduled.
25-31stOPT I & OPT II Exam Week #2Wednesday thru Tuesday
28-29thOPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday
NOVEMBER
4th OPT II Mock Competency for Pre-Clinical Practicum Saturday
