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Fall Trimester |
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| Sept 1, Thursday | Arrival for Fall term students |
| Sept 2-3, Friday - Saturday | Orientation at Hotel Rialto |
| Sept 4, Sunday | Move in with host families |
| Sept 5-8, Monday - Thursday | Orientation: Grammar and Culture Classes |
| Sept 11, Sunday | Catalan Holiday |
| Sept 12, Monday | Knox Program and UB Classes Begin |
| Sept 23, Friday | Director attends Apune Meeting |
| Sept 24, Saturday | Merce Festival Holiday |
| Oct 6-9, Thursday - Sunday | Pirineo de Lleida |
| Oct 12, Wednesday | Spanish Holiday: Dia de la Hispanidad |
| Oct 22, Saturday | Director Attends Apune Meeting |
| Nov 1, Tuesday | Todos los Santos Holiday |
| Nov 4, Friday | Excursion to Dali Museum and San Pere de Rodes |
| Nov 21-22, Monday - Tuesday | Final Exams for Knox Program Classes |
| Nov 24, Thursday | Thanksgiving Celebration |
| Dec 1-14, Thursday - Wednesday | Two week trip through southern and central Spain |
| Winter Trimester (Jan 9 - Mar 15) |
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| Jan 2, Monday | Arrival for Winter term students |
| Jan 3-4, Tuesday-Wednesday | Orientation at Hotel Rialto |
| Jan 5, Thursday | Move in with host families |
| Jan 6, Friday | Dia de los Reyes Magos Holiday |
| Jan 9-10, Monday - Tuesday | Orientation: Grammar and Culture Classes |
| Jan 11, Wednesday | Knox Program classes begin |
| Feb 2, Thursday | Appreciation Dinner with host families; UB classes begin |
| TBA | Excursion to Poblet. Experience La Calcotada |
| Feb 24, Friday | Director attends Apune Meeting |
| Feb 26, Sunday | Excursion to Colliure. Celebrate poetry of Antonio Machado |
| TBA | Excursion to Parlament |
| Mar 14-15, Wednesday - Thursday | Final Exams for Knox Program classes |
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Spring Trimester |
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| Mar 19, Monday | Spring Program classes begin |
| Mar 30-Apr 8, Friday - Sunday | Holy Week: Semana Santa |
| Apr 9, Monday | Classes return |
| Apr 23, Monday | San Jordi Festival: No classes |
| TBA | Excursion to Ripoll and Besalu |
| May 1, Tuesday | Holiday: Dia de los Trabajadores |
| May 11, Friday | Director attends Apune Meeting |
| May 18, Friday | Group Dinner with Host Families |
| May 21-22, Monday - Tuesday | Final Exams |
| May 23, Wednesday | Goodbye Dinner with Professors |
| TBA | Excursion to Montserrat |
Leading up to a worldwide event -- Gun Control Theatre Action Week, May 27 through June 2 -- a play by Knox College theatre professor Neil Blackadder was selected for a new collection, "24 Gun Control Plays."
Rana Tahir, a double major in creative writing and political science, wrote dozens of poems and created 29 paintings after interviewing Kuwaiti residents about the 1990 Iraqi occupation.
Knox College awarded more than $1,750 in prizes in the 2013 Al Young Art Show. Organizing 200 art works in an array of media is a challenge, according student Katie O'Connor, who helped arrange the entries.
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