January 8, 2009
Applications due electronically to Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources Department
January 4, 2010
Students and teachers receive acceptance notifications
January 18, 2010
University Holiday—Martin Luther King Birthday
January 19, 2010
First cohort of students starts the program 2 p.m. Eastern Time—Video conference with new students and teachers
January 20–21, 2010
Online instruction for students and teachers in use of Blackboard
March 15–20, 2010
University spring vacation
April 16, 2010
Research Symposium, West Lafayette campus
May 1, 2010
Last day to submit assignments
May 10, 2010
Presentation of certificates and scholarships (place and time to be determined)
Weekly online video conferences will be scheduled after the January 19, 2010, class video conference.