2008-2009 CALENDAR

August

• 1 – Executive Board meeting (Phoenix Inn, Greenville)
• 1-2 – Adviser Staff Development (Phoenix Inn, Greenville)
• 8-9 – Summer design workshop (Carolina Forest HS, Myrtle Beach)
• 15-16 – Summer design workshop (Landrum HS, Landrum)

September

• 12 – Fall conference and one-day workshop registration deadline
• 27 – One-Day workshops (USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
• 29 – Fall Conference (USC Russell House)

October

• 3 – Newspaper Mini-Evaluation deadline
• 23 – Multi-Cultural Forum

November

• 1 – Newspaper Mini-Evaluation deadline
• 15 – Newspaper ESNA postmark deadline

December

• 5 – Final Newspaper Mini-Evaluation and Broadcast Mini-Evaluation postmark deadline
• 20 – ESNA results posted online

January

• 31 – Finance Committee Meeting

February

• 7 – Executive Board Meeting (9:30-4 p.m. at USC)
• 13 – SCSPA/JEA Journalist-of-the-Year application postmark deadline

March

• 6-8 – SIPA Convention and Competition (Marriott Hotel and USC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
• 6 – Broadcast and Newspaper evaluation and individual competition postmark deadline
• 15 – Spring conference registration available online; ESNA competition postmark deadline; Most Improved Newspaper competition postmark deadline; Most Improved Newspaper Staff competition;
• 27 – Reid H. Montgomery Adviser-of-the-Year Award, Scroggins Award, SCSPA scholarships and student officer candidate postmark deadline

April

• 3 – Spring conference earlybird registration deadline
• 27 – Spring Conference (USC’s Russell House)
• 30 – Carolina Journalism Institute early-bird registration and deposit deadline

May

• 30 – Carolina Journalism Institute cancellation deadline

June

• 5 – Magazine/Yearbook evaluation, individual competition and Most Improved Competition deadline
• 10-14 – Carolina Journalism Institute (Columbia)