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2024-25 Academic Calendar

Date
Event
July 15
Instructors email syllabi for August courses
July 13-14
July 19-21
July 26-28
New Student Retreat
Second-Year, Lay Certificate Student Retreat
Third-Year & Anglican Studies Student Retreat
 
 
August 10-11
August focus weekend in Topeka
August 12
Instructors email syllabi for September courses
August 13
Praxis on Zoom
August 20
Colloquium on Zoom
 
 
September 13
August assignments due
September 14-15
September focus weekend in Topeka
September 16
Instructors email syllabi for October courses
September 17
Praxis on Zoom
September 24
Colloquium on Zoom
September 30
August grades due
 
 
October 11
September assignments due
October 12-13
October focus weekend in Topeka
October 14
Instructors email syllabi for November courses
October 15
Praxis on Zoom
October 22
Colloquium on Zoom
October 31
September grades due
 
 
November 8
October assignments due
November 9-10
November focus weekend in Topeka
November 11
Instructors email syllabi for December classes
November 12
Praxis on Zoom
November 19
Colloquium on Zoom
November 30
October grades due
 
 
December 13
November assignments due
December 14-15
December focus weekend in Topeka
December 16
Instructors email syllabi for January classes
December 17
Praxis on Zoom
January 2-7
Colloquium on Zoom (moved because of Christmas)
December 31
November grades due
 
 
January 10
December assignments due
January 11-12
January focus weekend in Topeka
January 13
Instructors email syllabi for February courses
January 14
Praxis on Zoom
January 21
Colloquium on Zoom
January 31
December grades due
 
 
February 7
January assignments due
February 8-9
February focus weekend in Topeka
February 10
Instructors email syllabi for March courses
February 11
Praxis on Zoom
February 18
Colloquium on Zoom
February 28
January grades due
 
 
March 7
February assignments due
March 8-9
March focus weekend in Topeka
March 10
Instructors email syllabi for April courses
March 11

March 18
Praxis on Zoom

Colloquium on Zoom


April 12


March assignments due
April 5-6
Focus weekend  (A WEEK EARLY DUE TO PALM SUNDAY)
April 7
Instructors email syllabi for May courses
April 8
Praxis on Zoom
April 15
Colloquium on Zoom
April 30
March grades due
 
 
May 9
April assignments due
May 10-11
Focus weekend in Topeka
May 13
Praxis on Zoom
May 17
2024 Commencement in Topeka
May 20
Colloquium on Zoom
May 31
April grades due
 
 
June 7
May assignments due
June 30
May grades due
Address:
Bishop Kemper School for Ministry
701 SW 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66603

Address for Tuition Payments/Donations:
The Rev, Fran Wheeler
14519 S. Kaw Dr.

Olathe, KS 66062


The Bishop Kemper School for Ministry is a collaborative venture of the Episcopal Dioceses of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, West Missouri, Nebraska and Western Kansas.
BKSM also partners with the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
BKSM offers classes and programs to educate people for church leadership in both lay and ordained vocations.