At first, it seemed like spring would never arrive in the Midwest. Ten weeks later, Spring Term concludes with a flurry of classroom and campus activities during the final week of the 2013-2014 academic year:

Expect to be tested. Above, Spanish faculty Claudia Fernandez explains the last oral exam of Spring Term to two students, paired at random, who will have to converse with each other in Spanish for seven minutes without the intervention of the professor.

More end-of-term experiences, from exploring the forest at Green Oaks to residence hall recycling, an on-campus carnival to a critique on the last day of a photography course.

More photos:

Evan Temchin followed a dozen students in the final week of Green Oaks Term as they explored each other's creative projects in the forest at the biological field station, results in an album at the Knox College Flickr channel.

Photos of photos -- an in-depth view of an art class critique in an album at Flickr.

Chemistry Club celebrates the end of the term with a bang -- soda bottle rockets! -- at Flickr.

Union Board throws another spring bash, games, a hypnotist, more at Flickr

Tons of stuff is not thrown away, thanks to students committed to sustainability, at Flickr.