BEAUMONT – Lamar Institute of Technology will be closed from Dec. 22, 2011 to Jan. 2, 2012, for its winter break.

Students who wish to register for the Spring 2012 semester may register online at the school’s Web site, www.lit.edu/.

 Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. on Jan. 3, and students may begin in-person registration at that time.

 New or transfer students under the age of 30 must be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis, per state law. The vaccination must be in effect for 10 days prior to the start of school.

 The Spring 2012 semester begins on Jan. 17, 2012.