Fall 2026
August
- Freshmen and transfers report
- All other students report
- Classes begin
- Last day of Add Period
September
- Last day of Drop Period without Record
- No classes—Labor Day
October
- No Classes*
- No Classes*
- Midsemester progress reports due in Registrar’s Office
- Rhetoric Proficiency Examination
- Last day of Drop Period with “W”
- Beginning of registration for the spring semester
November
- Close of registration for spring courses
- Thanksgiving break begins after classes
- Classes resume
December
- Last day of classes
- Half day of final examinations (afternoon only)
- Half day of final examinations (afternoon only)
- First full day of final examinations
- Last full day of final examinations
* For students who wish to remain on campus on October 12-13, residence halls will remain open and meals will be provided.
Spring 2027
January
- New and transfer students report
- All other students report
- Classes begin
- Last day of Add Period
- No classes—Martin Luther King Day
- Last day of Drop Period without Record
March
- Midsemester progress reports due in Registrar’s Office
- Spring break begins after classes
- Classes resume
- Last day of Drop Period with “W”
- Rhetoric Proficiency Examination
- Beginning of registration for the fall semester
April
- Close of registration for fall courses
- Last day of classes
- Half day of final examinations (afternoon only)
- Half day of final examinations (afternoon only)
- First full day of final examinations
May
- Last full day of final examinations
- Graduation
** Rhetoric 100, 101, and 102 final examinations will be scheduled in the first slot of the first day of final examinations. Rhetoric 100, 101, and 102 final essay examinations will be held in the evening on the last Tuesday of classes.