Fall 2025
August
- Freshmen and transfers report
- All other students report
- Classes begin
- Last day of Add Period
September
- No classes—Labor Day
- Last day of Drop Period without Record
October
- Rhetoric Proficiency Examination
- Midsemester progress reports due in Registrar’s Office
- No Classes*
- No Classes*
- 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
December
- Classes resume
- 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 13-14, residence halls will remain open and meals will be provided.
Spring 2026
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