Academic Calendar 2017–2018
Fall Semester 2017
August
17
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Thursday
|
Fall registration begins for non-degree undergraduate students |
23
|
Wednesday
|
Opening Convocation |
| 25 |
Friday |
Fall waiver registration for National Guard (STEP Program), senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers |
28
|
Monday
|
Fall classes begin |
30
|
Wednesday
|
First-Year Convocation
|
September
4
|
Monday
|
Labor Day (college closed, library closed) |
| 11 |
Monday |
Last day for adding or dropping courses without a charge |
October
| 9 |
Monday |
Columbus Day (college closed, library open—holiday hours) |
10
|
Tuesday
|
Monday classes meet
|
| 14 |
Saturday |
Emergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
| 25 |
Wednesday |
Midsemester grades due by noon
|
November
| 3 |
Friday |
Last day to withdraw from courses without permission |
6
|
Monday |
Spring/Early Spring registration begins for degree candidates
|
| 13 |
Monday |
Veterans Day (college closed, library open—holiday hours) |
| 15 |
Wednesday |
Monday classes meet
|
| 23 |
Thursday |
Thanksgiving recess begins |
27
|
Monday |
Classes resume; Early Spring registration begins for non-degree students (contact Records office) |
December
2
|
Saturday |
Emergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
| 4 |
Monday |
Spring registration begins for non-degree graduate students |
9
|
Saturday |
Fall semester classes end |
| 11 |
Monday |
Final examinations begin |
| 16 |
Saturday |
Final examinations end |
| 18 |
Monday |
Make-up date for final examinations |
| 25 |
Monday |
Christmas Day observed (college closed, library closed) |
| 26 |
Tuesday |
Grades due by noon; Early spring classes begin |
Note: Calendar subject to change
Spring Semester 2018
January
|
1
|
Monday
|
New Year's Day observed (college closed, library closed)
|
|
3
|
Wednesday
|
New student orientation begins
|
|
10
|
Wednesday
|
Spring registration begins for non-degree undergraduate students
|
|
12
|
Friday
|
Early spring classes end; Spring waiver registration for National Guard (STEP Program), senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers.
|
|
15
|
Monday
|
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (college closed, library closed)
|
|
16
|
Tuesday
|
Spring classes begin
|
29
|
Monday |
Last day for adding or dropping courses without a charge
|
February
|
19
|
Monday
|
President's Day (classes will be held); Summer registration begins for degree students
|
|
24
|
Saturday
|
Emergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration)
|
26
|
Monday |
Summer registration begins for non-degree students |
March
|
5
|
Monday
|
Spring recess begins
|
|
12
|
Monday
|
Classes resume
|
|
14
|
Wednesday
|
Midsemester grades due
|
|
23
|
Friday
|
Last day to withdraw from courses without permission
|
April
| 2 |
Monday |
Fall registration begins for degree students
|
|
25
|
Wednesday
|
Cap and Gown Convocation
|
| 28 |
Saturday |
Emergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
30
|
Monday
|
Spring semester classes end
|
May
|
1
|
Tuesday
|
Final examinations begin
|
|
7
|
Monday
|
Final examinations end
|
|
9
|
Wednesday
|
Grades due by 4 p.m.
|
|
11
|
Friday
|
Summer Session I waiver registration for National Guard (STEP Program), senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers
|
|
12
|
Saturday
|
Undergraduate Commencement/Graduate Commencement
|
|
14
|
Monday
|
Summer Session I begins
|
|
18
|
Friday
|
Last day for adding or dropping courses without a charge
|
|
28
|
Monday
|
Memorial Day (college closed, library closed)
|
June
|
22
|
Friday
|
Summer Session I ends; Summer Session II waiver registration for National Guard (STEP Program), senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers
|
|
25
|
Monday
|
Summer Session II begins
|
July
|
4
|
Wednesday
|
Independence Day (college closed, library closed); Last day for adding or dropping courses without a charge (Summer Session II)
|
August
3
|
Friday
|
Summer session II ends
|
|
6
|
Monday
|
Victory Day (college closed, library closed)
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Note: Calendar subject to change