Academic Calendar 2019–2020
Fall Semester 2019
August
15 |
Thursday |
Fall registration begins for non-degree undergraduate students |
20
|
Tuesday
|
New Faculty Orientation
|
21 |
Wednesday |
Opening Convocation |
23 |
Friday |
Fall waiver registration for senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers |
26 |
Monday |
Fall classes begin
|
28 |
Friday |
First-Year Convocation
|
September
2 |
Monday |
Labor Day (college closed, library closed) |
9 |
Monday |
Last day for adding or dropping courses
|
October
14 |
Monday |
Columbus Day (college closed, library open—holiday hours) |
16 |
Wednesday |
Monday classes meet |
19 |
Saturday |
Emergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
23 |
Wednesday |
Mid-semester grades due by noon |
November
1 |
Friday |
Last day to withdraw from courses with a W
|
11 |
Monday |
Veterans Day (college closed, library open-holiday hours) |
12 |
Tuesday |
Spring registration begins for degree students |
16 |
Saturday |
Emergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration)
|
26 |
Tuesday |
Final day for Tuesday classes only
|
28 |
Thursday |
Thanksgiving recess begins
|
December
2
|
Monday
|
Classes resume
|
2
|
Monday
|
Early Spring registration begins for non-degree students
|
3
|
Tuesday
|
Registration begins for non-degree students |
7 |
Saturday |
Emergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
9 |
Monday |
All other Fall semester classes end (Monday, Wednesday-Sunday)
|
10 |
Tuesday |
Reading Day
|
11 |
Wednesday |
Final examinations begin
|
17 |
Tuesday |
Final examinations end |
18
|
Wednesday
|
Make-up date for final examinations
|
23 |
Monday |
Fall grades due by 4 p.m. |
25 |
Tuesday |
Christmas Day observed (college closed, library closed)
|
Note: Calendar subject to change
Spring Semester 2020
Early Spring 2020
30 |
Monday |
Early Spring classes begin |
January
1 |
Wednesday |
New Year's Day observed (college closed, library closed) |
9 |
Thursday |
New student orientation begins |
13 |
Monday |
Spring registration begins for non-degree undergraduate students |
17 |
Friday |
Early spring classes end; Spring waiver registration for senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers. |
20 |
Monday |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (college closed, library closed) |
21 |
Tuesday |
Spring classes begin |
27
|
Monday
|
Last day to add without permission from department; students may still drop classes without permission
|
February
3 |
Monday |
Last day to add/drop |
24 |
Monday |
Summer registration begins for degree students
|
29 |
Saturday |
Emergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
March
2
|
Monday
|
Summer registration begins for non-degree students |
9 |
Monday |
Spring recess begins |
16 |
Monday |
Classes resume |
18 |
Wednesday |
Mid-semester grades due |
21
|
Saturday
|
Emergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration)
|
27 |
Friday |
Last day to withdraw from courses with a W
|
April
6 |
Monday |
Fall registration begins for degree students |
25 |
Saturday |
Emergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
27
|
Monday
|
Fall registration begins for non-degree graduate students
|
29
|
Wednesday
|
Cap and Gown Convocation
|
May
4
|
Monday
|
Last day of classes
|
5
|
Tuesday
|
Reading Day
|
6 |
Wednesday |
Final examinations begin
|
12 |
Tuesday |
Final examinations end
|
13 |
Wednesday |
Senior grades due by 4 p.m.
|
15 |
Friday |
All other grades due by 4 p.m.; Summer Session I waiver registration for senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers
|
16 |
Saturday |
Undergraduate Commencement/Graduate Commencement |
18 |
Monday |
Summer Session I begins |
22 |
Friday |
Last day for adding courses or dropping a course without a charge (Summer Session I) |
25 |
Monday |
Memorial Day (college closed, library closed) |
June
26 |
Friday |
Summer Session I ends; Summer Session II waiver registration for senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers |
29
|
Monday
|
Summer Session II begins
|
30 |
Tuesday
|
Summer Session I grades are due by 4 p.m.
|
July
3 |
Friday |
Independence Day (college closed, library closed); |
6
|
Monday
|
Last day for add/drop (Summer Session II)
|
August
7 |
Friday |
Summer session II ends |
10
|
Monday
|
Victory Day (college closed, library closed)
|
12 |
Wednesday |
Summer Session II grades are due by 4 p.m.
|
Note: Calendar subject to change