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Academic Calendar

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January 2025

6Monday
Year-round calendar - Session III: Classes begin
8Wednesday
Traditional calendar: Spring semester classes begin 8:00 am
14Tuesday
Year-round calendar - Session III: Drop-add period ends 5:00 pm
Traditional Calendar: Drop-Add period ends 5:00 pm
20Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day (no daytime classes)

February 2025

3Monday
Year-round calendar - Session III: Last day to withdraw with a "W"
21Friday
Year-round calendar - Session III: Last day of classes
24Monday
Traditional Calendar: Mid-term break   through February 28, 2025
25Tuesday
Year-round calendar - Session III grades due 5:00 pm

March 2025

3Monday
Year-round calendar - Session IV: Classes begin
10Monday
Traditional Calendar: Spring Academic Advising   through March 28, 2025
Year-round calendar - Session IV: Drop-add period ends 5:00 pm
14Friday
Traditional Calendar: Last day to withdraw with a "W"
31Monday
Year-round calendar - Session IV: Last day to withdraw with a "W"

April 2025

9Wednesday
Academic Symposium - no daytime classes
17Thursday
Traditional Calendar: Last day of Spring semester classes
18Friday
Good Friday Holiday
21Monday
Traditional Calendar: Reading Day
22Tuesday
Traditional Calendar: Final exams   through April 24, 2025
24Thursday
Year-round calendar - Session IV: Last day of classes
26Saturday
Baccalaureate Celebration 7:30 pm, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall
27Sunday
Commencement Ceremony 3:00 pm, RFC Gymnasium
28Monday
Year-round calendar - Session V: Classes begin
29Tuesday
Year-round calendar - Session IV grades due
Traditional Calendar: Spring semester grades due 5:00 pm
30Wednesday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: First day of class

May 2025

1Thursday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: Drop add ends, 5pm
5Monday
Year-round calendar - Session V: Drop-add period ends 5:00 pm
7Wednesday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: No class for 3-credit classes
13Tuesday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: Last day to withdraw with a "W"
14Wednesday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: No class for 3-credit classes
21Wednesday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: Last day of class/final exam
23Friday
Traditional Calendar - May term grades due 5:00 pm
27Tuesday
Year-round calendar - Session V: Last day to withdraw with a "W"

June 2025

13Friday
Year-round calendar - Session V: Last day of classes
16Monday
Summer Session VI: Classes begin
23Monday
Summer Session VI: Drop-add period ends

July 2025

4Friday
Independence Day Holiday
14Monday
Summer Session VI: Last day to withdraw with a "W"

August 2025

1Friday
Summer Session VI: Last day of classes
5Tuesday
Summer Session VI grades due
25Monday
Traditional Calendar: Fall classes begin 8:00 am

September 2025

1Monday
Labor Day holiday , Campus Closed
2Tuesday
Traditional Calendar: Fall semester drop/add deadline 5:00 pm

October 2025

3Friday
Homecoming , Multiple Campus Locations  through October 6, 2025
9Thursday
Year-round calendar - Session I: Last day of class
13Monday
Traditional Calendar: Mid-term break   through October 15, 2025
14Tuesday
Year-round calendar - Session I grades due
15Wednesday
Year-round calendar - Session II classes begin
20Monday
Traditional Calendar: Academic advising period   through November 7, 2025
31Friday
Traditional Calendar: Last day to withdraw with a "W"

November 2025

12Wednesday
Year-round calendar - Session II: last day to withdraw with a "W"
26Wednesday
Thanksgiving break   through November 28, 2025

December 2025

4Thursday
Traditional Calendar: Last day of fall semester classes
5Friday
Traditional Calendar: Reading Day
8Monday
Traditional Calendar: Final exams   through December 10, 2025
10Wednesday
Year-round calendar - Session II: Last day of class
15Monday
Year-round calendar - Session II grades due
Traditional Calendar: Fall semester grades due

January 2026

5Monday
Year-round calendar - Session III: Classes begin
7Wednesday
Traditional calendar: Spring semester classes begin
13Tuesday
Year-round calendar - Session III: Drop-add period ends 5:00 pm

February 2026

6Friday
Year-round calendar - Session III: Last day to withdraw with a "W"

March 2026

9Monday
Traditional Calendar: Spring Academic Advising   through March 27, 2026
13Friday
Traditional Calendar: Last day to withdraw with a "W"

April 2026

3Friday
Good Friday Holiday
8Wednesday
Academic Symposium - no daytime classes
17Friday
Traditional Calendar: Last day of Spring semester classes
20Monday
Traditional Calendar: Reading Day
21Tuesday
Traditional Calendar: Final exams   through April 23, 2026
25Saturday
Baccalaureate Celebration 7:30 pm
26Sunday
Commencement Ceremony 3:00 pm
28Tuesday
Traditional Calendar: Spring semester grades due
29Wednesday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: First day of class
30Thursday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: Drop add ends, 5pm 5:00 pm

May 2026

6Wednesday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: No class for 3-credit classes
12Tuesday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: Last day to withdraw with a "W"
13Wednesday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: No class for 3-credit classes
20Wednesday
Traditional Calendar - May Term: Last day of class/final exam
22Friday
Traditional Calendar - May term grades due

June 2026

15Monday
Summer Session VI: Classes begin

July 2026

31Friday
Summer Session VI: Last day of classes

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