Academic Calendar 2019-20

Fall 2019
	AUGUST
Jump Start	11
New Faculty Orientation	12-13
Faculty Return to Campus	14
New Student check-in/orientation	15-16
Residence Hall Opening: New Students	15
Residence Hall Opening: Returning Students	18
All Student Open check-in	19
First Stubterm classes begin (A)	19
Day Classes Begin	21
Census Date (Last day to Add/Drop and Last Day to Register)	27
	SEPTEMBER
Labor Day (no classes, offices closed)	2
	OCTOBER
First Subterm classes end (A)	13
Midterm; Second Subterm classes begin (B)	14
Fall Break†	24-25
Online Registration for Spring semester begins	28
	NOVEMBER
Last day to withdraw without academic penalty	8
Thanksgiving Holiday†	27-29
	*DECEMBER*
Honors Chapel	5
Final Examinations†	9-12
Residence Hall Closing	13
Fall Commencement	13
Second Subterm classes end (B)	15
Christmas Break	Dec 16 - Jan 5
†FALL Priority Makeup Days (PMD) Priority: Fall Break (Thu,Fri); Exam Days (Mon, Tues); Thanksgiving Holiday (Wed)

Spring 2020
	*JANUARY*
Faculty Return to Campus	6
All student check-ink	6
Residence Hall Opening	4
First Subterm classes begin (A)	6
Day Classes Begin	6
Census Date (Add/Drop Period Ends)	10
Martin Luther King Day (no classes, offices closed)	20
Deadline: Application for Summer/Fall Graduation	31
	*FEBRUARY*
Midterm	24
	*MARCH*
First Subterm classes end (A)	1
Spring Break‡	2-6
Second Subterm classes begin (B)	9
Online Registration for Summer and Fall begins	9
Last day to withdraw without academic penalty	20
	*APRIL*
Good Friday Holiday (Offices Closed)	10
Easter Holiday	13
Honors Chapel	21
Final Examinations	27-30
	*MAY*
Residence Hall Closing	1
Second Subterm classes end (B)	3
Spring Commencement	TBD
‡SPRING Priority Makeup Days (PMD): Spring Break (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri)

Summer 2020
	*MAY*
Summer Classes Begin	4
Census Date (Add/Drop Period Ends and Last Day to Register)	8
Memorial Day (No Classes,Offices Closed)	25
	JUNE
First Subterm classes end	23
Second Subterm classes begin	24
	*AUGUST*
End of Summer Sessions	16