Academic Calendar 2015-16

Event	Fall 2015
New Faculty Orientation	August 13-14
Jump Start	August 14-19
Faculty Return to Campus	August 17
New Student check-in/orientation	August 19-20
All Student Open check-in	August 21
Classes Begin	August 24
Add/Drop Period Ends and Last Day to Register in myPBA	August 28
Deadline: Application for Spring Graduation	August 28
Labor Day (no classes, offices closed)	September 7
Midterm	October 12
Fall Break†	October 23-26
Online Registration for Spring and Summer semesters begins (check myPBA - Students - Course Registration for registration dates by student classification)	November 2
Last day to withdraw without academic penalty	November 6
Thanksgiving Holiday†	November 25-27
Honors Chapel	December 3
Final Examinations†	December 7-10
Fall Commencement	December 12
Christmas Break	December 14-January 10
†FALL Makeup Days (MD) Priority: Fall Break (Fri, Mon); Exam Days (Mon, Tues); Thanksgiving Holiday (Wed)

Event	Spring 2016
Faculty Return to Campus	January 7
All student check-in	January 7-8
Classes Begin	January 11
Add/Drop Period Ends and Last Day to Register in myPBA	January 15
Deadline: Application for Spring/Summer Graduation	January 15
Martin Luther King Day (no classes, offices closed)	January 18
Midterm	February 29
Spring Break‡	March 7-11
Online Registration for Fall semester begins (check myPBA - Students - Course Registration for registration dates by student classification)	March 14
Last day to withdraw without academic penalty	March 25
Good Friday Holiday (Offices Closed)	March 25
Easter Holiday	March 28
Honors Chapel	April 26
Final Examinations	May 2-5
Spring Commencement	May 7
‡SPRING Makeup Days (MD): Spring Break (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri)

Event	Summer 2016
Classes Begin	May 9
Add/Drop Period Ends and Last Day to Register	May 13
Memorial Day	May 30
Last day of classes	June 24