Academic Calendar 2016-17

Event	Fall 2016
New Faculty Orientation	August 15-16
Jump Start	August 14-19
Faculty Return to Campus	August 17
New Student check-in/orientation	August 18-19
All Student Open check-in	August 22
Classes Begin	August 24
Add/Drop Period Ends and Last Day to Register in myPBA	September 2
Deadline: Application for Spring Graduation	September 2
Labor Day (no classes, offices closed)	September 5
Midterm	October 10
Fall Break†	October 20-21
Online Registration for Spring and Summer semesters begins (check myPBA - Students - Course Registration for registration dates by student classification)	October 31
Last day to withdraw without academic penalty	November 4
Thanksgiving Holiday†	November 23-25
Honors Chapel	December 1
Final Examinations†	December 5-8
Fall Commencement	December 10
Christmas Break	December 12-January 10
†FALL Makeup Days (MD) Priority: Fall Break (Fri, Mon); Exam Days (Mon, Tues); Thanksgiving Holiday (Wed)

Event	Spring 2017
Faculty Return to Campus	January 9
All student check-in	January 9
Subterm A classes begin	January 9
Classes Begin	January 11
Add/Drop Period Ends and Last Day to Register in myPBA	January 18
Deadline: Application for Spring/Summer Graduation	January 18
Martin Luther King Day (no classes, offices closed)	January 16
Midterm	February 27
Spring Break‡	March 6-10
Online Registration for Fall semester begins (check myPBA - Students - Course Registration for registration dates by student classification)	March 13
Last day to withdraw without academic penalty	March 24
Good Friday Holiday (Offices Closed)	April 14
Easter Holiday	April 17
Honors Chapel	April 25
Final Examinations	May 1-4
Spring Commencement	May 6
‡SPRING Makeup Days (MD): Spring Break (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri)

Event	Summer 2017
Classes Begin	May 8
Add/Drop Period Ends and Last Day to Register	May 12
Memorial Day	May 29
Last day of classes	June 19