Academic Calendar

2025 Fall Semester

Date	Event
August 26	Residence halls open for new students
August 22–25	International Student Orientation
August 26–31	New Student Orientation.
August 28	Advising begins. All-advisor meeting in morning; individual advising begins in afternoon.
August 29	Residence halls open for returning students. Computer preregistration for first-year and transfer students only.
August 31	Meal plan starts at dinner.
September 1	Labor Day. No classes.
September 2	Classes begin.
September 15	Drop/add ends. Last day to delete a course from or add to permanent registration.  Last day to uncover a shadow grade for a CR course from the previous semester.
October 1	Final examination schedule available online.
October 6	All outstanding incompletes from Spring semester must be complete and graded.
October 10	Fall Break begins after last class.
October 20	Fall classes resume at 8:30 a.m.
October 29	Schedule of courses and seminars for next semester available online.
November 7	Last day to declare CR/NC grading option. Last day to withdraw from a course and receive the grade notation "W."
November 3–14	Advising period.
November 17–19	Pre-enrollment for spring semester. Pre-enrollment ends at 4 p.m.
November 26	Thanksgiving Break begins after last class.
December 1	Fall classes resume at 8:30 a.m.
December 1	Note: All accounts must show a zero or positive balance to enroll or select a room for spring semester.
December 8	Follows a Monday schedule to make up for Labor Day Monday.
December 9	Follows a Thursday schedule to make up for Thanksgiving Thursday.
December 10	Follows a Friday schedule to make up for Thanksgiving Friday.
December 10	Classes end
December 14-20	Finals exam period
December 19	100-level seminars end. The fourteenth meetings of Fall 100-level seminars may meet in either the seminar format or for a final exam, up to the discretion of the professor.
December 20	Finals end at noon. Residence halls close at 6 p.m. Meal plan ends at lunch.