2026 Fall Semester

Date	Event
August 25	Residence halls open for new students
August 21–24	International Student Orientation
August 25–30	New Student Orientation.
August 27	Advising begins. All-advisor meeting in morning; individual advising begins in afternoon.
August 28	Residence halls open for returning students. Computer preregistration for first-year and transfer students only.
August 30	Meal plan starts at dinner.
August 31	Classes begin.
September 7	Labor Day. No classes.
September 14	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 5	All outstanding incompletes from Spring semester must be complete and graded.
October 9	Fall Break begins after last class.
October 19	Fall classes resume at 8:30 a.m.
November 3	Schedule of courses and seminars for next semester available online.
November 2- 13	Advising period.
November 6	Last day to declare CR/NC grading option. Last day to withdraw from a course and receive the grade notation "W."
November 16-18	Pre-enrollment for spring semester. Pre-enrollment ends at 4 p.m.
November 25	Thanksgiving Break begins after last class.
November 30	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 9	Classes end
December 13-19	Finals exam period
December 18	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 19	Finals end at noon. Residence halls close at 6 p.m. Meal plan ends at lunch.
Januray 8, 2027	Final grades for Fall due (noon).