2026 Spring Semester

DateEvent
January 17Residence halls open at noon.
January 18Meal plan starts at dinner.
January 19Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day Holiday. No classes on MLK Day. MLK Day morning classes are not rescheduled. MLK Day afternoon classes are rescheduled for Wednesday evening of MLK week. MLK Day evening classes are not rescheduled.
January 20Classes begin.
January 30Drop/add ends. Last day to delete a course from or add one to permanent registration. Students with once-a-week classes may extend some adding and dropping into the third week of classes, depending upon the approval of the professor teaching the class to be added.
February 23All outstanding incompletes from Fall semester must be complete and graded.
March 6Final examination schedule available online.
March 6Spring Break begins after last class.
March 16Spring classes resume at 8:30 a.m.
March 25Schedule of courses and seminars for next semester available online.
March 27Last day to declare CR/NC grading option. Last day to withdraw from a course and receive the grade "W."
April 1Note: All accounts must show a $0 or positive balance to enroll and select a room for the fall semester.
March 30–April 10Advising period.
April 13-15Pre-enrollment for fall semester.
April 15Pre-enrollment ends at 4 p.m.
May 1Classes and seminars end, as originally scheduled.
May 11Faculty Deadline for Grades Due for Trico seniors, Monday noon. Note this is before many of our finals have met.
May 7-14Course Final & Honors written examinations. If you must make travel arrangements before the examination schedule is published, do not expect to leave until after finals.
May 15Meal plan ends at dinner for all but seniors.
May 15Residence halls close to all but seniors at 5:00 p.m. (Non-seniors are expected to leave the College within 24 hours after their last examination.)
May 17–19Honors orals
May 19Faculty Deadline for Senior Grades Due, Tuesday noon.
May 23Baccalaureate
May 24Commencement
May 25Residence halls close to seniors at 9 a.m.
May 28Faculty Deadline for All Spring Grades Due.  See May 16 for grade deadline for Seniors.
May 29-31Alumni Weekend