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Academic Schedule

2018-2019 Academic Calendar 

Fall 2018

August 20MondayLate Registration, Advising, and Mulerider Round-Up
August 21TuesdayLate Registration, Advising, and Mulerider Round-Up
August 22WednesdayLate Registration with penalty
August 22WednesdayClasses begin
August 24FridayLast date to apply for December graduation
August 29WednesdayLast date of entrance and course additions
September 3MondayLabor Day Holiday
October 15Monday – 10:00 a.m.Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar
October 31WednesdayLast date for dropping courses
October 31WednesdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
November 5MondayLast date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar
November 20Tuesday – 9:00 p.m.Thanksgiving holiday begins
November 26MondayClasses resume
December 4TuesdayFinal examinations begin
December 7FridaySemester ends
December 7FridayCommencement
December 10Monday – 10:00 a.m.Final grades due to Registrar
December 13ThursdayLast date to register for fall intersession classes

Fall Intersession 2018 – 2019

December 17MondayFall intersession classes begin
December 27ThursdayLast date for dropping courses
December 27ThursdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
December 28FridayWinter Intersession classes end
January 1Tuesday – 10:00 a.m.Final grades due to Registrar

Spring 2019

January 7MondayLate Registration and Advising
January 8TuesdayLate Registration and Advising
January 9WednesdayLate Registration with penalty
January 9WednesdayClasses begin
January 11FridayLast date to apply for May graduation
January 16WednesdayLast date of entrance and course additions
January 21MondayMartin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
March 4Monday – 10:00 amMid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar
March 18-22Monday – FridaySpring vacation
March 25MondayClasses resume
March 27WednesdayLast date for dropping courses
March 27WednesdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
April 22MondayLast date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar
April 29MondayFinal examinations begin
May 2ThursdaySemester ends
May 3FridayCommencement
May 6Monday – 10:00 amFinal grades due to Registrar
May 8WednesdayLast date to register for spring intersession classes

Spring Intersession 2019

May 13MondaySpring intersession classes begin
May 16ThursdayLast date for dropping courses
May 16ThursdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
May 24FridaySpring intersession classes end
May 27Monday – 10:00 amFinal grades due to Registrar

Summer 2019

First Term

May 27MondayMemorial Day
May 28TuesdayAdvising and registration
May 29WednesdayClasses begin
May 29WednesdayLast date of entrance and course additions
May 30ThursdayLast date to apply for August graduation
May 31FridayClasses meet (make up for Memorial Day)
June 12WednesdayLast date for dropping courses
June 12WednesdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
June 27ThursdayFirst summer term ends
July 1Monday – 10:00 amFinal grades due to Registrar

Summer 2019

Second Term

July 1MondayAdvising and registration
July 2TuesdayClasses begin
July 3WednesdayLast date of entrance and course additions
July 4ThursdayIndependence Day Holiday
July 12FridayClasses meet to make-up for Independence Day
July 24WednesdayLast date for dropping courses
July 24WednesdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
August 1ThursdaySecond summer term ends
August 2FridayCommencement
August 5Monday – 10:00 amFinal grades due to Registrar

Holiday Schedule

The University will be closed for the holidays and specified vacations days indicated below for the 2017-2018 year.

Please note that this is the same number of holidays that other employees of the state receive but some are observed at different times. These holidays are for twelve-month faculty and staff and official closing of the University. Nine-Month faculty and staff generally follow the academic year.

Independence DayWednesday, July 4, 2018 (see note 1 below)See note 1.
Labor DayMonday, September 3, 2018
Thanksgiving WeekUniversity hours will be 7:30 to 5:30 on Monday and Tuesday, November 19 and 20, 2017, with a 30-minute lunch break.
Thanksgiving BreakWednesday, November 21 (five hours mandatory leave); Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23, 2018 (see note 2 below)See note 2.
Christmas/New Year’s BreakSAU hours will be 7:00 to 5:30 Monday, December 17 through Thursday, December 20, 2018, with a 30-minute lunch break. SAU closes at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2018, and reopens at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. (see note 3 below)See note 3.
Martin Luther King Jr. DayMonday, January 21, 2019 (for students and faculty only, see note 4 below)See note 4.
Spring BreakMarch 18 through March 22, 2019 (SAU hours will be 7:00 to 5:30  Monday through Thursday with a 30-minute lunch break and closed on Friday.)
Memorial DayMonday, May 27, 2019 (see note I below)See note 1.
  1. Two hours of mandatory leave will be taken by12-month faculty and staff on the two summer holidays, Independence Day and Memorial Day.
  2. For Wednesday, November 21, 2018, five (5) hours of mandatory leave will be taken from 12-month faculty and staff. If the Governor does not proclaim the day after Thanksgiving a holiday, then a mandatory day of vacation will be taken.
  3. Holidays observed by staff during the Christmas/New Year’s break are: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, George Washington’s Birthday/Daisy Gaston Bates Day, Veteran’s Day, and Employee’s Birthday.
  4. Classes will not meet on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday. The students and faculty will have the day off. A survey of the staff indicated that an overwhelming majority wished to continue observing Dr. King’s Birthday during the Christmas/New Year’s break; therefore, the University will remain open. Supervisors will make every effort to allow any staff member to take a day of annual leave if they prefer. Traditionally, there are events to honor Dr. King on campus that day.

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