Helpful Information
Fall 2020
| August 10 | Monday | Late Registration, Advising, and Mulerider Round-Up |
| August 11 | Tuesday | Late Registration, Advising, and Mulerider Round-Up |
| August 11 | Tuesday | Classes begin |
| August 12 | Wednesday | Late Registration with penalty |
| August 14 | Friday | Last date to apply for December graduation |
| August 18 | Tuesday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| September 7 | Monday | Labor Day Holiday | Virtual class meeting day |
| September 28 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar |
| October 21 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| October 21 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| October 26 | Monday | Last date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar |
| November 17 | Tuesday | Final examinations begin |
| November 20 | Friday | Semester ends |
| November 21 | Saturday | Commencement |
| November 23 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Fall Intersession 2020
| November 30 | Monday | Late Registration and Advising |
| December 1 | Tuesday | Fall Intersessions classes begin |
| December 16 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| December 16 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| December 31 | Thursday | Fall Intersession classes end |
| January 4 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Late registration for the spring semester will be held January 11 and 12, 2021, with classes beginning on January 13.
SAU’s updated spring semester calendar is as follows:
- January 13 – First day of class
- January 18 – Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday – no class
- March5 – Virtual class day
- April2 – No class
- April29 – End of semester
- April30 – Spring Commencement
The University will be closed for the holidays and specified vacations days indicated below for the 2020-2021 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 Day | Thursday, July 2, 2020 (see note 1 below) | See note 1. |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 7, 2020 (this is a hybrid class day for faculty and students). | |
| Fall Break | Not observed due to the revised fall schedule. | |
| Thanksgiving Week | Wednesday, November 25 (five hours mandatory leave); Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, 20 | |
| Thanksgiving Break | Wednesday, November 27 (five hours mandatory leave); Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29, 2020 (see note 2 below) | See note 2. |
| December Schedule | November 30 through December 17, 2020 – Hours will be the same as summer hours: 7:00 to 5:30 with 30 minutes for lunch and Fridays off. | |
| Christmas/New Year’s Break | SAU closes at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Monday, December 21, 8 hours mandatory leave. Tuesday, December 22, 8 hours declared holiday. SAU reopens at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 2021 (see note 3 below) | See note 3. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Monday, January 18, 2021 (for students and faculty only, see note 4 below) | See note 4. |
| Spring Break | SAU closes at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, and reopens at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 2021 | |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 31, 2021 | See note 1. |
- Two hours of mandatory leave will be taken by12-month faculty and staff on the two summer holidays, Independence Day and Memorial Day.
- For Wednesday, November 25, 2020, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
