Helpful Information
2020-2021 7 Week Courses Calendar
Fall 2021
| August 16 | Monday | Late Registration, Advising, and Mulerider Round-Up |
| August 17 | Tuesday | Late Registration, Advising, and Mulerider Round-Up |
| August 18 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| August 18 | Wednesday | Late Registration with penalty |
| August 25 | Wednesday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| August 31 | Tuesday | Last date to apply for December graduation |
| September 6 | Monday | Labor Day Holiday |
| September 30 – October 1 | Thursday – Friday | Fall Break |
| October 4 | Monday | Classes resume |
| October 18 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar |
| November 3 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| November 3 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| November 8 | Monday | Last date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar |
| November 23 | Tuesday – 9:00 p.m. | Thanksgiving holiday begins |
| November 29 | Monday | Classes resume |
| December 6 | Monday | Final examinations begin |
| December 9 | Thursday | Semester ends |
| December 10 | Friday | Commencement |
| December 13 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Fall Intersession 2021
| December 9 | Thursday | Last date to register for fall intersession classes |
| December 13 | Monday | Fall Intersessions classes begin |
| December 16 | Thursday | Last date for dropping courses |
| December 16 | Thursday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| December 24 | Friday | Fall Intersession classes end |
| January 3 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Spring 2022
| January 10 | Monday | Late Registration and Advising |
| January 11 | Tuesday | Late Registration and Advising |
| January 12 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| January 12 | Wednesday | Late Registration with penalty |
| January 17 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday |
| January 20 | Thursday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| January 31 | Monday | Last date to apply for May graduation |
| March 7 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar |
| March 21-25 | Monday – Friday | Spring vacation |
| March 28 | Monday | Classes resume |
| March 30 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| March 30 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| April 25 | Monday | Last date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar |
| May 2 | Monday | Final examinations begin |
| May 5 | Thursday | Semester ends |
| May 6 | Friday | Commencement |
| May 9 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Spring Intersession 2022
| May 5 | Thursday | Last date to register for Spring intersession classes |
| May 9 | Monday | Spring Intersession classes begin |
| May 12 | Thursday | Last date for dropping courses |
| May 12 | Thursday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| May 20 | Friday | Spring Intersession classes end |
| May 23 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Summer I 2022
| May 23 | Monday | Advising and registration |
| May 24 | Tuesday | Classes Begin |
| May 25 | Wednesday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| May 30 | Monday | Memorial Day |
| May 31 | Tuesday | Last date to apply for July graduation |
| June 3 | Friday | Classes meet to make-up for Memorial Day |
| June 8 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| June 8 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| June 23 | Thursday | First summer term ends |
| June 27 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Summer II 2022
| June 27 | Monday | Advising and registration |
| June 28 | Tuesday | Classes Begin |
| June 29 | Wednesday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| July 4 | Monday | Independence Day |
| July 8 | Friday | Classes meet to make-up for Independence Day |
| July 13 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| July 13 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| July 28 | Thursday | Second summer term ends |
| July 29 | Friday | Commencement |
| August 1 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
The University will be closed for the holidays and specified vacations days indicated below for the 2021-2022 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 5, 2021 (see note 1 below) |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 6, 2021 |
| Fall Break | September 30 and October 1, 2021, SAU hours will be 7:00 to 5:30, Monday through Wednesday, September 27-29 with a 30-minute lunch. SAU will be closed September 30 and October 1. September 30 is a President-declared holiday (see note 1 below). |
| Thanksgiving Week | SAU hours will be 7:30 to 5:30 on Monday and Tuesday, November 22 and 23, 2021, with a 30-minute lunch break. |
| Thanksgiving Break | Wednesday, November 24 (five hours mandatory leave); Thursday and Friday, November 25 and 26, 2021 (see note 2 below). |
| Christmas/New Year’s Break | SAU closes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 17, 2021, and reopens at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 3, 2022. This includes two SAU holidays and 8 hours of mandatory annual leave. (see note 3 below). |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Monday, January 17, 2022 (for students and faculty only, see note 4 below) |
| Spring Break | March 21-25, 2022, SAU hours will be 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with a 30-minute lunch break, March 21 – March 24, 2022. The University will be closed March 25, 2022. |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 30, 2022 (see note 1 below). |
- Two hours of mandatory leave will be taken by12-month faculty and staff on the two summer holidays, Independence Day, Memorial Day, and for fall break.
- For Wednesday, November 24, 2021, 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. This year includes two SAU Holidays and 8 hours of mandatory annual leave.
- Classes will not meet on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 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.
