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Academic Schedule

2017-2018 Academic Calendar 
2018-2019 Academic Calendar 

Fall 2017

August 21MondayLate Registration, Advising, and Mulerider Round Up
August 22TuesdayLate Registration, Advising, and Mulerider Round Up
August 23WednesdayLate Registration with penalty
August 23WednesdayClasses begin
August 25FridayLast date to apply for December graduation
August 30WednesdayLast date of entrance and course additions
September 4MondayLabor Day Holiday
October 16Monday – 10:00 a.m.Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar
November 1WednesdayLast date for dropping courses
November 1WednesdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
November 6MondayLast date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar
November 21Tuesday – 9:00 p.m.Thanksgiving holiday begins
November 27MondayClasses resume
December 5TuesdayFinal examinations begin
December 8FridaySemester ends
December 8FridayCommencement
December 11Monday – 10:00 a.m.Final grades due to Registrar

2017 – 2018 7 Weeks Calendar

Fall Intersession 2017 – 2018

December 14ThursdayLast date to register for fall intersession classes
December 18MondayFall intersession classes begin
December 21ThursdayLast date for dropping courses
December 21ThursdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
December 29FridayWinter Intersession classes end
January 1Monday – 10:00 a.m.Final grades due to Registrar

Spring 2018

January 8MondayLate Registration and Advising
January 9TuesdayLate Registration and Advising
January 10WednesdayLate Registration with penalty
January 10WednesdayClasses begin
January 12FridayLast date to apply for May graduation
January 15MondayMartin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 18ThursdayLast date of entrance and course additions
March 5Monday – 10:00 amMid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar
March 19-23Monday – FridaySpring vacation
March 26MondayClasses resume
March 28WednesdayLast date for dropping courses
March 28WednesdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
April 23MondayLast date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar
April 30MondayFinal examinations begin
May 3ThursdaySemester ends
May 4FridayCommencement
May 7Monday – 10:00 amFinal grades due to Registrar

Spring Intersession 2018

May 10ThursdayLast date to register for Spring intersession classes
May 14MondaySpring intersession classes begin
May 17ThursdayLast date for dropping courses
May 17ThursdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
May 25FridaySpring intersession classes end
May 28Monday – 10:00 amFinal grades due to Registrar

Summer 2018

First Term

May 28MondayMemorial Day
May 29TuesdayAdvising and registration
May 30WednesdayClasses begin
May 31ThursdayLast date of entrance and course additions
May 31ThursdayLast date to apply for August graduation
June 1FridayClasses meet (make up for Memorial Day)
June 20WednesdayLast date for dropping courses
June 20WednesdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
June 28ThursdayFirst summer term ends
July 2Monday – 10:00 amFinal grades due to Registrar

Summer 2018

Second Term

July 2MondayAdvising and registration
July 3TuesdayClasses begin
July 4WednesdayIndependence Day
July 5ThursdayLast date of entrance and course additions
July 6FridayClasses meet to make-up for Independence Day
July 18WednesdayLast date for dropping courses
July 18WednesdayLast date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade
August 2ThursdaySecond summer term ends
August 3FridayCommencement
August 6Monday – 10:00 amFinal grades due to Registrar

 

Fall 2017 7-week courses calendar

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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