Helpful Information
Fall 2017
| August 21 | Monday | Late Registration, Advising, and Mulerider Round Up |
| August 22 | Tuesday | Late Registration, Advising, and Mulerider Round Up |
| August 23 | Wednesday | Late Registration with penalty |
| August 23 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| August 25 | Friday | Last date to apply for December graduation |
| August 30 | Wednesday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| September 4 | Monday | Labor Day Holiday |
| October 16 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar |
| November 1 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| November 1 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| November 6 | Monday | Last date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar |
| November 21 | Tuesday – 9:00 p.m. | Thanksgiving holiday begins |
| November 27 | Monday | Classes resume |
| December 5 | Tuesday | Final examinations begin |
| December 8 | Friday | Semester ends |
| December 8 | Friday | Commencement |
| December 11 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Fall Intersession 2017 – 2018
| December 14 | Thursday | Last date to register for fall intersession classes |
| December 18 | Monday | Fall intersession classes begin |
| December 21 | Thursday | Last date for dropping courses |
| December 21 | Thursday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| December 29 | Friday | Winter Intersession classes end |
| January 1 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Spring 2018
| January 8 | Monday | Late Registration and Advising |
| January 9 | Tuesday | Late Registration and Advising |
| January 10 | Wednesday | Late Registration with penalty |
| January 10 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| January 12 | Friday | Last date to apply for May graduation |
| January 15 | Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday |
| January 18 | Thursday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| March 5 | Monday – 10:00 am | Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar |
| March 19-23 | Monday – Friday | Spring vacation (Tentative) |
| March 26 | Monday | Classes resume |
| March 28 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| March 28 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| April 23 | Monday | Last date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar |
| April 30 | Monday | Final examinations begin |
| May 3 | Thursday | Semester ends |
| May 4 | Friday | Commencement |
| May 7 | Monday – 10:00 am | Final grades due to Registrar |
Spring Intersession 2018
| May 10 | Thursday | Last date to register for Spring intersession classes |
| May 14 | Monday | Spring intersession classes begin |
| May 17 | Thursday | Last date for dropping courses |
| May 17 | Thursday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| May 25 | Friday | Spring intersession classes end |
| May 28 | Monday – 10:00 am | Final grades due to Registrar |
Summer 2018
First Term
| May 28 | Monday | Memorial Day |
| May 29 | Tuesday | Advising and registration |
| May 30 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| May 31 | Thursday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| May 31 | Thursday | Last date to apply for August graduation |
| June 1 | Friday | Classes meet (make up for Memorial Day) |
| June 20 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| June 20 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| June 28 | Thursday | First summer term ends |
| July 2 | Monday – 10:00 am | Final grades due to Registrar |
Summer 2018
Second Term
| July 2 | Monday | Advising and registration |
| July 3 | Tuesday | Classes begin |
| July 4 | Wednesday | Independence Day |
| July 5 | Thursday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| July 6 | Friday | Classes meet to make-up for Independence Day |
| July 18 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| July 18 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| August 2 | Thursday | Second summer term ends |
| August 3 | Friday | Commencement |
| August 6 | Monday – 10:00 am | Final grades due to Registrar |
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 Day | Monday, July 3, and Tuesday, July 4, 2017 (see note 1 below) July 3 will be made up Friday, July 7 | See note 1. |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 4, 2017 | |
| Thanksgiving Week | University hours will be 7:30 to 5:30 on Monday and Tuesday, November 20 and 21, 2017, with a 30-minute lunch break. | |
| Thanksgiving Break | Wednesday, November 22 (five hours mandatory leave); Thursday and Friday, November 23 and 24, 2017 | See note 2. |
| Christmas/New Year’s Break | The University closes at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, and reopens at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday January 2, 2018. This includes 8 hours of mandatory vacation. | See note 3. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Monday, January 15, 2017 (for students and faculty only) | See note 4. |
| Spring Break | March 19 through March 23, 2018 (University hours will be 7:00 to 5:30 Monday through Thursday with a 30-minute lunch break and closed on Friday.) | |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 28, 2018 | 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 22, 2017, 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 Gatson Bates Day, Veteran’s Day, and Employee’s Birthday. This includes 8 hours of mandatory vacation.
- 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.
