Helpful Information
Spring 2020
| January 13 | Monday | Late Registration and Advising |
| January 14 | Tuesday | Late Registration and Advising |
| January 15 | Wednesday | Late Registration with penalty |
| January 15 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| January 17 | Friday | Last date to apply for May graduation |
| January 20 | Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday |
| January 23 | Wednesday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| March 9 | Monday – 10:00 am | Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar |
| March 23-27 | Monday – Friday | Spring vacation |
| March 30 | Monday | Classes resume |
| April 1 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| April 1 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| April 27 | Monday | Last date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar |
| May 4 | Monday | Final examinations begin |
| May 7 | Thursday | Semester ends |
| May 8 | Friday | Commencement |
| May 10 | Sunday – 11:59 pm | Final grades due to Registrar |
Spring Intersession 2020
| May 7 | Thursday | Last date to register for spring intersession classes |
| May 11 | Monday | Spring intersession classes begin |
| May 14 | Thursday | Last date for dropping courses |
| May 14 | Thursday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| May 22 | Friday | Spring intersession classes end |
| May 26 | Tuesday – 10:00 am | Final grades due to Registrar |
Summer 2020
First Term
| May 25 | Monday | Memorial Day |
| May 26 | Tuesday | Advising and registration |
| May 27 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| May 28 | Thursday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| May 28 | Thursday | Last date to apply for August graduation |
| May 29 | Friday | Classes meet (make up for Memorial Day) |
| June 10 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| June 10 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| June 25 | Thursday | First summer term ends |
| June 29 | Monday – 10:00 am | Final grades due to Registrar |
Summer 2020
Second Term
| June 29 | Monday | Advising and registration |
| June 30 | Tuesday | Classes begin |
| July 2 | Thursday | Independence Day Holiday observed |
| July 6 | Monday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| July 10 | Friday | Classes meet to make-up for Independence Day |
| July 15 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| July 15 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| July 30 | Thursday | Second summer term ends |
| July 31 | Friday | Commencement |
| August 3 | 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 2019-2020 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 4, 2019 (see note 1 below) | See note 1. |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 2, 2018 | |
| Fall Break | Thursday and Friday October 10 and 11, 2019. SAU hours will be 7:00 to 5:30, Monday through Wednesday, October 7 to October 9 with a 30 minute lunch. SAU will be closed October 10 and 11. October 10 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 25 and 27, 2019, with a 30-minute lunch break. | |
| Thanksgiving Break | Wednesday, November 27 (five hours mandatory leave); Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29, 2019 (see note 2 below) | See note 2. |
| Christmas/New Year’s Break | SAU hours will be 7:00 to 5:30 Monday, December 16 through Thursday, December 19, 2019 with a 30-minute lunch break. SAU closes at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 19, 2019, and reopens at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2020. (see note 3 below). This includes 8 hours of mandatory leave. | See note 3. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Monday, January 20, 2020 (for students and faculty only, see note 4 below) | See note 4. |
| Spring Break | March 23 through March 27, 2020 (SAU 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 25, 2020 (see note 1 below) | 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, and October 9 for fall break.
- For Wednesday, November 21, 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.
