Helpful Information
Spring 2021
| January 11 | Monday | Late Registration and Advising |
| January 12 | Tuesday | Late Registration and Advising |
| January 13 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| January 13 | Wednesday | Late Registration with penalty |
| January 15 | Friday | Last date to apply for May graduation |
| January 18 | Monday | Martin LutherKing Jr. Holiday |
| January 21 | Thursday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| March 5 | Friday | Virtual Class Day |
| March 8 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar |
| March 31 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| March 31 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| April 2 | Friday | Holiday, no class |
| April 19 | Monday | Last date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar |
| April 26 | Monday | Final examinations begin |
| April 29 | Thursday | Semester ends |
| April 30 | Friday | Commencement |
| May 3 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Spring Intersession 2021
| May 6 | Thursday | Last date to register for Spring intersession classes |
| May 10 | Monday | Spring Intersession classes begin |
| May 13 | Thursday | Last date for dropping courses |
| May 13 | Thursday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| May 21 | Friday | Spring Intersession classes end |
| May 24 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Summer I 2021
| May 24 | Monday | Advising and registration |
| May 25 | Tuesday | Summer I classes begin |
| May 26 | Wednesday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| May 26 | Wednesday | Last date to apply for August graduation |
| May 31 | Monday | Memorial Day |
| June 4 | Friday | Classes meet to make-up for Memorial Day |
| June 9 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| June 9 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| June 24 | Thursday | First summer term ends |
| June 28 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Summer II 2021
| June 28 | Monday | Advising and registration |
| June 29 | Tuesday | Summer II classes begin |
| July 30 | Wednesday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| July 5 | Monday | Independence Day holiday observed |
| July 9 | Friday | Classes meet to make-up for Independence Day |
| July 14 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| July 14 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| July 29 | Thursday | Second summer term ends |
| July 30 | Friday | Commencement |
| June 28 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
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 | Friday | 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 |
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. |
| 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.
