Helpful Information
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 |
Fall 2022
| August 15 | Monday | Late Registration, Advising and Mulerider Round Up |
| August 16 | Tuesday | Late Registration, Advising and Mulerider Round Up |
| August 17 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| August 17 | Wednesday | Late Registration with penalty |
| August 24 | Wednesday | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday |
| August 31 | Wednesday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| September 5 | Monday | Last date to apply for May graduation |
| October 6-7 | Thursday-Friday | Fall Break |
| October 10 | Monday | Classes resume |
| October 10 | Monday – 10 a.m. | Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar |
| October 26 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| October 26 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| November 7 | Monday | Last date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar |
| November 22 | Tuesday – 9 a.m. | Thanksgiving holiday begins |
| November 28 | Monday | Classes resume |
| December 5 | Monday | Final examinations begin |
| December 8 | Thursday | Semester ends |
| December 9 | Friday | Commencement |
| December 12 | Monday – 10 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Fall Intersession 2022
| December 8 | Thursday | Last date to register for fall intersession classes |
| December 12 | Monday | Fall Intersession classes begin |
| December 15 | Thursday | Last date for dropping courses |
| December 15 | Thursday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| December 23 | Friday | Fall Intersession classes end |
| December 26 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Spring 2023
| January 9 | Monday | Late Registration and Advising |
| January 10 | Tuesday | Late Registration and Advising |
| January 11 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| January 11 | Wednesday | Late Registration with penalty |
| January 16 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday |
| January 19 | Thursday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| January 31 | Tuesday | Last date to apply for May graduation |
| March 6 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Mid-semester grades due in the Office of the Registrar |
| March 20-24 | Monday – Friday | Spring vacation |
| March 27 | Monday | Classes resume |
| March 29 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| March 29 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| April 24 | Monday | Last date to change I grades in the Office of the Registrar |
| May 1 | Monday | Final examinations begin |
| May 4 | Thursday | Semester ends |
| May 5 | Friday | Commencement |
| May 8 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Spring Intersession 2023
| May 11 | Thursday | Last date to register for Spring intersession classes |
| May 15 | Monday | Spring Intersession classes begin |
| May 18 | Thursday | Last date for dropping courses |
| May 18 | Thursday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| May 26 | Friday | Spring Intersession classes end |
| May 30 | Tuesday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Summer I 2023
| May 29 | Monday | Memorial Day |
| May 30 | Tuesday | Advising and registration |
| May 31 | Wednesday | Classes Begin |
| June 1 | Thursday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| June 1 | Thursday | Last date to apply for August graduation |
| June 2 | Friday | Classes meet to make-up for Memorial Day |
| June 14 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| June 14 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| June 29 | Thursday | First summer term ends |
| July 3 | Monday – 10:00 a.m. | Final grades due to Registrar |
Summer II 2023
| July 4 | Tuesday | Independence Day Holiday |
| July 5 | Wednesday | Advising and registration |
| July 6 | Thursday | Classes Begin |
| July 7 | Friday | Classes meet to make-up for Independence Day and Registration |
| July 10 | Monday | Last date of entrance and course additions |
| July 14 | Friday | Classes meet to make-up for Registration |
| July 26 | Wednesday | Last date for dropping courses |
| July 26 | Wednesday | Last date for withdrawing from the University without punitive grade |
| August 3 | Thursday | Second summer term ends |
| August 4 | Friday | Commencement |
| August 7 | 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.
