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2025-2026 Academic Calendar

2025

August
23-25 Saturday-Monday Orientation
24 Sunday Opening Convocation
25 Monday Academic Advising
26 Tuesday Classes Begin

September
1 Monday Labor Day; No Classes
3 Wednesday, 5 p.m. Deadline for Adding Classes
5 Friday, 5 p.m. Deadline for Dropping Classes Without Notation of W on Transcript

October
10 Friday Mid-Semester Break; No Classes

November
5 Wednesday Registration Begins for Spring 2026
19 Wednesday, 5 p.m. Deadline for Withdrawal From Classes
26-28 Wednesday-Friday Thanksgiving Break

December
1 Monday Classes Resume
12 Friday Last Day of Classes
12 Friday Registration Ends for Spring 2026
15-18 Monday-Thursday Final Exam Week
18 Thursday, 5 p.m. Winter Break Begins

2026

January
12 Monday Classes Begin
19 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; No Classes
20 Tuesday, 5 p.m. Deadline for Adding Classes
23 Friday, 5 p.m. Deadline for Dropping Classes Without Notation of W on Transcript

March
7 Saturday Spring Break Begins
23 Monday Classes Resume

April
8-May 8 Wednesday-Friday Registration for Fall 2026
17 Friday, 5 p.m. Deadline for Withdrawal From Classes
21 Tuesday Assessment Day

May
5 Tuesday, 7 p.m. Honors and Awards Convocation
8 Friday Last Day of Classes
11-14 Monday-Thursday Final Exam Week
15 Friday, 5 p.m. Blue and Yellow Dinner
15 Friday, 7 p.m. Capping
16 Saturday, 10 a.m. Commencement