Academic Calendar 2016–2017
Fall Semester 2016
August
18
|
Thursday
|
Fall registration begins for non-degree undergraduate students |
24
|
Wednesday
|
Opening Coffee Hour |
| 26 |
Friday |
Fall waiver registration for National Guard (STEP Program), senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers |
29
|
Monday
|
Fall classes begin |
31
|
Wednesday
|
First-Year Convocation
|
September
5
|
Monday
|
Labor Day (college closed, library closed) |
| 12 |
Monday |
Last day for adding or dropping courses without a charge |
October
| 10 |
Monday |
Columbus Day (college closed, library open—holiday hours) |
| 15 |
Saturday |
Emergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
| 26 |
Wednesday |
Midsemester grades due by noon
|
November
| 4 |
Friday |
Last day to withdraw from courses without permission |
7
|
Monday |
Spring/Early Spring registration begins for degree candidates
|
8
|
Tuesday |
Election Day (college closed, library closed)
|
| 11 |
Friday |
Veterans Day (college closed, library open—holiday hours) |
| 23 |
Wednesday |
Friday classes meet
|
| 24 |
Thursday |
Thanksgiving recess begins |
28
|
Monday |
Classes resume; Early Spring registration begins for non-degree students (contact Records office) |
December
3
|
Saturday |
Emergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
| 5 |
Monday |
Spring registration begins for non-degree graduate students |
| 12 |
Monday |
Fall semester classes end |
| 13 |
Tuesday |
Final examinations begin |
| 19 |
Monday |
Final examinations end |
| 20 |
Tuesday |
Snow date for final examinations |
| 26 |
Monday |
Christmas Day observed (college closed, library closed) |
| 27 |
Tuesday |
Grades due by noon; Early spring classes begin |
Note: Calendar subject to change
Spring Semester 2017
January
|
2
|
Monday
|
New Year's Day observed (college closed, library closed)
|
|
4
|
Wednesday
|
New student orientation begins
|
|
11
|
Wednesday
|
Spring registration begins for non-degree undergraduate students
|
|
13
|
Friday
|
Early spring classes end; Spring waiver registration for National Guard (STEP Program), senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers.
|
|
16
|
Monday
|
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (college closed, library closed)
|
|
17
|
Tuesday
|
Spring classes begin
|
| 30 |
Monday |
Last day for adding or dropping courses without a charge
|
February
|
20
|
Monday
|
President's Day (classes will be held); Summer registration begins for degree students
|
|
25
|
Saturday
|
Emergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration)
|
27
|
Monday |
Summer registration begins for non-degree students |
March
|
6
|
Monday
|
Spring recess begins
|
|
13
|
Monday
|
Classes resume
|
|
15
|
Wednesday
|
Midsemester grades due
|
|
24
|
Friday
|
Last day to withdraw from courses without permission
|
April
| 3 |
Monday |
Fall registration begins for degree students
|
|
26
|
Wednesday
|
Cap and Gown Convocation
|
| 29 |
Saturday |
Emergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
May
|
1
|
Monday
|
Spring semester classes end
|
|
2
|
Tuesday
|
Final examinations begin
|
|
8
|
Monday
|
Final examinations end
|
|
10
|
Wednesday
|
Grades due by 4 p.m.
|
|
12
|
Friday
|
Summer Session I waiver registration for National Guard (STEP Program), senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers
|
|
13
|
Saturday
|
Undergraduate Commencement/Graduate Commencement
|
|
15
|
Monday
|
Summer Session I begins
|
|
19
|
Friday
|
Last day for adding or dropping courses without a charge
|
|
29
|
Monday
|
Memorial Day (college closed, library closed)
|
June
| 2 |
Friday |
Last day to withdraw from courses without permission
|
|
23
|
Friday
|
Summer Session I ends; Summer Session II waiver registration for National Guard (STEP Program), senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers
|
|
26
|
Monday
|
Summer Session II begins
|
| 27 |
Tuesday |
Summer Session I grades due by 4 p.m.
|
July
|
4
|
Tuesday
|
Independence Day (college closed, library closed)
|
| 5 |
Wednesday |
Last day for adding or dropping courses without a charge (Summer Session II) |
| 14 |
Friday |
Last day to withdraw from courses without permission |
August
|
4
|
Friday
|
Summer session II ends
|
|
7
|
Monday
|
Victory Day (college closed, library closed)
|
| 8 |
Tuesday |
Summer Session II grades due by 4 p.m. |
Note: Calendar subject to change