Important Dates for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
• May 1, 2023
9:00am Final examinations begin
• May 6, 2023
10:00pm Final examinations end
• May 12, 2023
Commencement begins
• May 14, 2023
Graduation exercises; conferring of degrees
• February 20, 2023
Registration begins for all Summer sessions
• May 17, 2023
Term 1 classes begin. The Monday class meeting schedule is in effect on this day. (Therefore, all summer classes meet this day.) Regular class meeting schedule begins on Thursday, May 18th; Drop/Add continues.
• May 18, 2023
Regular class meeting schedules begins
• May 19, 2023
Drop/Add for Term 1 ends
• May 29, 2023
Memorial Day holiday. No classes are held.
• June 14, 2023
Last day to withdraw with W from Term 1 classes (undergraduates only)
• June 19, 2023
Juneteenth holiday. No classes are held.
• June 26, 2023
Term 1 classes end
• June 27, 2023
Reading period
• June 28, 2023
Term 1 final examinations begin
• June 29, 2023
Term 1 final examinations end
• July 3, 2023
Term 2 classes begin
• July 4, 2023
Independence Day holiday observed. No classes are held.
• July 6, 2023
Drop/Add for Term 2 ends
• July 31, 2023
Last day to withdraw with W from Term 2 classes (undergraduates only)
• August 10, 2023
Term 2 classes end
• August 11, 2023
Reading period (until 7:00PM)
• August 11, 2023
7:00PM Term 2 final examinations begin
• August 13, 2023
10:00PM Term 2 final examinations end
FALL 2023
• August 22, 2023
New graduate student orientation
• August 23, 2023
Welcome reception for new graduate and professional students
• August 28, 2023
8:30am Fall semester classes begin; Drop/Add continues
• September 4, 2023
Labor Day – No classes are held
• September 8, 2023
Drop/Add ends
• September 28 - October 1, 2023
Founders' Weekend
• October 1, 2023
Founders' Day
• October 13, 2023
Last day for reporting midsemester grades
• October 13, 2023
7:00pm Fall break begins
• October 18th, 2023
8:30am classes resume
• October 24, 2023
Shopping carts open for Spring 2024
• November 1, 2023
Registration begins for Spring 2024
• November 13, 2023
Registration ends for Spring 2024
• November 14, 2023
Drop/Add begins for Spring 2024
• November 21, 2023
10:30pm Thanksgiving recess begins
• November 27, 2023
8:30am classes resume
• December 1, 2023
Graduate classes 700 and above end
• December 2-12, 2023
Graduate reading period
• December 13, 2023
Final examinations begin 9:00am
• December 18, 2023
Final Examinations end 10:00pm
SPRING 2024
• January 10, 2024
8:30am Spring semester begins: The Monday class meeting schedule is in effect on this day. Drop/Add continues
• January 11, 2024
Regular class meeting schedule begins
• January 12, 2024
Class meeting in a Wednesday/Friday meeting pattern begin
• January 15, 2024
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. No classes are held
• January 24, 2024
Drop/Add ends
• February, 19 2024
Registration begins for Summer 2024
• February 23, 2024
Last day for reporting midsemester grades
• March 8, 2024
7:00pm. Spring recess begins
• March 18, 2024
8:30am Classes resume
• March 25, 2024
Shopping carts open for Fall 2024
• April 3, 2024
Registration begins for Fall 2024; Summer 2024 registration continues
• April 11, 2024
Registration ends for Fall 2024; Summer 2024 registration continues
• April 12, 2024
Drop/Add begins for Fall 2024
• April 17, 2024
Graduate classes end
• April 18-28, 2024
Graduate reading period
• April 29, 2024
9:00am Final examinations begin
• May 4, 2023
10:00pm Final examinations end
• May 10, 2024
Commencement begins
• May 12, 2023
Graduation exercises; conferring of degrees