Important Dates

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