Fall Semester 2017

August 15

President’s Breakfast and All-Campus Opening Activities

August 16

Fall faculty meeting and faculty development workshops

August 16

Residence halls open for students attending New Student Registration on August 17

August 17

Final registration session for new students

August 17

Residence halls open for new students who registered in summer

August 18-20

New Student Orientation (Arch Ceremony on August 18)

August 19

Residence halls open for upperclassmen

August 21

Classes begin for standard semester session

August 25

Last day to add a class or section for standard semester session *

August 28
Last day to drop a class or section for standard semester

August 28

Block I begins for online degree programs

September 4

Labor Day (No classes)

September 8-9-10

Fall Weekend College begins

October 16-17

Mid Fall Recess: No classes for standard semester sections

October 18

Report grades less than “C” in standard semester session classes

October 22

Block I ends for online degree programs

October 23

Block II begins for online degree programs

November 1

Last day to withdraw from standard semester session classes

November 17-18-19

Fall Weekend College, final meetings of session

November 22-26

Thanksgiving Recess (No classes)

December 8

Deadline for seniors to apply for May 2018 Graduation

December 8

Final class day for standard semester session

December 11-14

Final exams for standard semester session

December 17

Block II ends for online degree programs

December 20

Final grades due for all sessions by 9 am