Fall Semester 2016

August 16

President’s Breakfast and All-Campus Opening Activities

August 17

Fall faculty meeting and faculty development workshops

August 17

Residence halls open for students attending New Student Registration on August 18

August 18

Final registration session for new students

August 18

Residence halls open for new students who registered in summer

August 19-21

New Student Orientation (Arch Ceremony on August 19)

August 20

Residence halls open for upperclassmen

August 22

Classes begin for standard semester session

August 26

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

August 29
Last day to drop a class or section for standard semester session *

August 29

Block 1 begins for online degree programs

September 5

Labor Day (No classes)

September 9-10-11

Fall Weekend College begins

October 10-11

Mid Fall Recess: No classes for standard semester sections

October 19

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

October 23

Block I ends for online degree programs

October 24

Block II begins for online degree programs

November 2

Last day to withdraw from standard semester session classes

November 18-19-20

Fall Weekend College, final meetings of session

November 23-27

Thanksgiving Recess (No classes)

December 9

Deadline for seniors to apply for May 2017 Graduation

December 9

Final class day for standard semester session

December 12-15

Final exams for standard semester session

December 18

Block II ends for online degree programs

December 21

Final grades due for all sessions by 9 am