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JANUARY 2025

January 3: Faculty Return
January 6: Registration Day
January 7: Classes Begin
January 10: Enrollment Ends (for first 8-week term)
January 16: Enrollment Ends (for full term)
January 20: Martin Luther King Day (No Classes)

FEBRUARY 2025

February 4: Census Day
February 7: Class Withdrawal Deadline (for first 8-week term)
February 28: Classes End (for first 8-week term)
February 28: Mid-Semester Grades

MARCH 2025

March 3: Classes Begin (for second 8-week term)
March 7: Enrollment Ends (for second 8-week term)
March 17-21: Spring Break (No Classes)
March 17: Fall/Summer Priority Registration Begins
March 24: Class Withdrawal Deadline

APRIL 2025

April 2 (Wed): Student Institutional Testing (No Classes)
April 11: President’s Honors
April 14: College Withdrawal Deadline
April 14-17: Week of Scholarship (M-TH)
April 18-21: Easter Break (No Classes)
April 26: Pioneer Day #1
April 28: Classes End
April 29: Finals Preparation
April 30-May 2: Final Examinations

MAY 2025

May 3: Commencement/Trad. Undergrad (10am)
May 3: Commencement/Prof. & Graduate (3pm)
May 7: Grades Due
May 8: Faculty Development (9-3pm)

MAY 2025

May 5-Aug. 10: Term, start/end dates
May 5-June 22: Session A
May 10: Pioneer Days #1
May 26: Memorial Day (No Classes)
Grades due 5 days after last day of course

JUNE 2025

June 7: Pioneer Days #2
June 21: Pioneer Days #3
June 23-August 10: Session B
Grades Due: 5 days after the last day of the course.

JULY 2025

July 4: Independence Day (No Classes)

AUGUST 2025

August 11-16: Faculty Opening Week
August 18: Registration Day
August 19: Classes Begin
August 22: Enrollment Ends (for first 8-week term)
August 28: Enrollment Ends (for full-term)

SEPTEMBER 2025

September 1: Labor Day Break (No Classes)
September 16: Census Day
September 19: Class Withdrawal Deadline (for first 8-week term)

OCTOBER 2025

October 3: Fall Break
October 10: Mid-Semester Grades
October 10: Classes End (for first 8-week term)
October 13: Classes Begin (for second 8-week term)
October 17: Enrollment Ends (for second 8-week term)
TBD: Homecoming
TBD: Homecoming Capel
October 20: Spring Priority Registration Begins
October 27: Class Withdrawal Deadline
October 29 (Wed): Student Institutional Testing (No Classes)

NOVEMBER 2025

November 14: Class Withdrawal Deadline (for second 8-week term)
November 17: College Withdrawal Deadline
November 26-28: Thanksgiving Recess (No Classes)

DECEMBER 2025

December 4: Classes End
December 5: Finals Preparation
December 8-10: Final Examinations
December 15: Grades Due

JANUARY 2026

January 2: Faculty Return
January 5: Registration Day
January 6: Classes Begin
January 9: Enrollment Ends (for first 8-week term)
January 15: Enrollment Ends (for full term)
January 19: Martin Luther King Day (No Classes)

FEBRUARY 2026

February 3: Census Day
February 6: Class Withdrawal Deadline (for first 8-week term)
February 27: Mid-Semester Grades
February 27: Classes End (for first 8-week term)

MARCH 2026

March 2: Classes Begin (for second 8-week term)
March 6: Enrollment Ends (for second 8-week term)
March 16-20: Spring Break (Tent.)
March 23: Fall/Summer Priority Registration Begins
March 23: Class Withdrawal Deadline

APRIL 2026

April 3-6: Easter Break (No Classes)
April 10: President’s Honors
April 13-17: Week of Scholarship (M-TH)
April 15 (Wed): Student Institutional Testing (No Classes)
April 20: College Withdrawal Deadline
April 25: Pioneer Day #1

MAY 2026

May 4: Classes End
May 5: Finals Preparation
May 6-8: Final Examinations
May 9: Commencement/Trad. Undergrad (10am)
May 9: Commencement/Prof. & Graduate (3pm)
May 13: Grades Due
May 14: Faculty Development (9-3pm)

MAY 2026

TBD: Term, start/end dates
May 11-15: One-Week Session I
May 11-22: Two-Week Session
May 18-22: One-Week Session II
May 26-June 19: Four-Week Session
May 25: Memorial Day (No Classes)

JUNE 2026

June TBD: Pioneer Days #2
June 24: Grades Due
June TBD: Pioneer Days #3

MAY 2025

May 5-Aug. 10: Term, start/end dates
May 5-June 22: Session A
May 10: Pioneer Days #1
May 26: Memorial Day (No Classes)
Grades due 5 days after last day of course

JUNE 2025

June 7: Pioneer Days #2
June 21: Pioneer Days #3
June 23-August 10: Session B
Grades Due: 5 days after the last day of the course.

JULY 2025

July 4: Independence Day (No Classes)

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