2024–2025 Academic Calendar

Fall 2024

• Monday, August 19 – Wednesday, August 21

  Undergraduate donning and interviews occur online for Fall

• Monday, August 19 – Tuesday, August 20

  Graduate advising and registration occur online for Fall for electives in Child Development, Dance, and Theatre programs (Art of Teaching, Dance/Movement Therapy, Health Advocacy, Human Genetics, Writing register earlier in June)

• Wednesday, August 21 (afternoon)

  First round online course selection

• Thursday, August 22

  First round student placements

• Friday, August 23 (morning)
  Friday, August 23 (afternoon)

  Second round donning and interviews occur online
  Second round online course selection

• Monday, August 26

  Second round student placements

• Monday, August 26

  Health Advocacy graduate classes begin

  Human Genetics graduate clinical rotations begin

  Art of Teaching graduate student teaching placements begin

• Wednesday, August 28

  New students arrive for Opening Day

• Thursday, August 29 – Saturday, August 31

  New Student Orientation

• Saturday, August 31

  Move-in for returning students

• Monday, September 2

  Undergraduate and graduate classes begin

• Monday, September 2 – Friday, September 13

  Add/drop period

• Friday, September 6

  Undergraduate thesis proposals due to Dean of Studies

• Monday, October 14 – Tuesday, October 15

  Study days

• Friday, October 25 – Saturday, October 26

  Family & Friends Weekend

• Friday, November 8

  Last day to withdraw from Fall classes

• Friday, November 8 – Friday, November 15

  Graduate advising and registration occurs online for Spring

• Wednesday, November 27 – Sunday, December 1

  Thanksgiving break
  Begins after last academic appointment on Tuesday

• Monday, December 2

  Directed study proposals due to Dean of Studies for Intersession

  Submissions open for Spring directed study proposals

• Monday, December 2

  Final theses due to Graduate Studies for December graduates

• Monday, December 2 – Wednesday, December 11

  Drop period for Spring portion of Yearlong courses

• Monday, December 9

  Student work for December graduates due to faculty

• Friday, December 13

  Undergraduate classes end

• Saturday, December 14

  Residence Halls close at 10:00 a.m.

• Sunday, December 15

  Graduate classes end

• Wednesday, December 18

  Grades and evaluations due for December graduates

• Wednesday, January 8

  Grades and evaluations due for Fall

Spring 2025

• Thursday, January 2

  Art of Teaching graduate student teaching placements begin

• Monday, January 13

  Health Advocacy classes begin

  Human Genetics clinical rotations begin

• Monday, January 13 – Tuesday, January 14 (morning)

  Undergraduate donning and interviews occur online for Spring

• Tuesday, January 14 (afternoon)

  First round online course selection

• Tuesday, January 14 – Wednesday, January 15

  Graduate advising and registration occur online for Spring for electives in Child Development, Dance, and Theatre programs

• Wednesday, January 15

  First round student placements

• Thursday, January 16 (morning)
  Thursday, January 16 (afternoon)

  Second round donning and interviews occur online
  Second round online course selection

• Friday, January 17

  Second round student placements

• Monday, January 20

  No classes - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
  Classes that begin Monday 1/20 meet on Tuesday 1/21

• Tuesday, January 21

  Graduate classes begin
  Health Advocacy begins 1/13
  
  

• Tuesday, January 21

  Move-in for returning students

• Wednesday, January 22

  Undergraduate classes begin

• Wednesday, January 22 – Wednesday, February 5

  Add/drop period

• Friday, January 24

  Directed study proposals due to Dean of Studies for Spring

• Saturday, March 8 – Sunday, March 16

  Spring break

• Friday, March 28

  Last day to withdraw from Spring classes

• Friday, April 25

  Student work for May graduates due to faculty
  Faculty may establish earlier deadlines

• Thursday, May 1

  Final thesis due to Graduate Studies for May graduates

• Thursday, May 1

  Directed study proposals due to Dean of Studies for Fall

• Friday, May 2

  Grades and evaluations due for May graduates

• Sunday, May 4

  Graduate classes end

• Tuesday, May 6

  Undergraduate classes end

• Wednesday, May 7

  Residence Halls close for first years, sophomores, juniors, and non-graduating seniors at 12:00 p.m.

• Thursday, May 8

  Hooding Ceremony for graduate students

• Friday, May 9

  Commencement

• Friday, May 9

  Residence Halls close for graduating seniors at 6:00 p.m.

• Monday, June 2

  Grades and evaluations due for Spring

• Thursday, August 1

  Final thesis work due to Graduate Studies for August graduates