Academic Calendar

Fall Semester 2016

August
16 19-23 19 22 22 17-30 24 31	Fall Faculty Workshop (tentative) Required Orientation and registration for new students Residence halls open for new students only, 10 a.m. Residence halls open for continuing students, 1 p.m. Meal plan begins, 5 p.m. Required registration finalization for all students Classes begin, 8 a.m. Summer grades due from faculty
September
5	Labor Day (school closed)
October
12 13-14 17 24 31	Quad 1 ends Quad 1 final examinations Quad 2 begins Grades due for spring Incompletes On-line registration opens for spring semester
November
8 11 23 23-27 27	Day of Prayer (school open; no classes) Veteran’s Day (classes meet) Meal plan ends at dinner Thanksgiving Recess Meal plan resumes, 5 p.m.
December
8 9 12-15 16 16 16-Jan. 19, 2017	Last day of classes and on-line registration closes Reading day Final examinations Meal plan ends at breakfast Residence halls close, 12 noon Christmas Recess

January
17-18 16 17 12-25 19	Required Orientation and registration for new students Residence halls open for continuing students, 5 p.m. Meal plan begins, 8 a.m. Required registration finalization for all students Classes begin, 8 a.m.
March
8 9-10 10 11 11-19 19 19 20 20 24	Quad 3 ends Quad 3 final examinations Meal plan ends at dinner Residence halls close, 12 noon Spring Recess Residence halls open, 1 p.m. Meal plan resumes, 5 p.m. Quad 4 begins Grades due for fall Incompletes Deposit due for next year (continuing students)
April
3 14-17	Registration opens for fall semester Easter Recess
May
4 9 10 11 12,15-17 19 19 20 21 22 29	Symposium (school open, no classes) Thursday classes meet on last Tuesday Last day of classes Reading day Final examinations Meal plan ends at lunch Baccalaureate Commencement Residence halls close, 12 noon Summer Term begins Memorial Day (no classes)
August
25	Summer Term ends