2025-2026 Academic Calendar

(This calendar does not pertain to the Law School or the Online Graduate Courses Calendar)

Fall Semester 2025

Date

New Faculty Orientation Thursday, August 14 and Friday, August 15
Fall Faculty Conference Thursday, August 21 and Friday, August 22
Residence Halls Open (New Students) Friday, August 22 and Saturday, August 23
Residence Halls Open (Returning Students) Sunday, August 24
New Student Orientation Friday, August 22 – Monday, August 25
President’s Reception and Welcome Mass Sunday, August 24
Academic Convocation Monday, August 25
New Students Meet with Assigned Advisors Monday, August 25
Monday ONLY Classes Begin Monday, August 25
Classes Begin Tuesday, August 26
Labor Day Holiday Monday, September 1
Last Day to Add Wednesday, September 3
Last Day to Drop Friday, September 5
Mass of the Holy Spirit Tuesday, September 9 (Classes meeting 9:30-10:45 a.m. and 11:00-12:15 p.m. are canceled – labs that meet once per week are not canceled)
Incompletes Revert to Provisional Grades Friday, September 26
Fall Family Weekend Friday, October 3 – Sunday, October 5
Founder’s Day Holiday Monday, October 20
Mid-Semester Grades Due in Registrar’s Office Tuesday, October 21
Last Day to Withdraw from a Course Friday, November 7
Thanksgiving Holiday Wednesday, November 26 - Friday, November 28
Reading/Study Days Saturday, December 6 - Monday, December 8
Last Week of the Semester Tuesday, December 9 - Friday, December 12
Christmas Holiday Begins Monday, December 15
Grades Due in Registrar’s Office Wednesday, December 17

Spring Semester 2026

Date

Residence Halls Open Sunday, January 11
New Student Orientation To be set by Student Affairs
Spring Faculty Conference Monday, January 12
Monday Only Classes Begin Monday, January 12
Classes Begin  Tuesday, January 13
Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Monday, January 19
Last Day to Add Wednesday, January 21
Last Day to Drop Friday, January 23
Incompletes Revert to Provisional Grades Friday, February 13
Presidents’ Day Holiday Monday, February 16
Spring Vacation Monday, March 9 - Friday, March 13
Mid-semester Grades Due in Registrar’s Office Tuesday, March 10
Last Day to Withdraw from a Course Thursday, April 2
Good Friday Holiday 
Friday, April 3
Easter Holiday Monday, April 6
Reading/Study Days Saturday, May 2 – Monday, May 4
Last Week of Semester Tuesday, May 5 - Friday, May 8
Student Honors and Magis Academic Achievement Awards
Friday, May 8
Commencement Mass Saturday, May 9
Graduate School Commencement Saturday, May 9
Undergraduate Commencement Sunday, May 10
Grades Due in Registrar’s Office Wednesday, May 13

Summer 2026

Date

First Session Begins Monday, May 18
Juneteenth Holiday
Friday, June 19
First Session Ends Friday, June 26
Memorial Day Holiday Monday, May 25 
Second Session Begins Monday, June 29
Independence Day Holiday Friday, July 3 
Second Session Ends Friday, August 7
Summer Begins Monday, May 18
Summer Ends Friday, August 7

Approved by Academic Council - March 29, 2021