Undergraduate Day School Academic Calendar

2025-2026 Academic Calendar (PDF) 

Fall 2025

Month   Date   Day Event
Aug.  31 Sunday Residence halls open for first-year students

Sept. 

1

Monday

Labor Day

  2 Tuesday Residence halls open for all students; Development Day for Faculty; New student advising
  3 Wednesday Opening Convocation; Department meetings
  4 Thursday

CLASSES BEGIN AT 8 a.m.

  10 Wednesday Final day to add a course in College Scheduler
  16 Tuesday CTL Professional Development Program
  17 Wednesday Final day to drop a course in College Scheduler; Final day to add a course with permission of instructor (Red Card)
Oct. 13 Monday Indigenous Peoples' Day / Columbus Day - NO CLASSES
  20 Monday Deficiency grades due
Oct. 20 - Nov 7 Advising period
  21 Tuesday CTL Professional Development Program
Nov. 10 -  17  Registration for Spring classes 
  11 Tuesday Veterans Day Observed - NO CLASSES
  14 Friday Final day for withdrawal from courses; Final day to request an S/U grade
  18 Tuesday CTL Professional Development Program
  25 Tuesday Thanksgiving recess begins at 4:45 p.m.
  30 Sunday Thanksgiving Recess ends
Dec. 10 Wednesday FINAL DAY OF CLASSES; Final day for making up incomplete grades from previous semester
  11 Thursday Reading Day - NO CLASSES
 

12,15-

18

18

Thursday

Final examinations

Residence halls close at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 18

  19 Friday Snow day for Final examinations

Spring 2026

Month   Date   Day Event
Jan. 15 Thursday Faculty Development Day
  16 Friday Department Meetings / Advising
  19 Monday Residence halls open for all students, Martin Luther King Day - NO CLASSES
  20 Tuesday CLASSES BEGIN AT 8 a.m. , CTL Professional Development Program
  26 Monday Final day to add a course in College Scheduler
Feb. 2 Monday Final day to drop a course in College Scheduler; Final day to add a course with permission of instructor (Red Card)
  16 Monday U.S. Presidents' Day - NO CLASSES
  17 Tuesday CTL Professional Development Program
Mar. 6 Friday Spring vacation begins 4:45 p.m.; Residence halls close at 7 p.m.
  15 Sunday Spring vacation ends; Residence halls reopen at 9 a.m.
  16 Monday Deficiency grades due
Mar. 16 - April 3 Advising period
  17 Tuesday CTL Professional Development Program
April 6 -  10 Registration for Fall classes
  10 Friday Final day for withdrawal from courses; Final day to request an S/U grade
  16 Thursday Undergraduate Research Conference; Scholarship Awards Ceremony (NO DAY CLASSES)
  20 Monday Patriots' Day - NO CLASSES
  21 Tuesday CTL Professional Development Program
May 7 Thursday FINAL DAY OF CLASSES; Final day for making up incomplete grades from previous semester
  8 Friday Reading Day - NO CLASSES
  11 - 15 Final Examinations
  15 Friday Residence halls close
  16 Saturday Commencement; Residence halls close for Graduating Seniors