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

CLASSES BEGIN AT 8 a.m.; New student advising

  11 Thursday Final day to add a course in College Scheduler
  16 Tuesday CTL Professional Development Program
  18 Thursday 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. 11 Thursday FINAL DAY OF CLASSES; Final day for making up incomplete grades from previous semester
  12 Friday Reading Day - NO CLASSES
  15 - 19 Final examinations
  22 Monday Snow day for Final examinations

Spring 2026

Month   Date   Day Event
Jan. 12 Monday Residence halls open for all students
  13 Tuesday Faculty Development Day; Department meetings
  14 Wednesday CLASSES BEGIN AT 8 a.m.
  19 Monday Martin Luther King Day - NO CLASSES
  20 Tuesday CTL Professional Development Program
  27 Tuesday Final day to add a course in College Scheduler
Feb. 3 Tuesday 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 6 Wednesday FINAL DAY OF CLASSES; Final day for making up incomplete grades from previous semester
  7 Thursday Reading Day - NO CLASSES
  8 - 14 Final Examinations
  14 Thursday Residence halls close
  16 Saturday Commencement; Residence halls close for Graduating Seniors