Academic Calendar 2019–2020

FALL SEMESTER August 27 Tuesday Community Day
August 28 Wednesday Community of Educators’ Retreat
August 30-Sept. 5 Friday-Friday Welcome/Orientation
September 3 Tuesday Classes begin
October 10-13 Thursday-Sunday Fall break
October 14 Monday Classes resume
  October 19 Saturday Homecoming
November 26 Tuesday Follows Thursday course schedule
November 27-29 Wednesday-Sunday Thanksgiving break
December 2 Monday Classes resume
December 13 Friday Last day of classes
December 16-19 Monday-Thursday Final exams
December 20-Jan. 7 Friday-Tuesday Winter break
SPRING SEMESTER
January Term January 8 Wednesday Classes begin
January 20 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No classes)
January 29 Wednesday Term ends
January 30-Feb. 2 Thursday-Sunday January Term break
Spring term February 3 Monday Classes begin
March 14-22 Saturday-Sunday Spring break
March 23 Monday Classes resume
April 10-13 Friday-Monday Easter break
April 14 Tuesday Classes resume
April 16 Thursday Service Day (no day classes) (Rain date April 16)
May 5 Tuesday Last day of classes (Follows Thursday course schedule)
May 6 Wednesday Reading Day
May 7-12 Thursday-Tuesday Final exams
May 15-16 Friday-Saturday Commencement Weekend
May 18-22 Monday-Friday Faculty: May Development Week
May Term May 25-June 12 Monday-Friday Approved cross-cultural courses
Summer Session June 1-July 24 Tuesday-Monday Undergraduate on-line courses