Academic Calendar

Date	Detail
Fall 2020
July 2020
July 13	Clinical Site Supervision Workshop (1:00 - 3:00 pm) Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Student Orientation (5:00 - 7:00 pm)
July 30	Graduate School Meet & Greet (6:00 - 8:00 pm)
August 2020
August 4	CLIMB New Student Orientation
August 10	Higher Learning Commision Meeting
August 31	Virtual First Day of Class
August 10-28	Faculty Development Sessions & Divisional Meetings
September 2020
September 7	Labor Day - University Closed
September 8	Virtual September Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
September 9 – 30	Evaluation of 'December Graduating Seniors' Degree Audits begins
September 10-11	Board of Trustees Meetings
September 11	Virtual Opening Convocation
September 18	Last day for Add/Drop
September 18	Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Program Advisory Board Meeting
September 21-22	Leadership Retreat
September 22	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
September 30	December 2020 Graduates Applications and Application Fees Due
October 2020
October 12-16	Midterm Exams
October 13	October Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
October 20	Midterm Grades Due to Registrar's Office by 5 pm
October 22	Majors Fair
October 23	Last Day to Drop courses. Will receive W on transcript
October 27	Virtual College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
November 2020
November 1	Daylight Saving Time ends
November 3	*Election Day
November 5	Spring 2021 schedule release
November 7	Virtual Homecoming
November 10	Virtual November Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
November 11	Veterans Day
November 23	Student Evaluation of Faculty & Courses Begins
November 24	Virtual College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
November 25-27	Thanksgiving Break
December 2020
December 4	Last Day of Classes
December 7	Study Day
December 8-11	Final Exams
December 15	Final Grades Due to Registrar's Office by 5:00 pm
December 21-Jan 1	Winter Break. University Closed
Spring 2021
January 2021
January 1	New Year’s Day - University Closed
January 4	Faculty & Staff Report for Duty
January 5 - 18	Faculty Canvas Training
January 5 - 25	Virtual Pre-registration ongoing Ongoing Campus Readiness Implementation for Spring 2021
January 18	Dr. Martin Luther King (MLK) Holiday - University Closed
January 26	Spring 2021 University and Faculty Institute
January 29-31	Student check-in and Validation
February 2021
February 1-28	Black History Month
February 1	First Day of Classes for Spring 2021 Add/Drop period begins
February 9	February Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
February 11 February 11-12	Virtual Founders’ Day Convocation - (11:00am) Board of Trustees Meetings
February 15	Last Day to Add/Drop Classes Census Date
February 23	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
March 2021
March 1 2021	HLC Focused Reports Due
March 9	March Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
March 11	Spring Career Fair (10am - 2:30pm) - Tentative
March 14	Daylight Saving Time starts
March 22 - 25	Midterm Exams
March 23	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
March 26- 27	Dawn Dance Events - tentative *Bulldog 1000 Athletics Booster Club (tba)
March 29	Midterm Grades Due by Close of Business (5 pm) to Registrar's Office
April 2021
April 2	Good Friday - University Closed
April 5	University reopens. Classes resume.
April 5	Aggregated Fall 2021 Schedule of Courses from all Colleges to Registrar's Office
April 8	Honors Convocation – Alumni Multiplex (11:00am)
April 13	Fall 2021 Pre-registration begins
April 13	April Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
April 19-21	HLC Focused Site Visit
April 20	Graduate Fair - Tentative (2pm - 6 pm). All remaining fees due, Spring 2021 Graduates
April 23	Graduate Student Research Symposium
April 27	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
May 2021
May 6	Student Evaluation of Faculty & Courses Begins
May 11	Faculty Meeting (11 am - 1 pm)
May 12-14	Graduating Seniors Exams
May 14	Last Day of Classes
May 15	Students to move out of University
May 17	Study Day - Faculty available virtually for Review and Office Hours
May 18	Final Grades for Graduating Seniors due to Registrar by COB (5 pm)
May 18-21	Final Exams (To be Conducted Virtually)
May 26	Final Grades Due to Registrar's Office by Close of Business (5 pm)
May 28	Board of Trustees Meeting Senior Luncheon/Dinner National Alumni Association Mixer Baccalaureate Ceremony - Alumni Multiplex
May 29	Commencement Exercises - Alumni Multiplex
May 31	Memorial Day Holiday
June 2021
June 3	Leadership Retreat - Tentative
June 4	End of Year Celebration Final Grades Due to Registrar's Office by Close of Business (5 pm)
Fall 2021
July 2021
July 8	CLIMB Faculty Orientation / Workshop (1:00 - 5:00 pm)
July 12	Clinical Site Supervision Workshop (1:00 - 3:00 pm) Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Student Orientation (5:00 - 7:00 pm)
July 26 - July 30	New Students Arrival , Testing, and Orientation.
July 28	Returning Students Arrival
July 28	Fall Institute and Faculty Orientation – Lower Lecture Hall All Full-time Faculty to be available July 29-30 for registration and advising.
July 29	Graduate School Meet & Greet (6:00 - 8:00 pm)
August 2021
August 2	Classes Begin Add/Drop Period Begins
August 3	CLIMB New Student Orientation
August 10	August Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
August 16	Last Day to Add/Drop Classes. CENSUS DATE
August 23	Leadership Strategic Planning and Thinking Retreat
August 24	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
August 27	Early Alerts Due to CASSS
September 2021
September 6	Labor Day - University Closed
September 9 – 30	Graduating Seniors' Exit Interviews
September 14	September Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
September 16	Opening Convocation (11:00am)
September 16 -17	Board of Trustees Meetings
September 17	Study Day for Midterms Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Program Advisory Board Meeting
September 20 - 24	Midterm Exams
September 28	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm) Midterm Grades due to Registrar's Office by 5 pm
September 30	Majors Fair (tentative)
October 2021
October 4	Last Day to Withdraw from Class w/o Penalty “W”
October 5	Fall Career Fair (10:00am to 2:30pm) – Alumni Multiplex - Tentative date
October 7	Spring 2022 aggregated course schedules due from all Colleges to Registrar's office.
October 12	October Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
October 13	Spring 2022 Pre-Registration Begins.
October 15	Last day to Remove 'I' grade from Spring 2021
October 26	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
November 2021
November 2	*Election Day
November 6	Homecoming
November 7	Daylight Saving Time ends
November 9	November Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
November 10	Student Evaluation of Faculty & Courses Begins
November 11	Veterans Day
November 12	Graduation Applications & Application Fee for Spring 2022 Graduates
November 15	Last Day of Classes
November 16	Study Day for Finals
November 17 – 22	Final Exams Week
November 22	Dorms Close at 5:00pm
November 23	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
November 25	Thanksgiving Day
November 29	Offices Open
December 2021
December 1	Post Semester Faculty Institute
December 3	Final Grades Due by to Registrar's Office by Close of Business (5 pm)
December 7	Fall Graduation Date (No Ceremony/Transcript Finalization)
December 20	*WINTER BREAK (University Closed) Thursday, December 24, 2020 (Christmas Eve Observed) Friday, December 25, 2020 (Christmas Day Observed)
December 24	Christmas Eve
December 25	Christmas Day
December 26 – January 1, 2021	*Kwanzaa
December 31	New Year’s Eve
Spring 2022
January 2022
January 1	New Year’s Day
January 3	Faculty & Staff Report for Duty Faculty Orientation
January 4	Continuing Students Return New Student Orientation
January 5	First Day of Classes for Spring 2022 Add/Drop period begins
January 11	January Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
January 12	Last Day to Add Classes
January 17	Dr. Martin Luther King (MLK) Holiday - University Closed
January 19	Last Day to Drop Classes Census Date
January 25	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
February 2022
February 1-28	Black History Month
February 8	February Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
February 17 February 17-18	Founders’ Day Convocation - Alumni Multiplex (11:00am) Board of Trustees Meetings
February 25	Study Day
February 25	CLIMB Faculty Orientation/Workshop (1:00 - 5:00 pm)
February 22	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
February 28 - March 4	Midterm Exams
March 2022
March 7	Midterm Grades Due by Close of Business (5 pm) to Registrar's Office
March 7-11	Spring Break – No Classes
March 13	Daylight Saving Time starts
March 15	March Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
March 17	Spring Career Fair (10am - 2:00pm) ; Graduate Fair (4-7 pm) - Alumni Multiplex All Remaining Fees Due for Spring 2022 Graduates
March 18	Last Day to Drop Classes w/o penalty – W appears on transcript
March 24- 26	Dawn Dance Week *Bulldog 1000 Athletics Booster Club (tba)
March 29	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
April 2022
April 1-15	Senior Exit Interviews
April 7	Honors Convocation – Alumni Multiplex (11:00am)
April 12	April Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
April 15	Good Friday - University Closed - No Classes
April 17	Easter Sunday
April 18	Easter Monday – University Closed – No Classes
April 19	Student Evaluation of Faculty & Courses Begins
April 22	Graduation Applications Due for Fall 2022 Graduating Seniors Graduate Student Research Symposium
April 25-April 28	Graduating Seniors Exams
April 26	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
April 27	Last Day of Classes
April 28	Study Day
April 29 - May 4	Final Exams
May 2022
May 2	Final Grades for Graduating Seniors due to Registrar by COB (5 pm)
May 4	Students to move out of University by COB
May 5	CLIMB & Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Graduation Reception (6 - 9 pm)
May 5-6	Board of Trustees Meetings
May 6	Board of Trustees Meeting Senior Luncheon/Dinner National Alumni Association Mixer Baccalaureate Ceremony - Alumni Multiplex
May 7	Commencement Exercises - Alumni Multiplex
May 10	Leadership Retreat
May 12	Faculty/Staff Post Semester Institutes
May 13	End of Year Celebration Final Grades Due to Registrar's Office by Close of Business (5 pm)