Fall Semester 2017
Event |
Date |
| New Faculty Orientation |
Thursday, August 17 and Friday, August 18 |
| Fall Faculty Conference | Thursday, August 24 and Friday, August 25 |
| Residence Halls Open (New Students) | Friday, August 25 and Saturday, August 26 |
| Residence Halls Open (Returning Students) | Sunday, August 27 |
| New Student Orientation | Friday, August 25 – Monday, August 28 |
| President’s Reception and Welcome Mass | Sunday, August 27 |
| Academic Convocation | Monday, August 28 |
| New Students Meet with Assigned Advisors | Monday, August 28 |
| Monday ONLY Classes Begin | Monday, August 28 |
| Classes Begin | Tuesday, August 29 |
| Labor Day |
Monday, September 4 |
| Last Day to Add | Wednesday, September 6 |
| Last Day to Drop | Friday, September 8 |
| Learning Outcomes Assessment Day (Morning) Mass of the Holy Spirit (Afternoon) |
Wednesday, September 13 (Classes canceled) |
| Incompletes Revert to Provisional Grades | Friday, September 29 |
| Zag Fam Weekend | Friday, October 6 – Sunday, October 8 |
| Founder’s Day Holiday | Monday, October 23 |
| Mid-Semester Grades Due in Registrar’s Office | Tuesday, October 24 |
| Last Day to Withdraw from a Course | Friday, November 10 |
| Thanksgiving Holiday | Wednesday, November 22 - Friday, November 24 |
| Reading/Study Days | Saturday, December 9 through Monday, December 11 |
| Last Week of the Semester | Tuesday, December 12 - Friday, December 15 |
| Christmas Holiday Begins | Monday, December 18 |
| Grades Due in Registrar’s Office | Wednesday, December 20 |
SPRING SEMESTER 2018
Event |
Date |
| Residence Halls Open |
Sunday, January 14 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday | Monday, January 15 |
| New Student Orientation | Tuesday, January 16 |
| Spring Faculty Conference | Tuesday, January 16 |
| Classes Begin | Wednesday, January 17 |
| Last Day to Add | Wednesday, January 24 |
| Last Day to Drop | Friday, January 26 |
| Incompletes Revert to Provisional Grades | Friday, February 16 |
| President’s Day Holiday | Monday, February 19 |
| Spring Vacation | Monday, March 12 - Friday, March 16 |
| Mid-semester Grades Due in Registrar’s Office | Tuesday, March 13 |
| Last Day to Withdraw from a Course | Thursday, March 29 |
| Good Friday Holiday | Friday, March 30 |
| Easter Holiday | Monday, April 2 |
| Academic Honors Convocation | Tuesday, April 24 (Process 3:15pm, Ceremony 3:30pm) |
| Reading/Study Days | Saturday, May 5 – Monday, May 7 |
| Last Week of Semester | Tuesday, May 8 - Friday, May 11 |
| Commencement Mass | Saturday, May 12 |
| Graduate School Commencement | Saturday, May 12 |
| Undergraduate Commencement | Sunday, May 13 |
| Grades Due in Registrar’s Office | Wednesday, May 16 |
SUMMER 2018
Event |
Date |
| First Session Begins | Monday, May 21 |
| First Session Ends | Friday, June 29 |
| Second Session Begins | Monday, July 2 |
| Second Session Ends | Friday, August 10 |
| Summer Begins | Monday, May 21 |
| Summer Ends | Friday, August 10 |