Academic Calendar (2018 - 2019)

(This calendar does not pertain to the Law School or the Online Graduate Courses Calendar)

FALL SEMESTER 2018	DATE
New Faculty Orientation	Thursday, August 18 and Friday, August 19
Fall Faculty Conference	Thursday, August 25 and Friday, August 26
Residence Halls Open (New Students)	Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27
Residence Halls Open (Returning Students)	Sunday, August 28
New Student Orientation	Friday, August 26 – Monday, August 29
President’s Reception and Welcome Mass	Sunday, August 28
Academic Convocation	Monday, August 29
New Students Meet with Assigned Advisors	Monday, August 29
Monday ONLY Classes Begin	Monday, August 29
Classes Begin	Tuesday, August 30
Labor Day	Monday, September 5
Last Day to Add	Wednesday, September 7
Last Day to Drop	Friday, September 9
Mass of the Holy Spirit (Morning) Learning Outcomes Assessment Day (Afternoon)	Wednesday, September 14 (Daytime classes beginning before 4:00 pm are canceled.)
Incompletes Revert to Provisional Grades	Friday, September 30
Fall Family Weekend	Friday, October 7 – Sunday, October 9
Founder’s Day Holiday	Monday, October 24
Mid-Semester Grades Due in Registrar’s Office	Tuesday, October 25
Last Day to Withdraw from a Course	Friday, November 11
Thanksgiving Holiday	Wednesday, November 23 - Friday, November 25
Reading/Study Days	Saturday, December 10 through Monday, December 12
Last Week of the Semester	Tuesday, December 13 - Friday, December 16
Christmas Holiday Begins	Monday, December 19
Grades Due in Registrar’s Office	Wednesday, December 21

SPRING SEMESTER 2019	DATE
Residence Halls Open	Sunday, January 15
Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday	Monday, January 16
New Student Orientation	Tuesday, January 17
Spring Faculty Conference	Tuesday, January 17
Classes Begin	Wednesday, January 18
Monday ONLY Classes Begin	Monday, January 23
Last Day to Add	Wednesday, January 25
Last Day to Drop	Friday, January 27
Incompletes Revert to Provisional Grades	Friday, February 17
President’s Day Holiday	Monday, February 20
Spring Vacation	Monday, March 13 - Friday, March 17
Mid-semester Grades Due in Registrar’s Office	Tuesday, March 14
Last Day to Withdraw from a Course	Friday, April 7
Good Friday Holiday	Friday, April 14
Easter Holiday	Monday, April 17
Academic Honors Convocation	Tuesday, April 25 (Process 3:15pm, Ceremony 3:30pm)
Reading/Study Days	Saturday, May 6 - Monday, May 8
Last Week of Semester	Tuesday, May 9 - Friday, May 12
Commencement Mass	Saturday, May 13
Graduate School Commencement	Saturday, May 13
Undergraduate Commencement	Sunday, May 14
Grades Due in Registrar’s Office	Wednesday, May 17