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Academic Calendar
Undergraduate Academic Calendar
| 2025-26 | 2026-27 (Tentative) | Day | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20-22 | Aug 19-21 | Wednesday-Friday | International Student Orientation |
Aug 23-25 | Aug 22-24 | Saturday-Monday | Freshman Orientation |
| Aug 25 | Aug 24 | Monday | Transfer/Returning Student Orientation |
| Aug 26 | Aug 25 | Tuesday | Classes begin - 8:10 a.m. |
| Aug 27 | Aug 26 | Wednesday | Convocation - 11:10 a.m. |
| Oct 2-3 | Oct 1-2 | Thursday-Friday | Reading Days - Heartland Teachers' Conference, no classes |
| Oct 16 | Oct 15 | Thursday | End of first set of half-courses |
| Oct 17 | Oct 16 | Friday | Beginning of second set of half-courses |
| Nov 7-17 | Nov 1-11 | Registration for spring semester | |
| Nov 26 | Nov 25 | Wednesday | Thanksgiving recess |
Dec 2 | Dec 1 | Tuesday | Classes resume - 8:10 a.m. |
| Dec 15-17 | Dec 14-16 | Mon-Wed | Testing |
| Dec 18 | Thursday | Christmas Recess | |
| Jan 7 | Jan 6 | Wednesday | New/Transfer/Returning Student Orientation |
| Jan 8 | Jan 7 | Thursday | Spring semester begins - 8:10 a.m. |
Feb 27 | Feb 26 | Friday | End of first set of half-courses |
Feb 28 | Feb 27 | Saturday | Spring Break |
| Mar 11 | Mar 10 | Wednesday | Classes resume - 8:10 a.m. |
| Mar 11 | Mar 10 | Wednesday | Beginning of second set of half-courses |
| April 2-12 | April 2-12 | Registration for fall semester | |
April 3 | March 26 | Friday | Easter Break |
| April 7 | March 30 | Tuesday | Classes resume - 8:10 a.m. |
May 4 | May 3 | Monday | Assessment Day (no classes) |
| May 5-7 | May 4-6 | Tuesday-Thursday | Testing - a.m. and p.m. |
| May 8 | May 7 | Friday | Undergraduate Commencement - 9:30 a.m. |
| May 8 | May 7 | Friday | Master's Commencement - 2:00 p.m. |
June 2 | June 1 | Undergraduate summer session begins | |
| August 14 | August 13 | Undergraduate summer session ends |
Graduate Calendar
| 2025-2026 | Day | Activity |
|---|---|---|
August 26 | Tuesday | MAT, MEd, MSpEd, MSW, MPA, and MBA fall module 1 classes begin |
September 1 | Monday | Last day of drop/add period |
| October 13 | Monday | MBA and MPA fall module I session ends |
| October 20 | Monday | End of first set of half-courses (MAT, MEd, and MSpEd) |
| October 21 | Tuesday | Beginning of second set of half-courses (MAT, M.Ed. and MSpEd) |
| October 20 | Monday | MBA and MPA fall module II classes begin |
| November 1-11 | Registration for spring semester | |
| November 3 | Monday | Last day to withdraw from a course |
| December 15 | Monday | Fall semester ends (MAT, MEd, MSpEd, MBA, MSW, MPA) |
| January 8 | Thursday | MAT MEd, MSpEd, MSW, MPA, and MBA spring module I classes begin |
January 14 | Wednesday | Last day of drop/add period |
February 27 | Friday | MBA and MPA spring module I session ends |
March 4 | Wednesday | End of first set of half-courses (MAT, MSW, MEd and MSpEd) |
| March 10 | Tuesday | Beginning of second set of half-courses (MAT, MSW, MEd and MSpEd) |
| March 11 | Wednesday | MBA and MPA spring module II classes begin |
| March 26 | Thursday | Last day to withdraw from a course |
April 2-12 | Registration for fall and summer terms | |
| May 1 | Monday | Spring semester ends (MPA, and MBA) |
| May 6 | Wednesday | Spring semester ends (MAT, MEd, MSpEd, MSW) |
| May 8 | Friday | Commencement - 2 p.m. |
| May 13 | Wednesday | MBA, MPA, MSW summer module I classes begin |
| June 1 | Monday | MAT, MEd, MSpEd summer session begins |
| June 30 | Tuesday | MBA, MPA, MSW summer module I classes ends |
| July 2 | Thursday | MBA, MPA, MSW summer module II classes begin |
| July 27 | Monday | MAT, MEd, MSpEd summer session ends |
| August 19 | Wednesday | MBA, MPA, MSW summer module II classes end |