2016-2017 Academic Calendar

Fall Semester 2016

Fall Semester tuition/fees due	August 8
Fall Semester begins	August 15
Labor Day (Holiday)	September 5
Fall Break (students only)	October 10-14
Spring Semester registration begins	October 31
Last day to withdraw from a Fall Semester class	November 11
Thanksgiving (Holiday)	November 24-25
Semester classes end	December 9
Final examination week	December 12-16

Spring Semester tuition/fees due	December 27
Spring Semester begins	January 3
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Holiday)	January 16
Spring Break (students and faculty)	Feb. 27-March 3
Summer Session registration begins	March 20
Good Friday (Holiday)	April 14
Last day to withdraw from a Spring Semester class	March 31
Fall Semester registration begins	April 17
Semester classes end	April 28
Final examination week	May 1-5
Pinning & Recognition Ceremony	May 5
Commencement	May 6

Summer Session tuition/fees due	May 1
Summer Session begins	May 8
Memorial Day (Holiday)	May 29
Independence Day (Holiday observed)	July 4
Summer Session ends	July 28