Academic Calendar

Fall 2021

Aug 24 - Aug 25 | New international students arrive (first-year and transfer)
Aug 25 - Aug 27 | Add/drop for all students (by email)
Aug 26 | New International Student Orientation
Aug 27 | New students arrive, 9:00am - 1:00pm (more details will be sent in the summer)
Aug 27 | New student orientation and family program, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Aug 29 | Returning students can begin to arrive at 1:00pm (more details will be sent in the summer)
Aug 30 | Faculty meeting, 10:00am-12:00pm (Remote)
Aug 30 | Advising for all students, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Aug 31 | Convocation 2021
Aug 31 | New student orientation ends, 11:00am
Aug 31 | Classes begin at 1:40pm
Sep 6 | Labor Day | Classes in session, several administrative offices closed
Sep 8 | Faculty Forum, 12:15-1:30pm (Remote)
Sep 10 | Add/Drop deadline for full term and first 7 week Fall 2021 courses
Sep 10 | Deadline to request letter grades for full term and first 7 week courses for Fall 2021
Sep 13 | Senior Plan essay drafts due to advisors (Fall 2021 graduates only)
Sep 20 | Plan drafts due to advisors
Sep 24 | FWT Proposal Form Due (all students) - see details in description
Sep 24 - Sep 26 | Fall Weekend 2021 | Classes in session
Sep 28 | Classes end at 1:30pm (Note: VALS lecture series will meet at 7:00pm)
Sep 28 | Faculty meeting, 1:45-3:15pm (Remote)
Sep 29 | Last day to withdraw from first 7 week Fall 2021 courses
Sep 30 | Plans due to Provost’s Office
Oct 1 | Readmission from Withdrawal application materials due to Provost's Office
Oct 1 | Application to study away for Spring 2022 due to Academic Services
Oct 4 | Senior Plan essays due to Provost’s Office (Fall 2021 graduates only)
Oct 6 | Faculty Forum, 12:15-1:30pm (Remote)
Oct 8 | Application Deadline via Handshake for all Field Work Term Fellowships
Oct 11 | Indigenous People’s Day | Classes in session, administrative offices open
Oct 14 | First seven-week classes end | All classes meet
Oct 15 - Oct 18 | Long Weekend | No classes
Oct 19 | Second seven-week classes begin this week
Oct 21 | Faculty: Final grades and evaluations for first 7 week Fall 2021 courses due to Registrar
Oct 22 | Last day to withdraw from full term Fall 2021 courses
Oct 26 | Add/Drop deadline for second 7 week Fall 2021 courses
Oct 26 | Deadline to request letter grades for second 7 week courses for Fall 2021
Oct 28 | Plan Day | No classes
Nov 3 | Plan Day | No classes
Nov 5 | FWT 2022 winter registration due on Handshake
Nov 9 | Plan Day - ends at 2:30pm | No classes in session (Note: VALS lecture series will meet at 7:00pm)
Nov 9 | Faculty Meeting, 2:45-4:15pm (Remote)
Nov 11 | Veterans Day | Classes in session
Nov 17 | Last day to withdraw from second 7 week Fall 2021 courses
Nov 17 | Faculty Forum, 12:15-1:30pm (Remote)
Nov 24 - Nov 28 | Thanksgiving Break | No classes, administrative offices closed Thu/Fri
Nov 30 | End of MFA in Writing Program summer term
Dec 1 | Faculty meeting, 12:30-1:30pm (Remote)
Dec 8 | Faculty: Preliminary grades for Fall 2021 graduates due to Registrar
Dec 8 | Faculty Forum, 12:15-1:30pm (Remote)
Dec 10 | Last day of classes | All classes meet
Dec 10 | Last day to add or change a FWT position
Dec 11 | First and Second student houses close at 4:00pm
Dec 12 | Third Street student houses close at 4:00pm

Winter 2022

Spring 2022

Feb 13 | New and transfer students arrive
Feb 14 | Returning students arrive
Feb 14 | New/transfer student orientation
Feb 14 | Faculty meeting, 10:00am-12:00pm
Feb 15 | Classes begin at 12:40pm
Feb 17 | FWT Fellowship Spotlight, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Feb 18 | FWT independent study sponsor evaluations due
Feb 21 | President’s Day | Several administrative offices closed
Feb 23 | Faculty Forum, 12:30pm-1:45pm
Feb 25 | Add/Drop deadline for full term and first 7 week Spring 2022 courses
Feb 25 | Deadline to request letter grades for full term and first 7 week courses for Spring 2022
Feb 28 | Senior Plan essay drafts due to advisors (Spring 2022 graduates only)
Mar 14 | Plan drafts due to advisors
Mar 15 | Last day to withdraw from first 7 week Spring 2022 courses
Mar 18 | FWT Summer Planning Checkpoint (see details in description)
Mar 21 | First-Year and Senior Plan essays due to the Provost’s Office
Mar 23 | Faculty Forum, 12:30pm-1:45pm
Mar 24 | Plans due to Provost’s Office
Apr 1 | First seven-week classes end | All classes meet
Apr 1 | Readmission from Withdrawal application materials due to Provost's Office
Apr 2 - Apr 6 | Long Weekend | No classes
Apr 7 | Second seven-week classes begin this week
Apr 8 | Faculty: Final grades and evaluations for first 7 week Spring 2022 courses due to Registrar
Apr 12 | Last day to withdraw from full term Spring 2022 courses
Apr 15 | Deadline to request letter grades for second 7 week courses for Spring 2022 courses
Apr 15 | Application to study away for Fall 2022 due to Academic Services
Apr 15 | Add/Drop deadline for second 7 week Spring 2022 courses
Apr 20 | Plan Day - ends at 2:30pm | No classes in session
Apr 20 | Faculty meeting, 3:00pm-4:30pm
Apr 27 | Faculty Forum, 12:30-1:45pm
Apr 28 | Half Plan Day | No morning classes; classes will meet beginning at 1:40pm
Apr 29 | FWT 2022 summer registration due
May 3 | Plan Day | No classes
May 6 | Last day to withdraw from second 7 week Spring 2022 courses
May 25 | Faculty: Preliminary grades for Spring 2022 graduates due to Registrar
May 26 | Last day of classes | Classes end at 12:20pm
May 26 | Last day to add or change a summer FWT position
May 26 | Faculty meeting, 12:30pm-1:45pm
May 26 | Commencement rehearsal, 6:00pm
May 27 | Student houses close at 12:00pm for undergraduates not attending commencement
May 28 | Commencement: Conferring of Degrees, 10:00am
May 29 | Student houses close for graduates at 10:00am
May 30 | Memorial Day | Several administrative offices closed
May 31 | End of MFA writing program winter term