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Important Dates
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Dates below include Academic Calendar, Admissions Events and other University Events.

*Dates Subject to change
**Updated May 11th, 2022

Important Summer 2022 Dates
May 9- June 3Maymester
June 6- July 1Summer Session I
June 6- July 29Summer Online Session
June 17- June 18Freshman Orientation
July 5- July 29Summer Session II
Friday July 8Open House
Thursday July 14Counselor Open House
July 15-16Freshman and Transfer Orientation
Friday, July 29Open House

*Please note the update to Spring Break 2023.

Fall 2022 Dates 
August 15 – 19Faculty Seminars
Sunday, August 21Opening Convocation
Monday, August 22Drop/Add/Late Registration
Monday, August 22Classes Begin
Friday, August 26Last day to add a course or change to audit
Friday, August 26Last day to drop without record
Saturday, September 17Open House
September 23 - 25Fall Family Weekend
Saturday, October 1Open House (Junior Scholars Day)
October 10 – 14Fall Break
Friday, October 21Last day to drop with a grade of W
Saturday, October 29Open House and Instant Decision Day
Saturday, November 12Open House and Instant Decision Day
November 23 – 27Thanksgiving Break
Saturday, December 3Open House and Instant Decision Day
Thursday, December 8Last Class Day of Semester
Friday, December 9Reading Day
December 10 - 16Exams
Friday, December 16Fall Graduation
Spring 2023
Sunday, January 8New Student Orientation
Monday, January 9Late Registration
Monday, January 9Classes Begin
Friday, January 13Last day to add a course or change to audit
Friday, January 13Last day to drop without record
Monday, January 16Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no classes)
January 27 - January 28Presidential Scholars Weekend I
January 29 - January 30Innovation Summit I
February 3 - February 5Spring Family Weekend
February 10- February 11Presidential Scholars Weekend II
February 19- February 20Innovation Summit II
March 6 – 10Spring Break
Monday, March 13Classes Resume After Spring Break
Friday, March 17Last day to drop with a grade of W
March 17- March 18Freshman Orientation
Saturday, March 25Admitted Student Day
Thursday, April 6Open House
Friday, April 7Good Friday (no classes)
Monday, April 10Easter Monday (no classes)
April 14 - April 15Freshman Orientation
Wednesday, April 19All University Honors Day (no classes)
Wednesday, April 26Last Class Day of Semester
Thursday, April 27Reading Day
April 28 – May 4Exams
Friday, May 5Baccalaureate
Saturday May 6Commencement
Summer 2023
May 8 – June 2Maymester
June 5 – June 30Summer Session I
June 23 - June 24Freshman Orientation
July 3 – July 28Summer Session II
June 5 – July 28Summer Online
Friday, July 7Open House
July 14 - July 15Freshman & Transfer Orientation
Friday, August 4Open House
Fall 2023 Dates 
August 14 – 18Faculty Seminars
August 20Opening Convocation
August 21Drop/Add/Late Registration
August 21Classes Begin
August 25Last day to add a course or change to audit
August 25Last day to drop without record
October 9 – 13Fall Break
October 20Last day to drop with a grade of W
November 22 – 26Thanksgiving Break
December 7Last Class Day of Semester
December 8Reading Day
December 9 - 15Exams
Spring 2024
January 8Orientation for New Students (Day)
January 8Late Registration
January 8Classes Begin
January 12Last day to add a course or change to audit
January 12Last day to drop without record
January 15Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no classes)
February 26 - March 1Spring Break
March 8Last day to drop with a grade of W
March 29Good Friday (no classes)
April 1Easter Monday (no classes)
April 16All University Honors Day (no classes)
April 24Last Class Day of Semester
April 25Reading Day
April 26 – May 2Exams
May 3Baccalaureate
May 4Commencement
Summer 2024
May 6 – May 31, 2024May Term
June 3 – June 28, 2023Summer Session I
July 1 – July 26, 2023Summer Session II
June 3 – July 26, 2023Summer Online

Subscribe to the Calendar Feed

Concierge provides a calendar feed that can easily be subscribed to as a way to stay current if the calendar changes at any point. Subscribe to the Google Calendar Feed by copying this link and adding it to your calendar client.

As an added convenience, we now provides a .ics file of the academic calendar that can be easily transferred to your device or personal calendar.

Download the 2021-2022 Calendar as a .ics file (right click and select “Save As…”) and follow the steps below (depending on your calendar client):

Outlook Instructions

If you would like to add information from an iCal file into your Outlook Calendar:

  1. Click on an iCal link on a website
  2. When prompted, click Save and save the file to your computer
  3. Open Microsoft Outlook and go to File > Open > Import
  4. When prompted select Import an iCalendar (.ics) or vCalendar file (.vcs) and click Next
  5. When prompted, browse for the iCal file that you saved to your computer and click OK (the file will have the file extension of .ics e.g. basics.ics).
  6. When prompted, click Import
  7. The dates from the iCal file will now be imported into your existing Outlook Calendar

Gmail Instructions

  1. If importing into Gmail, follow these steps:
  2. Log into Gmail and open your calendar.
  3. Under the Other Calendars section on the left, click “Add” and select “Import.”
  4. Select the .ics file (by clicking the Browse button)
  5. The calendar that you wish to import events into should be selected.
  6. Click “Import.”

The Concierge Calendar will now be imported into Gmail.