2018–19 Calendar Highlights

Summer Sessions 2018

First Four-Week Session Begins	Mon, June 11
First Four-Week Education Graduate Session Begins	Mon, June 25
Independence Day (holiday); no classes	Wed, July 4
Second Four-Week Session Begins	Mon, July 9
Second Four-Week Education Graduate Sessions Begins	Mon, July 23
Final Exams or Last Class for All Day and Evening Classes	Fri, Aug 17

Note: Graduate programs’ start/end dates vary by program. See the Time Schedule for specifics about your program.

New International Student Check-in (tentative)	Mon, Sep 17
New International Student Orientation	Sep 18–19
New Student Check-in	Wed, Sep 19
New Student Orientation Begins	Wed, Sep 19
Returning Student Check-in (11 a.m.–5 p.m.)	Sat, Sep 22
Returning Student Check-in (1–5 p.m.)	Sun, Sep 23
Class Instruction Begins	Mon, Sep 24
Veterans Day (holiday); no classes	Mon, Nov 12
Thanksgiving (holiday); no classes	Nov 22–23
Last Class for Day Classes	Fri, Nov 30
Student Reading Day	Mon, Dec 3
Final Exams or Last Meeting for All Day and Evening Classes	Dec 4–6
Residence Halls Close for Christmas Break (10 a.m.)	Fri, Dec 7
Christmas Break	Dec 7–Jan 2
Campus Christmas Closure	Dec 24–Jan 1

Residence Halls Open (1 p.m.)	Wed, Jan 2
Class Instruction Begins	Thu, Jan 3
*Martin Luther King Jr. Day (holiday); evening classes meet**	Mon, Jan 21
*Presidents Day (holiday); evening classes meet**	Mon, Feb 18
Last Class for Day Classes	Tues, Mar 12
Final Exams or Last Meeting for All Day and Evening Classes	Mar 13–15
Residence Halls Close for Spring Break (10 a.m.)	Sat, Mar 16
Spring Break	Mar 16–24

Residence Halls Open (1 p.m.)	Sun, Mar 24
Class Instruction Begins	Mon, Mar 25
Good Friday (half-day holiday; classes end at noon)	Fri, Apr 19
Easter Monday (class instruction begins at 12:30 p.m.)	Mon, Apr 22
*Memorial Day (holiday); evening classes meet**	Mon, May 27
Last Class for Day Classes	Fri, May 31
Student Reading and Faculty In-Service Day	Mon, Jun 3
Final Exams or Last Class for All Evening Classes	Jun 3–6
Final Exams for All Day Classes	Jun 4–6
Ivy Cutting	Fri, Jun 7
Residence Halls Close for Summer Break (4 p.m.)	Fri, Jun 7
Graduate Commencement	Fri, Jun 7
Undergraduate Commencement	Sat, Jun 8
Graduating seniors vacate housing	Sun, Jun 9

*Evening classes include all classes that begin at 4 p.m. or later.

Monday evening classes meet on Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Memorial Day to have the required class sessions.