2017–18 Calendar Highlights

Summer Sessions 2017

First four-week session begins	Mon, June 12
Independence Day (holiday); no classes	Tue, July 4
Second four-week session begins	Mon, July 10
Final examinations or last class for all day and evening classes	Fri, Aug 18

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 18
New international student Orientation	Sep 19–20
New student check-in (tentative)	Wed, Sep 20
New Student Orientation begins	Wed, Sep 20
Returning student check-in (tentative)	Sat, Sep 23
Returning student check-in (tentative)	Sun, Sep 24
Class instruction begins	Mon, Sep 25
Veterans Day (holiday); no classes	Fri, Nov 10
Thanksgiving (holiday); no classes	Nov 23–24
Last class for day classes	Fri, Dec 1
Student reading/faculty in-service day	Mon, Dec 4
Final examinations or last class for all day and evening classes*	Dec 5–7
Residence halls close for Christmas Break (10 a.m.)	Fri, Dec 8
Christmas Break	Dec 8–Jan 2
Campus Christmas Closure	Dec 25–Jan 1

Residence halls open (1 p.m.)	Tue, Jan 2
Class instruction begins	Wed, Jan 3
*Martin Luther King Jr. Day (holiday); evening classes meet**	Mon, Jan 15
*Presidents Day (holiday); evening classes meet**	Mon, Feb 19
Last class for day classes	Mon, Mar 12
Student reading and faculty in-service day	Tue, Mar 13
Final examinations or last class for evening classes	Mar 14–17
Final examinations for all day classes	Mar 14–16
Residence halls close for spring break (10 a.m.)	Sat, Mar 17
Spring vacation	Mar 17–24

Residence halls open (1 p.m.)	Sun, Mar 25
Class instruction begins	Mon, Mar 26
Good Friday (half-day holiday)	Fri, Mar 30
Easter Monday (class instruction begins at 12:30 p.m.)	Mon, Apr 2
*Memorial Day (holiday); evening classes meet**	Mon, May 28
Last class for day classes	Fri, Jun 1
Student reading and faculty in-service day	Mon, Jun 4
Final examinations or last class for all evening classes	Jun 4–7
Final examination for all day classes	Jun 5–7
Ivy Cutting	Fri, Jun 8
Residence halls close for Summer Break (4 p.m.)	Fri, Jun 8
Graduate Commencement	Fri, Jun 8
Undergraduate Commencement	Sat, Jun 9
Graduating seniors vacate housing	Sun, Jun 10

*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.