Fall Term 2017 

Event	Date
First-Year Orientation	Thursday–Friday & Monday–Tuesday, August 17–18 & 21–22
First Day of Class	Thursday, August 24
Last Day of Drop-Add	Wednesday, August 30
Labor Day Holiday	Monday, September 4
Fall Break (No classes)	Thursday–Sunday, October 19–22
Last Day of Class	Thursday, November 30
Thanksgiving Recess (No classes)	Wednesday–Sunday, November 22–26
Reading Day	Friday, December 1
Final Examinations	Monday–Friday, December 4–15
Hooding	Saturday, December 16
Commencement	Monday, December 18

The last Tuesday class will meet on November 21st. Classes meeting on Tuesday, November 28th will be Friday classes.

Spring Term 2018

Event	Date
First Day of Class	Wednesday, January 10 (Monday classes meet)
Last Day of Drop–Add	Wednesday, January 17
Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday (No classes)	Monday, January 15
Spring Break (No classes)	Saturday–Sunday, March 10–18
Last Day of Class	Wednesday, April 18
Reading Days	Thursday–Friday, April 19–20
Final Examinations	Monday–Friday, April 23–May 4
Commencement	Friday, May 11

 

May and Summer Terms 2018

Event	Date
London Maymester Begins	Sunday, May 13
May Term Begins	Monday, May 14
Memorial Day (No classes)	Monday, May 28
May Term (including London) Ends	Friday, June 1
First Day of Summer Term	Monday, June 4
Last Day of Drop-Add	TBD
Independence Day (No classes)	Wednesday, July 4
Last day of Classes	Thursday, July 19
Final Examinations	Monday–Friday, July 23–27