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2025
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2025

January 2025

Wed
1/1

New Year's Day (University Closed)

Thu
1/2

Last Day to DROP All Online Winter Intersession Courses. No refund after this date.

Last Day to ADD All Online Winter Intersession Courses with Permission

Tue
1/7

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Online Winter Intersession Courses

Sun
1/19

Winter Intersession Ends

Mon
1/20

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (University Closed)

Tue
1/21

Spring Semester Begins (All Spring Start I Courses Begin, Except 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses)

Mon
1/27

Last Day to ADD All Spring Courses without Permission, Except 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses

February 2025

Mon
2/3

Last Day to ADD All Spring Courses with Permission, Except 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses

Last Day to DROP All Spring Courses, Except 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses. No refund after this date.

Mon
2/17

Presidents' Day (University Closed)

Mon
2/24

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 8-Week Online Spring Start I Courses

March 2025

Mon
3/3

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 10-Week Online Spring Start I Courses

Course Registration Opens for Summer Semester

Fri
3/7

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 8-Week Online Spring Start I Courses

Mon
3/10

Spring Recess (No On-Campus Courses) All 8-Week Online Courses Run Through Spring Recess

Tue
3/11

Spring Recess (No On-Campus Courses) All 8-Week Online Courses Run Through Spring Recess

Wed
3/12

Spring Recess (No On-Campus Courses) All 8-Week Online Courses Run Through Spring Recess

Thu
3/13

Spring Recess (No On-Campus Courses) All 8-Week Online Courses Run Through Spring Recess

Fri
3/14

Spring Recess (No On-Campus Courses) All 8-Week Online Courses Run Through Spring Recess

Sun
3/16

8-Week Online Spring Start I Courses End

Mon
3/17

8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses Begin

Fri
3/21

Last Day to ADD All 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses without Permission

Fri
3/28

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 10-Week Online Spring Start I Courses

Last Day to DROP All 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses. No refund after this date.

Last Day to ADD All 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses with Permission

April 2025

Sun
4/6

10-Week Online Spring Start I Courses End

Mon
4/7

Course Registration Opens for Fall Semester

Fri
4/11

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 15-Week (Full-Term) Online and On-Campus Spring Courses

Mon
4/21

Patriots' Day (University Closed)

Tue
4/22

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses

Wed
4/23

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 15-Week (Full-Term) Online and On-Campus Spring Courses

May 2025

Thu
5/8

Spring Semester Ends

Fri
5/16

Commencement

Sat
5/17

Commencement

Mon
5/19

Summer Semester Begins (All Summer Start I Courses Begin, Except 6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start II Courses)

Fri
5/23

Last Day to ADD All Summer Courses without Permission, Except 6-Week Summer Start II Courses

Mon
5/26

Memorial Day (University Closed)

June 2025

Mon
6/2

Last Day to DROP All Summer Courses, Except 6-Week Summer Start II Courses. No refund after this date.

Last Day to ADD All Summer Courses with Permission, Except 6-Week Summer Start II Courses

Fri
6/13

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start I Courses

Thu
6/19

Juneteenth (University Closed)

Fri
6/20

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 8-Week Online Summer Start I Courses

Wed
6/25

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start I Courses

Fri
6/27

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 10-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start I Courses

July 2025

Wed
7/2

6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start I Courses End

Thu
7/3

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 8-Week Online Summer Start I Courses

Fri
7/4

Independence Day (University Closed)

Mon
7/7

6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start II Courses Begin

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 12-Week (Full-Term) Online and On-Campus Summer Courses

Fri
7/11

Last Day to ADD All 6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start II Courses without Permission

Sun
7/13

8-Week Online Summer Start I Courses End

Fri
7/18

Last Day to DROP All 6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start II Courses. No refund after this date.

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 10-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start I Courses

Last Day to ADD All 6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start II Courses with Permission

Sun
7/27

10-Week On-Campus Summer Start I Courses End

10-Week Online Summer Start I Courses End

August 2025

Fri
8/1

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 12-Week (Full-Term) Online and On-Campus Summer Courses

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start II Courses

Thu
8/7

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start II Courses

Sun
8/10

12-Week On-Campus Summer Start I Courses End

12-Week Online Summer Start I Courses End

Fri
8/15

6-Week Online and On-Campus Summer Start II Courses End

Summer Semester Ends

September 2025

Mon
9/1

Labor Day (University Closed)

Wed
9/3

Fall Semester Begins (All Fall Start I Courses Begin, Except 8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses)

Tue
9/9

Last Day to ADD All Fall Courses without Permission, Except 8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses

Tue
9/16

Last Day to DROP All Fall Courses, Except 8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses. No refund after this date.

Last Day to ADD All Fall Courses with Permission, Except 8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses

October 2025

Mon
10/6

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 8-Week Online Fall Start I Courses

Mon
10/13

Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day (University Closed)

Tue
10/14

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 10-Week Online Fall Start I Courses

Course Registration Opens for Winter Intersession

Fri
10/17

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 8-Week Online Fall Start I Courses

Sun
10/26

8-Week Online Fall Start I Courses End

Mon
10/27

8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses Begin

Fri
10/31

Last Day to ADD All 8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses without Permission

November 2025

Mon
11/3

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 10-Week Online Fall Start I Courses

Fri
11/7

Last Day to ADD All 8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses with Permission

Last Day to DROP All 8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses. No refund after this date.

Sun
11/9

10-Week Online Fall Start I Courses End

Tue
11/11

Veterans Day (University Closed)

Thu
11/13

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 15-Week (Full-Term) Online and On-Campus Fall Courses

Thu
11/27

Thanksgiving Recess (No Courses / University Closes at 6 pm)

Fri
11/28

Thanksgiving Recess (University Closed)

Sat
11/29

Thanksgiving Recess (University Closed)

Sun
11/30

Thanksgiving Recess (University Closed)

December 2025

Mon
12/1

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses

Thu
12/4

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 15-Week (Full-Term) On-Campus Fall Courses

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 15-Week (Full-Term) Online Fall Courses

Sat
12/20

Fall Semester Ends

Thu
12/25

Christmas Day (University Closed)

Mon
12/29

Winter Intersession Online Courses Begin

Tue
12/30

Last Day to ADD All Online Winter Intersession Courses without Permission

Wed
12/31

Last Day to DROP All Online Winter Intersession Courses. No refund after this date.

Last Day to ADD All Online Winter Intersession Courses with Permission

2026

January 2026

Thu
1/1

New Year's Day (University Closed)

Tue
1/6

Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Online Winter Intersession Courses

Sun
1/18

Winter Intersession Ends

Mon
1/19

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (University Closed)

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