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2024–2025 Academic Calendar

Subject to revision through January 1, 2024

Fall Semester 2024

Date Scheduled Activity
August 13 All-Campus Opening Activities
August 14 Fall faculty meeting and faculty development workshops
August 15 Residence halls open for new students
August 15-18 New Student Orientation (Arch Ceremony on August 15)
August 18 Residence halls open for upperclassmen
August 19 Fall Standard - period begins
August 19
 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - period begins
August 21 
 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
August 23 Fall Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
August 26 Fall Standard - last day to drop a class without record
August 30  Fall 8-Week Block I - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 2
 Labor Day (No classes)
September 2 Fall Orange - period begins
September 2 
 Fall 11-Week Session - period begins
September 4 
 Fall Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
September 4 
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
September 6  Fall Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 9 Fall Orange - last day to drop a class without record
September 9
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to drop a class without record
September 13  Fall Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 24 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to withdraw from classes
October 7-8 Fall Standard - Mid-Fall Recess (No classes)
October 9  Fall Standard - report grades less than "C" 
October 13 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - period ends
October 14 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - period begins
October 16 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
October 18  Fall 8-Week Block 1 - grades due by 9am 
October 24
 Fall Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
October 24
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to withdraw from classes
October 25
 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor
November 4  Fall Standard - last day to withdraw from classes 
November 17 
 Fall 11-Week Session - period ends
November 18-20 
 Fall Orange - final exams
November 19  Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to withdraw from classes 
November 20
 Fall Orange - period ends
November 26  Fall Orange -final grades due by 9am 
November 27-December 1 Thanksgiving Recess (No classes)
December 6 Deadline to apply for May 2025 Graduation
December 6 Fall Standard - final class day
December 8 
 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - period ends
December 9-12 Fall Standard - final exams
December 12 
 Fall Standard - period ends
December 18 Final grades due for Fall Standard, 8-Week Block 2, and 11-Week Session by 9am

Spring Semester 2025

Date Scheduled Activity
January 6
 Winter Orange - period begins
January 8
 Winter Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
January 11
 Residence Halls open
January 13 Spring Standard - period begins
January 13 
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - period begins
January 13  Winter Orange - last day to drop a class without record 
January 15
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
January 17 Spring Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
January 17  Winter Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
January 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No classes)
January 21 Spring Standard - last day to drop a class without record
January 24  Spring 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
January 31
 Spring Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
February 18 
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - last day to withdraw from classes
February 27 Winter Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
March 3 Spring Standard - report grades less than “C"
March 9  Spring 8-Week Block 1 - period ends 
March 10  Spring 8-Week Block 2 - period begins 
March 10-14  Spring Standard - Spring break (no classes) 
March 12  Spring 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record 
March 14  Spring 8-Week Block 1 -final grades due by 9am 
March 21  Spring 8-Week Block  2 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor
March 24-26 Winter Orange - final exams
March 26 Winter Orange - period ends
March 31  Spring Standard - last day to withdraw from classes 
March 31 
 Winter Orange - final grades due by 9am
March 31 
 Spring Orange - period begins
April 2
 Spring Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
April 4  Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity 
April 7
 Spring Orange - last day to drop a class without record
April 11
Spring Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
April 15  Spring 8-Week Block 2 - last day to withdraw from classes 
April 18-21  Easter Holiday (no classes) 
May 2 Spring Standard - final class day
May 2 Deadline to apply for December 2025 graduation
May 4
 Spring 8-Week Block 2 - period ends
May 5-8 Spring Standard - final exams
May 8 
 Spring Standard - period ends
May 10
 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement
May 14 Final grades due for Spring Standard, Spring 8-Week Block 2 by 9 am
May 22 
 Spring Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
June 16-18 Spring Orange - final exams
June 18
 Spring Orange - period ends
June 23 
 Spring Orange - final grades by 9am

Summer Sessions 2025

Date Scheduled Activity
May 12
 Summer Standard - period begins
May 12
 Summer 6-Week Session A - period begins
May 14
 Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
May 14
 Summer Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
May 19
 Summer Standard - last day to drop a class without record
May 23 Summer Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
May 23  Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
May 26
 Memorial Day (No classes)
May 26
 Summer 10-Week Session - period begins
May 26
 Summer 8-Week Block - period begins
May 28
 Summer 10-Week Session - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
May 28
 Summer 8-Week Block - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
June 6  Summer 10-Week Session - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
June 6  Summer 8-Week Block - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
June 9 
 Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to withdraw from classes
June 19  Juneteenth Federal Holiday (No classes) 
June 22
 Summer 6-Week Session A - period ends
June 23  Summer Orange - period begins 
June 23
 Summer 6-Week Session B - period begins
June 25  Summer Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record 
June 25
 Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
July 1 
 Summer 8-Week Block - last day to withdraw from classes 
July 4
Independence Day (No classes)
July 7  Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
July 7 
 Summer Standard - last day to withdraw from classes
July 10
 Summer 10-Week Session - last day to withdraw from classes
July 20
 Summer 8-Week Block - period ends
July 21
 Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to withdraw from classes
August 1 
 Summer Standard - period ends
August 3 
 Summer 10-Week Session - period ends
August 3 
 Summer 6-Week Session B - period ends
August 6  Summer Orange - last day to withdraw from classes 
August 6 
 Final grades due for Summer Standard, 6-Week Session A, 6-Week Session B, 8-Week Block, and 10-Week Session by 9am
August 29
 Summer Orange - period ends
September 3
 Summer Orange - final grades due by 9am

Notes: Operations during inclement weather are reported at https://www.findlay.edu/offices/student-affairs/safety-security/Campus-Alerts.

In most instances, inclement weather does not interrupt online class delivery.

*Withdrawals from a course after the session has started may incur financial liability. It is the student's responsibility to review the Tuition Refund Policy prior to withdrawal.