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2025–2026 Academic Calendar

Subject to revision through January 1, 2025

Fall Semester 2025

Date Scheduled Activity
August 12 All-Campus Opening Activities
August 13 Fall faculty meeting and faculty development workshops
August 14 Residence halls open for new students
August 14-17 New Student Orientation (Arch Ceremony on August 14)
August 17 Residence halls open for upperclassmen
August 18 Fall Standard - period begins
August 18
 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - period begins
August 20 
 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
August 22 Fall Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
August 25 Fall Standard - last day to drop a class without record
August 29 Fall 8-Week Block I - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 1
 Labor Day (No classes)
September 1 Fall Orange - period begins
September 1 
 Fall 11-Week Session - period begins
September 3 
 Fall Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
September 3
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
September 5  Fall Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 8 Fall Orange - last day to drop a class without record
September 8
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to drop a class without record
September 12  Fall Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 23 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to withdraw from classes
October 6-7 Fall Standard - Mid-Fall Recess (No classes)
October 8  Fall Standard - report grades less than "C" 
October 12 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - period ends
October 13 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - period begins
October 15 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
October 17  Fall 8-Week Block 1 - grades due by 9am 
October 23
 Fall Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
October 23
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to withdraw from classes
October 24
 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor
November 3  Fall Standard - last day to withdraw from classes 
November 16
 Fall 11-Week Session - period ends
November 17-19
 Fall Orange - final exams
November 18  Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to withdraw from classes 
November 19
 Fall Orange - period ends
November 25  Fall Orange -final grades due by 9am 
November 26-30 Thanksgiving Recess (No classes)
December 5 Deadline to apply for May 2026 Graduation
December 5 Fall Standard - final class day
December 7
 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - period ends
December 8-11 Fall Standard - final exams
December 11 
 Fall Standard - period ends
December 17 Final grades due for Fall Standard, 8-Week Block 2, and 11-Week Session by 9am

Spring Semester 2026

Date Scheduled Activity
January 5
 Winter Orange - period begins
January 6  Residence Halls Open
January 7
 Winter Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
January 7
 Spring Standard - period begins
January 12 
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - period begins
January 12  Winter Orange - last day to drop a class without record 
January 13  Spring Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor 
January 14
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
January 14 Spring Standard - last day to drop a class without record
January 16  Winter Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
January 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes)
January 23  Spring 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
January 28
 Spring Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
February 17 
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - last day to withdraw from classes
February 25  Spring Standard - report grades less than "C" 
February 26 Winter Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
March 2-6  Spring Standard - Spring Break (no classes) 
March 8  Spring 8-Week Block 1 - period ends 
March 9 Spring 8-Week Block 2 - period begins 
March 11 Spring 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record 
March 13  Spring 8-Week Block 1 -final grades due by 9am 
March 20  Spring 8-Week Block  2 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor
March 23-25 Winter Orange - final exams
March 25 Winter Orange - period ends
March 26  Spring Standard - last day to withdraw from classes 
March 30
 Winter Orange - final grades due by 9am
March 30
 Spring Orange - period begins
April 1
 Spring Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
April 3-6  Easter Holiday (no classes) 
April 6
 Spring Orange - last day to drop a class without record
April 10
 Spring Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
April 10  Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity
April 14  Spring 8-Week Block 2 - last day to withdraw from classes 
April 24 Spring Standard - final class day
April 24 Deadline to apply for December 2026 graduation
April 27-30 Spring Standard - final exams 
April 30  Spring Standard - period ends 
May 1 and 2  Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement Ceremonies 
May 3
 Spring 8-Week Block 2 - period ends
May 6 Final grades due for Spring Standard, Spring 8-Week Block 2 by 9am
May 21 
 Spring Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
June 15-17 Spring Orange - final exams
June 17
 Spring Orange - period ends
June 22 
 Spring Orange - final grades by 9am

Summer Sessions 2026

Date Scheduled Activity
May 11
 Summer Standard - period begins
May 11
 Summer 6-Week Session A - period begins
May 13
 Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
May 13
 Summer Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
May 18
 Summer Standard - last day to drop a class without record
May 22 Summer Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
May 22  Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
May 25
 Memorial Day (No classes)
May 25
 Summer 10-Week Session - period begins
May 25
 Summer 8-Week Block - period begins
May 27
 Summer 10-Week Session - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
May 27
 Summer 8-Week Block - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
June 5  Summer 10-Week Session - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
June 5  Summer 8-Week Block - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
June 8 
 Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to withdraw from classes
June 19  Juneteenth Federal Holiday (No classes) 
June 21
 Summer 6-Week Session A - period ends
June 22  Summer Orange - period begins 
June 22
 Summer 6-Week Session B - period begins
June 24  Summer Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record 
June 24
 Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
June 30
 Summer 8-Week Block - last day to withdraw from classes 
July 3  Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
July 4
Independence Day (No classes)
July 6 
 Summer Standard - last day to withdraw from classes
July 9
 Summer 10-Week Session - last day to withdraw from classes
July 19
 Summer 8-Week Block - period ends
July 20
 Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to withdraw from classes
July 31 
 Summer Standard - period ends
August 2 
 Summer 10-Week Session - period ends
August 2 
 Summer 6-Week Session B - period ends
August 5  Summer Orange - last day to withdraw from classes 
August 5 
 Final grades due for Summer Standard, 6-Week Session A, 6-Week Session B, 8-Week Block, and 10-Week Session by 9am
August 28
 Summer Orange - period ends
September 2
 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.