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2026–2027 Academic Calendar

Subject to revision through January 1, 2026

Fall Semester 2026

Date Scheduled Activity
August 18 All-Campus Opening Activities
August 19 Fall faculty meeting and faculty development workshops
August 20 Residence halls open for new students
August 20-23 New Student Orientation (Arch Ceremony on August 20)
August 23 Residence halls open for upperclassmen
August 24 Fall Standard - period begins
August 24
 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - period begins
August 26
 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
August 28 Fall Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
August 31 Fall Standard - last day to drop a class without record
August 31 Fall Orange - period begins
August 31
 Fall 11-Week Session - period begins
September 2 
 Fall Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
September 2
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
September 4  Fall 8-Week Block I - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 7  Labor Day (No classes) 
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 11  Fall Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 11 Fall Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 29 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to withdraw from classes
October 5-6 Fall Standard - Mid-Fall Recess (No classes)
October 14  Fall Standard - report grades less than "C" 
October 18 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - period ends
October 19 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - period begins
October 21 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
October 22
 Fall Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
October 22
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to withdraw from classes
October 23  Fall 8-Week Block 1 - grades due by 9am 
October 23
 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor
October 29 Fall Standard - last day to withdraw from classes 
November 15 
 Fall 11-Week Session - period ends
November 16-18
 Fall Orange - final exams
November 18
 Fall Orange - period ends
November 24  Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to withdraw from classes 
November 24 Fall Orange -final grades due by 9am 
November 25-29 Thanksgiving Recess (No classes)
December 4 Deadline to apply for May 2027 Graduation
December 4 Fall Standard - final class day
December 7-10  Fall Standard - final exams 
December 10 
 Fall Standard - period ends
December 13  Fall 8-Week Block 2 - period ends 
December 16 Final grades due for Fall Standard, 8-Week Block 2, and 11-Week Session by 9am

Spring Semester 2027

Date Scheduled Activity
January 4
 Winter Orange - period begins
January 6
 Winter Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
January 9
 Residence Halls open
January 11 Spring Standard - period begins
January 11 
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - period begins
January 11  Winter Orange - last day to drop a class without record 
January 13
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
January 15 Spring Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
January 15  Winter Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
January 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No classes)
January 19 Spring Standard - last day to drop a class without record
January 22  Spring 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
January 29
 Spring Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
February 16 
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - last day to withdraw from classes
February 25 Winter Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
March 1-5  Spring Standard - Spring Break (no classes)
March 7  Spring 8-Week Block 1 - period ends 
March 8  Spring Standard - report grades less than "C" 
March 8  Spring 8-Week Block 2 - period begins 
March 10  Spring 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record 
March 12 Spring 8-Week Block 1 -final grades due by 9am 
March 19  Spring 8-Week Block  2 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor
March 22-24 Winter Orange - final exams
March 24 Winter Orange - period ends
March 25 Spring Standard - last day to withdraw from classes 
March 26-29  Easter Holiday (no classes) 
March 29 
 Spring Orange - period begins
March 30 Winter Orange - final grades due by 9am 
March 31
 Spring Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
April 5
 Spring Orange - last day to drop a class without record
April 9 
 Spring Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
April 9  Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity 
April 13 Spring 8-Week Block 2 - last day to withdraw from classes 
April 30 Spring Standard - final class day
April 30 Deadline to apply for December 2027 graduation
May 2
 Spring 8-Week Block 2 - period ends
May 3-6 Spring Standard - final exams
May 6 
 Spring Standard - period ends
May 8
 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement
May 12 Final grades due for Spring Standard, Spring 8-Week Block 2 by 9 am
May 20
 Spring Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
June 14-16 Spring Orange - final exams
June 16
 Spring Orange - period ends
June 21 
 Spring Orange - final grades by 9am

Summer Sessions 2027

Date Scheduled Activity
May 10
 Summer Standard - period begins
May 10
 Summer 6-Week Session A - period begins
May 12
 Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
May 12
 Summer Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
May 17
 Summer Standard - last day to drop a class without record
May 21 Summer Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
May 21 Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
May 24
 Summer 10-Week Session - period begins
May 24
 Summer 8-Week Block - period begins
May 26
 Summer 10-Week Session - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
May 26
 Summer 8-Week Block - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
May 31  Memorial Day (No classes) 
June 4  Summer 10-Week Session - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
June 4  Summer 8-Week Block - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
June 7 
 Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to withdraw from classes
June 18  Juneteenth Federal Holiday Celebrated (No classes) 
June 20
 Summer 6-Week Session A - period ends
June 21  Summer Orange - period begins 
June 21
 Summer 6-Week Session B - period begins
June 23  Summer Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record 
June 23
 Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
June 29 
 Summer 8-Week Block - last day to withdraw from classes 
July 2  Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
July 5 
 Independence Day Celebrated (No classes)
July 6 
 Summer Standard - last day to withdraw from classes
July 8
 Summer 10-Week Session - last day to withdraw from classes
July 18
 Summer 8-Week Block - period ends
July 19
 Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to withdraw from classes
July 30 
 Summer Standard - period ends
August 1 
 Summer 10-Week Session - period ends
August 1 
 Summer 6-Week Session B - period ends
August 4  Summer Orange - last day to withdraw from classes 
August 4
 Final grades due for Summer Standard, 6-Week Session A, 6-Week Session B, 8-Week Block, and 10-Week Session by 9am
August 27
 Summer Orange - period ends
September 1
 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.