Fall Semester 2026

Date Scheduled Activity
August 11 All-Campus Opening Activities
August 12 Fall faculty meeting and faculty development workshops
August 13 Residence halls open for new students
August 13-16 New Student Orientation (Arch Ceremony on August 13)
August 16 Residence halls open for upperclassmen
August 17 Fall Standard - period begins
August 17
Fall 8-Week Block 1 - period begins
August 19
Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
August 21 Fall Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
August 24 Fall Standard - last day to drop a class without record
August 28  Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
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 Standard  -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 Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 22 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to withdraw from classes
October 5-6 Fall Standard - Mid-Fall Recess (No classes)
October 7 Fall Standard - report grades less than "C" 
October 11 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - period ends
October 12 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - period begins
October 14 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
October 16  Fall 8-Week Block 1 - grades due by 9am 
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 2 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor
November 2 Fall Standard - last day to withdraw from classes 
November 15 
Fall 11-Week Session - period ends
November 16-18
Fall Orange - final exams
November 17  Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to withdraw from classes 
November 18
Fall Orange - period ends
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 6  Fall 8-Week Block 2 - period ends 
December 7-10  Fall Standard - final exams 
December 10 
Fall Standard - period ends
December 16 Final grades due for Fall Standard, 8-Week Block 2, and 11-Week Session by 9am