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2027–2028 Academic Calendar

Subject to revision through January 1, 2027

Fall Semester 2027

Date Scheduled Activity
August 17 All-Campus Opening Activities
August 18 Fall faculty meeting and faculty development workshops
August 19 Residence halls open for new students
August 19-22 New Student Orientation (Arch Ceremony on August 19)
August 22 Residence halls open for upperclassmen
August 23 Fall Standard - period begins
August 23
 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - period begins
August 25
 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
August 27 Fall Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
August 30 Fall Standard - last day to drop a class without record
August 30 Fall Orange - period begins
August 30
 Fall 11-Week Session - period begins
September 1 
 Fall Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
September 1
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
September 3 Fall 8-Week Block I - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 6  Labor Day (No classes) 
September 7 Fall Orange - last day to drop a class without record
September 7
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to drop a class without record
September 10  Fall Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 10 Fall Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
September 28 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - last day to withdraw from classes
October 4-5 Fall Standard - Mid-Fall Recess (No classes)
October 13  Fall Standard - report grades less than "C" 
October 17 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - period ends
October 18 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - period begins
October 20 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
October 21
 Fall Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
October 21
 Fall 11-Week Session - last day to withdraw from classes
October 22 Fall 8-Week Block 1 - grades due by 9am 
October 22
 Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor
October 28 Fall Standard - last day to withdraw from classes 
November 14 
 Fall 11-Week Session - period ends
November 15-17
 Fall Orange - final exams
November 17
 Fall Orange - period ends
November 23  Fall 8-Week Block 2 - last day to withdraw from classes 
November 23 Fall Orange -final grades due by 9am 
November 24-28 Thanksgiving Recess (No classes)
December 3 Deadline to apply for May 2028 Graduation
December 3 Fall Standard - final class day
December 6-9 Fall Standard - final exams 
December 9
 Fall Standard - period ends
December 12  Fall 8-Week Block 2 - period ends 
December 15 Final grades due for Fall Standard, 8-Week Block 2, and 11-Week Session by 9am

Spring Semester 2028

Date Scheduled Activity
January 3
 Winter Orange - period begins
January 5
 Winter Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
January 8
 Residence Halls open
January 10 Spring Standard - period begins
January 10 
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - period begins
January 10  Winter Orange - last day to drop a class without record 
January 12
 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 add a class without permission of instructor
January 14  Winter Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
January 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No classes)
January 18 Spring Standard - last day to drop a class without record
January 21  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 15 
 Spring 8-Week Block 1 - last day to withdraw from classes
February 24 Winter Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
February 28-March 3  Spring Standard - Spring Break (no classes)
March 5  Spring 8-Week Block 1 - period ends 
March 6 Spring Standard - report grades less than "C" 
March 6  Spring 8-Week Block 2 - period begins 
March 8  Spring 8-Week Block 2 - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record 
March 10 Spring 8-Week Block 1 -final grades due by 9am 
March 17  Spring 8-Week Block  2 - last day to add a class with permission of instructor
March 20-22 Winter Orange - final exams
March 22 Winter Orange - period ends
March 23 Spring Standard - last day to withdraw from classes 
March 27 
 Spring Orange - period begins
March 28 Winter Orange - final grades due by 9am 
March 29
 Spring Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
April 3
 Spring Orange - last day to drop a class without record
April 7 
 Spring Orange - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
April 7  Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity 
April 11 Spring 8-Week Block 2 - last day to withdraw from classes 
April 14-17  Easter Holiday (no classes) 
April 28 Spring Standard - final class day
April 28 Deadline to apply for December 2028 graduation
April 30
 Spring 8-Week Block 2 - period ends
May 1-4 Spring Standard - final exams
May 4 
 Spring Standard - period ends
May 6
 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement
May 10 Final grades due for Spring Standard, Spring 8-Week Block 2 by 9 am
May 18
 Spring Orange - last day to withdraw from classes
June 12-14 Spring Orange - final exams
June 14
 Spring Orange - period ends
June 19  Juneteenth Celebrated 
June 20 
 Spring Orange - final grades by 9am

Summer Sessions 2028

Date Scheduled Activity
May 8
 Summer Standard - period begins
May 8
 Summer 6-Week Session A - period begins
May 10
 Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
May 10
 Summer Standard - last day to add a class without permission of instructor
May 15
 Summer Standard - last day to drop a class without record
May 19 Summer Standard - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
May 19 Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
May 22
 Summer 10-Week Session - period begins
May 22
 Summer 8-Week Block - period begins
May 24
 Summer 10-Week Session - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
May 24
 Summer 8-Week Block - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
May 29 Memorial Day (No classes) 
June 2  Summer 10-Week Session - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
June 2  Summer 8-Week Block - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
June 5 
 Summer 6-Week Session A - last day to withdraw from classes
June 18  Summer 6-Week Session A - period ends 
June 19  Juneteenth Federal Holiday Celebrated (No classes) 
June 19  Summer Orange - period begins 
June 19
 Summer 6-Week Session B - period begins
June 21  Summer Orange - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record 
June 21
 Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to add a class without permission of instructor or drop a class without record
June 27 
 Summer 8-Week Block - last day to withdraw from classes 
June 30 Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to add a class with permission of instructor 
July 4
 Independence Day Celebrated (No classes)
July 5 
 Summer Standard - last day to withdraw from classes
July 6
 Summer 10-Week Session - last day to withdraw from classes
July 16
 Summer 8-Week Block - period ends
July 17
 Summer 6-Week Session B - last day to withdraw from classes
July 28
 Summer Standard - period ends
July 30 
 Summer 10-Week Session - period ends
July 30
 Summer 6-Week Session B - period ends
August 2 Summer Orange - last day to withdraw from classes 
August 2
 Final grades due for Summer Standard, 6-Week Session A, 6-Week Session B, 8-Week Block, and 10-Week Session by 9am
August 25
 Summer Orange - period ends
August 30
 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.