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