Spring Term 2020 Academic Calendar

January 2020

January 9 — Thursday

New veteran orientation

January 14-15 - Tuesday-Wednesday

New undergraduate student orientation

January 17 — Friday

Registration for undergraduate non-matriculated students (spring and summer)

Registration for graduate non-matriculated students

January 20 — Monday

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday; Community Day of Service; University closed

January 21 - Tuesday

Classes begin (full-term and sub-term A) 

January 28— Tuesday

Fall 2020 pre-registration schedule of classes posted (view only)

January 25 — Saturday

Saturday classes begin

January 21-27 — Tuesday-Monday

Drop/add period (full-term and sub-term A) 

Distance education orientations

January 27 — Monday

Deadline to drop full-term and sub-term A course(s) with a 100% refund

Deadline to file FERPA hold to prevent release of student information


February 2020

February 1 — Saturday

Deadline to file spring 2020 graduation application without financial penalty

February  4 — Tuesday

Deadline to withdraw from sub-term A course(s) with a 50% refund (part-time students only)

February 11 — Tuesday

Deadline to withdraw from full-term course(s) with a 50% refund (part-time students only)

February 17 — Monday

President's Day holiday; normal campus operations

February 19 — Wednesday

Board of Trustees meeting

February 27 — Thursday

Deadline to withdraw from sub-term A course(s) with a W grade


March 2020

March 5 — Thursday

Sub-term A classes end

March 69 Friday-Monday

Sub-term B drop/add period

March 6 — Friday

Sub-term B classes begin

March 9 — Monday

Deadline to drop sub-term B course(s) with a 100% refund

March 15-22 Sunday-Sunday

Spring break

March 23 — Monday

Deadline to withdraw from sub-term B course(s) with a 50% refund (part-time students only)

March 23-24 — Monday-Tuesday

Preceptorial advising day; online only
*NOTE: Precepting can occur any time between these dates and course registration; it is not limited to these two days.


April 2020

April 8 — Wednesday

Seniors (with 128+ earned credits) and matriculated graduate students preregister at 3:00PM

April 9 — Thursday

Final deadline to file Spring 2020 graduation application

April 9-10 — Thursday-Friday

Seniors (with 96+ earned credits) preregister

April 10 — Friday

Holiday; normal campus operations

April 13-14 — Monday-Tuesday

Juniors (with 64-95 earned credits) preregister

April 16-17 — Thursday-Friday

Sophomores (with 32-63 earned credits) preregister

April 20-21 — Monday-Tuesday

Freshmen (with 0-31 earned credits) preregister

April 24 — Friday

Deadline to withdraw from full-term course(s) with a W grade


Deadline to withdraw from sub-term B course(s) with a W grade


May 2020

May 1 — Friday

Spring term classes end

May 48 Monday - Friday

Final week

May 6 — Wednesday

Board of Trustees meeting

May 8 — Friday

Term ends

May 11 — Monday

Grades due for graduating students by 12 noon

May 12 — Tuesday

*Postponed to Fall 2020
Doctoral and Master's commencement ceremony

May 14-Thursday

Grades due for non-graduating students

May 15 — Friday

*Postponed to Fall 2020
Baccalaureate commencement ceremony