Academic Calendar

Date	Event
Fall 2020
July 2020
July 13	Clinical Site Supervision Workshop (1:00 - 3:00 pm) Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Student Orientation (5:00 - 7:00 pm)
July 30	Graduate School Meet & Greet (6:00 - 8:00 pm)
August 2020
August 4	CLIMB New Student Orientation
August 10	Higher Learning Commision Meeting
August 11/12	Faculty & Staff Report for Duty Faculty Orientation
August 13-15	New Student Orientation/Move IN
August 17	First day of classes for Fall 2020
August 25	Early Alerts Due to CASSS
August 31	CENSUS DATE Last Day to Drop without Penalty
September 2020
September 7	Labor Day - University Closed
September 8	Virtual September Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
September 9 – 30	Graduating Seniors' Exit Interviews
September 10	Virtual Opening Convocation (11:00am) Executive Board of Trustees Meeting
September 10-11	Virtual Board of Trustees Meetings
September 18	Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Program Advisory Board Meeting
September 21-22	Leadership Retreat
October 2020
October 1	Majors Fair (tentative)
October 5-9	Midterm Exams
October 13	Spring 2021 Pre-registration begins. October Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
October 23	Last Day to Drop without Penalty Still receive W on transcript
October 27	Virtual College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
November 2020
November 1	Daylight Saving Time ends
November 3	*Election Day
November 7	Virtual Homecoming
November 10	Virtual November Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
November 11	Veterans Day
November 11	Student Evaluation of Faculty & Courses Begins
November 13	Graduation Applications & Application Fee for Spring 2021 Graduates
Novemeber 16-18	Preregisrtation Week
November 20	Last Day of Classes
November 21	Dorm Closes at 5:00pm
November 23-27	Study Period
November 26	Thanksgiving Day
November 30-Dec4	Virtual Final Exams/ Offices Open
December 2020
December 2	Virtual Post Semester Faculty Institute
December 10	Grades Due by Close of Business
December 19	Fall Graduation Date (No Ceremony/Transcript Finalization)
December 21	*WINTER BREAK (University Closed) Thursday, December 24, 2020 (Christmas Eve Observed) Friday, December 25, 2020 (Christmas Day Observed)
December 24	Christmas Eve
December 25	Christmas Day
December 26 – January 1, 2021	*Kwanzaa
December 31	New Year’s Eve
Spring 2021
January 2021
January 1	New Year’s Day
January 4	Faculty & Staff Report for Duty Faculty Orientation
January 5	Continuing Students Return New Student Orientation
January 6	First Day of Classes for Spring 2021 Add/Drop period begins
January 12	January Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
January 13	Last Day to Add Classes
January 18	Dr. Martin Luther King (MLK) Holiday - University Closed
January 20	Last Day to Drop Classes Census Date
January 26	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
February 2021
February 1-28	Black History Month
February 9	February Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
February 11 February 11-12	Founders’ Day Convocation - Alumni Multiplex (11:00am) Board of Trustees Meetings
February 19	Study Day
February 19	CLIMB Faculty Orientation/Workshop (1:00 - 5:00 pm)
February 22 - 26	Midterm Exams
February 23	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
March 2021
March 1	Midterm Grades Due by Close of Business (5 pm) to Registrar's Office
March 1-5	Spring Break – No Classes
March 9	March Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
March 11	Spring Career Fair (10am - 2:30pm) ; Graduate Fair (4-7 pm) - Alumni Multiplex All Remaining Fees Due for Spring 2021 Graduates
March 14	Daylight Saving Time starts
March 18	Aggregated Fall 2021 Schedule of Courses from all Colleges to Registrar's Office
March 23	Fall 2021 Pre-registration begins College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
March 26- 27	Dawn Dance Events *Bulldog 1000 Athletics Booster Club (tba)
April 2021
April 1-16	Senior Exit Interviews
April 2	Good Friday - University Closed - No Classes
April 4	Easter Sunday
April 5	Easter Monday – University Closed – No Classes
April 8	Honors Convocation – Alumni Multiplex (11:00am)
April 13	April Faculty Meeting (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
April 16	Graduation Applications Due for Fall 2021 Graduating Seniors
April 20	Student Evaluation of Faculty & Courses Begins
April 23	Graduate Student Research Symposium
April 26-April 29	Graduating Seniors Exams
April 27	College Faculty Meetings (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)
April 28	Last Day of Classes
April 29	Study Day
April 30 - May 5	Final Exams
May 2021
May 3	Final Grades for Graduating Seniors due to Registrar by COB (5 pm)
May 5	Students to move out of University
May 6	CLIMB & Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Graduation Reception (6 - 9 pm)
May 6-7	Board of Trustees Meetings
May 7	Board of Trustees Meeting Senior Luncheon/Dinner National Alumni Association Mixer Baccalaureate Ceremony - Alumni Multiplex
May 8	Commencement Exercises - Alumni Multiplex
May 11	Leadership Retreat
May 13	Faculty/Staff Post Semester Institutes
May 14	End of Year Celebration Final Grades Due to Registrar's Office by Close of Business (5 pm)