To assist you with your travel plans and housing plans, Residence Life would like to highlight important dates around when campus residences open and close. The academic calendar will have all dates and deadlines for the year.
Below are the Important Housing Dates for 2023-2024
| Aug. 18 | Friday 9:00am -3:30pm | Residential facilities open for all new students (first-year and transfer students) |
| Aug. 25/26/27 | Friday/Saturday/Sunday | Residential facilities open for all continuing students |
| Aug. 28 | Monday | Fall semester classes begin |
| Sept. 4 | Monday | Labor Day holiday (no classes) |
| Nov. 22–26 | Wednesday–Sunday | Thanksgiving holiday (no classes) |
| Nov. 27 | Monday | Classes resume |
| Dec. 6 | Wednesday | Last day of fall semester classes |
| Dec. 7–10 | Thursday–Sunday | Reading Period (no classes—student preparation for finals) |
| Dec. 11–15 | Monday–Friday | Finals Week |
| Dec. 16 | Saturday | All residential facilities close (noon) |
| Dec. 16–Jan. 12 | Winter break (all residential facilities closed) | |
| Jan. 13 | Saturday | All residential facilities open (9 a.m.) |
| Jan. 15 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (no classes—MLK Day of Service) |
| Jan. 16 | Tuesday | Spring semester classes begin |
| March 11–15 | Monday–Friday | Spring break (all residential facilities remain open) |
| April 24 | Wednesday | Last day of spring semester classes |
| April 25-28 | Thursday–Sunday | Reading Period (no classes—student preparation for finals) |
| April 29 -May 3 | Monday–Friday | Finals Week |
| May 4 | Saturday | All residential facilities close (noon) |
| May 5 | Sunday | Commencement |
| May 6 | Monday | Residential facilities close for graduating seniors (noon) |