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 2025-26.
| Aug. 22 | Friday 9:00am-3:30pm | Residential facilities open for all new students (first-year and transfer students) |
| Aug. 30-Sept 1 | Saturday-Monday | Residential facilities open for all continuing students |
| Sept. 1 | Monday | Labor Day holiday (no classes) |
| Sept. 2 | Tuesday | Classes begin |
| Nov. 26–Nov. 30 | Wednesday–Sunday | Thanksgiving holiday (no classes) |
| Dec. 1 | Monday | Classes resume |
| Dec. 10 | Wednesday | Last day of fall semester classes |
| Dec. 11–14 | Thursday–Sunday | Reading Period (no classes—student preparation for finals) |
| Dec. 15–19 | Monday–Friday | Finals Week |
| Dec. 20 | Saturday | All residential facilities close at noon |
| Dec. 20–Jan. 16 | Winter break (all residential facilities closed) | |
| Jan. 17 | Saturday | All residential facilities open (9 a.m.) |
| Jan. 19 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (no classes—MLK Day of Service) |
| Jan. 20 | Tuesday | Spring semester classes begin |
| March. 16–20 | Monday–Friday | Spring break (all residential facilities remain open) |
| April. 29 | Wednesday | Last day of spring semester classes |
| April. 30-May. 3 | Thursday–Sunday | Reading Period (no classes—student preparation for finals) |
| May. 4-8 | Monday–Friday | Finals Week |
| May. 9 | Saturday | All residential facilities close at noon |
| May. 10 | Sunday | Commencement (2:00pm) |
| May. 11 | Monday | Residential facilities close for graduating seniors at noon |