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.
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Aug. 2 |
Monday |
Upload vaccination documentation to the CHWS portal |
| Aug. 18 | Wednesday | Residential facilities open for new students with approved exemption from the COVID-19 vaccination (to allow for quarantine) |
| Aug. 21 | Saturday | Residential facilities open for all new students (first-year and transfer students) |
| Aug. 27/28/29 | Friday/Saturday/Sunday | Residential facilities open for all continuing students |
| Aug. 30 | Monday | Fall semester classes begin |
| Sept. 6 | Monday | Labor Day holiday (no classes) |
| Nov. 24–28 | Wednesday–Sunday | Thanksgiving holiday (no classes) |
| Nov. 29 | Monday | Classes resume |
| Dec. 8 | Wednesday | Last day of fall semester classes |
| Dec. 9–12 | Thursday–Sunday | Reading Period (no classes—student preparation for finals |
| Dec. 13–17 | Monday–Friday | Finals Week |
| Dec. 18 | Saturday | All residential facilities close (noon) |
| Dec. 18–Jan. 15 | Winter break (all residential facilities closed) | |
| Jan. 15 | Saturday | All residential facilities open (9 a.m.) |
| Jan. 17 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (no classes—MLK Day of Service) |
| Jan. 18 | Tuesday | Spring semester classes begin |
| March 14–18 | Monday–Friday | Spring break (all residential facilities remain open) |
| May 4 | Wednesday | Last day of spring semester classes |
| May 5–8 | Thursday–Sunday | Reading Period (no classes—student preparation for finals) |
| May 9–13 | Monday–Friday | Finals Week |
| May 14 | Saturday | All residential facilities close (noon) |
| May 15 | Sunday | Commencement (2 p.m.) |
| May 16 | Monday | Residential facilities close for graduating seniors (noon) |