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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 2024-25.

Aug. 23 Friday 9:00am-3:30pm Residential facilities open for all new students (first-year and transfer students)
Aug. 31-Sept 2 Saturday-Monday Residential facilities open for all continuing students
Sept. 2 Monday Labor Day holiday (no classes)
Sept. 3 Tuesday Classes begin
Nov. 27–Dec. 1 Wednesday–Sunday Thanksgiving holiday (no classes)
Dec. 2  Monday Classes resume
Dec. 11 Wednesday Last day of fall semester classes
Dec. 12–15 Thursday–Sunday Reading Period (no classes—student preparation for finals)
Dec. 16–20 Monday–Friday Finals Week
Dec. 21 Saturday All residential facilities close at noon
Dec. 21–Jan. 18   Winter break (all residential facilities closed)
Jan. 18 Saturday All residential facilities open (9 a.m.)
Jan. 20 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (no classes—MLK Day of Service)
Jan. 21 Tuesday Spring semester classes begin
March. 17–21 Monday–Friday Spring break (all residential facilities remain open)
April. 30 Wednesday Last day of spring semester classes
May. 1-4 Thursday–Sunday Reading Period (no classes—student preparation for finals)
May. 5-9 Monday–Friday Finals Week
May. 10 Saturday All residential facilities close at noon
May. 11 Sunday Commencement 
May. 12 Monday Residential facilities close for graduating seniors at noon