Spring Term 2020 Academic Calendar
January 2020
January 9 — Thursday
New veteran orientation
January 14-15 - Tuesday-Wednesday
New undergraduate student orientation
January 17 — Friday
Registration for undergraduate non-matriculated students (spring and summer)
Registration for graduate non-matriculated students
January 20 — Monday
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday; Community Day of Service; University closed
January 21 - Tuesday
Classes begin (full-term and sub-term A)
January 28— Tuesday
Fall 2020 pre-registration schedule of classes posted (view only)
January 25 — Saturday
Saturday classes begin
January 21-27 — Tuesday-Monday
Drop/add period (full-term and sub-term A)
Distance education orientations
January 27 — Monday
Deadline to drop full-term and sub-term A course(s) with a 100% refund
Deadline to file FERPA hold to prevent release of student information
February 2020
February 1 — Saturday
Deadline to file spring 2020 graduation application without financial penalty
February 4 — Tuesday
Deadline to withdraw from sub-term A course(s) with a 50% refund (part-time students only)
February 11 — Tuesday
Deadline to withdraw from full-term course(s) with a 50% refund (part-time students only)
February 17 — Monday
President's Day holiday; normal campus operations
February 19 — Wednesday
Board of Trustees meeting
February 27 — Thursday
Deadline to withdraw from sub-term A course(s) with a W grade
March 2020
March 5 — Thursday
Sub-term A classes end
March 6—9 Friday-Monday
Sub-term B drop/add period
March 6 — Friday
Sub-term B classes begin
March 9 — Monday
Deadline to drop sub-term B course(s) with a 100% refund
March 15-22 Sunday-Sunday
Spring break
March 23 — Monday
Deadline to withdraw from sub-term B course(s) with a 50% refund (part-time students only)
March 23-24 — Monday-Tuesday
Preceptorial advising day; online only
*NOTE: Precepting can occur any time between these dates and course registration;
it is not limited to these two days.
April 2020
April 8 — Wednesday
Seniors (with 128+ earned credits) and matriculated graduate students preregister at 3:00PM
April 9 — Thursday
Final deadline to file Spring 2020 graduation application
April 9-10 — Thursday-Friday
Seniors (with 96+ earned credits) preregister
April 10 — Friday
Holiday; normal campus operations
April 13-14 — Monday-Tuesday
Juniors (with 64-95 earned credits) preregister
April 16-17 — Thursday-Friday
Sophomores (with 32-63 earned credits) preregister
April 20-21 — Monday-Tuesday
Freshmen (with 0-31 earned credits) preregister
April 24 — Friday
Deadline to withdraw from full-term course(s) with a W grade
Deadline to withdraw from sub-term B course(s) with a W grade
May 2020
May 1 — Friday
Spring term classes end
May 4 — 8 Monday - Friday
Final week
May 6 — Wednesday
Board of Trustees meeting
May 8 — Friday
Term ends
May 11 — Monday
Grades due for graduating students by 12 noon
May 12 — Tuesday
*Postponed to Fall 2020
Doctoral and Master's commencement ceremony
May 14-Thursday
Grades due for non-graduating students
May 15 — Friday
*Postponed to Fall 2020
Baccalaureate commencement ceremony