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2022-23 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
| Fall *subject to change | 2022 |
| First-Year Orientation | Monday, August 15 – Thursday, August 18 |
| First Day of Classes | Monday, August 22 |
| Last Day to Add or Drop Classes [after this date, permission by Academic Dean required to drop class] | Friday, August 26 |
| Last Day to Request Permission to Change Enrollment Status | Friday, August 26 |
Labor Day Holiday Offices Closed, No Classes | Monday, September 5 |
Fall Break Offices open, no classes | Monday, October 10 |
Monday Classes to Meet (Monday class schedule) Tuesday classes will not meet on this day | Tuesday, October 11 |
Interim Testing Schedules For All Required Courses *Please note: Professors may choose whether to have two assessments or one midterm for their courses. | Assessment 1
Midterms
Assessment 2
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| School Closure Make-Up Days, if needed | Saturday, October 22 Saturday, October 29 |
| Thanksgiving Holiday: [No Classes]: School offices open on Wednesday and closed Thursday and Friday | Wednesday, November 23 – Friday, November 25 |
| Last Day of Class | Friday, December 2 |
| Reading Days | Saturday – Monday, December 3-5 |
| Final Exams |
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| Winter Commencement Ceremony | Saturday, December 17 |
| School Offices Closed | December 25 – January 2, 2023 |
| Spring *subject to change | 2023 |
| Orientation for Spring Admit Students | Tuesday, January 3 – Friday, January 6 |
| Classes Begin for All Students | Monday, January 9 |
| Last Day to Add or Drop Classes [after this date, permission by Academic Dean required to drop class] | Friday, January 13 |
Martin Luther King Jr., Holiday Offices Closed, No Classes | Monday, January 16 |
| Spring Break | Monday, March 6 – Friday, March 10 |
Interim Testing Schedules For All Required Courses *Please note: Professors may choose whether to have two assessments or one midterm for their courses. | Assessment 1
Midterms
Assessment 2
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| School Closure Make-Up Day, if needed | Saturday, April 15 |
| Last Day of Class | Monday, April 24 |
| Reading Day | Tuesday, April 25 |
| Final Exams |
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| Spring Commencement Ceremony | TBD |
| Maymester/Summer Standard/Summer * subject to change | 2023 |
| First day of Maymester & Summer Standard Session | Tuesday, May 9 |
| Last Day to Add/Drop a Maymester Course | Tuesday, May 9 |
| Last Day to Add/Drop a Summer Standard Course | Monday, May 15, noon |
| Last day of Maymester classes [summer standard classes continue to meet] | Tuesday, May 23 |
| Reading Day for Maymester [summer standard classes continue to meet] | Wednesday, May 24 |
| Maymester Exams [summer standard classes continue to meet] | Thursday, May 25 |
| Memorial Day, no classes, offices closed | Monday, May 29 |
| First day of Summer Classes [summer standard classes continue to meet] | Tuesday, May 30 |
| Last Day to Add/Drop for Summer | Friday, June 2, noon |
| Assessment Dates for Required Courses | TBD |
| Monday classes to meet | Friday, June 16 |
Juneteenth Holiday (offices closed, no classes) | Monday, June 19 |
| July 4 Holiday Observed, no classes, offices closed | Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4 |
| Monday classes to meet | Wednesday, July 5 |
| Last day of all summer classes | Thursday, August 3 |
| Reading Day | Friday, August 4 |
| Exams for all summer classes | Saturday, August 5 Monday, August 7 – Wednesday, August 9 |
| Summer Graduation (no ceremony) | TBD |
Academic Catalog and Handbook
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