2024-2025 Academic Calendar
Fall 2024
August 7 Fall 2024 tuition is due
August 17,18 Residence halls open for new students contracted for fall
housing
August 19 Convocation
August 19- 23 New Student Orientation
August 24, 25 Residence halls open for returning students contracted for
fall housing
August 25 Last day to receive 100% refund for fall course drops
August 26 Fall 2024 semester begins
Aug 26 - Sep 1 Late registration (add/drop) week
August 30 Financial aid refunds distributed for fall
September 1 Last day to receive 75% refund for fall course drops
September 1 Last day to add/drop courses in MyFIT (online system closes
at 11:30 pm)
September 2 Labor Day - College closed
September 8 Last day to receive 50% refund for fall course drops
September 12-23 Certification rosters open to faculty
September 15 Last day to withdraw from fall classes with a partial refund
(25%)
September 23 Last day for faculty to submit certification rosters (online
system closes at 11:59pm)
September 24 Census date
October 2 Rosh Hashanah - Classes suspend at 4pm
October 3, 4 Rosh Hashanah - College closed
October 7-11 Make-up examination period for spring Incomplete (IN)
grades
October 11 Yom Kippur - Classes suspend at 4pm
October 12 Yom Kippur - College closed
October 31 Winter registration begins
November 1 Spring registration begins for currently enrolled graduate
students
November 4-8 Spring registration begins for currently enrolled, degree
seeking students
November 8 Spring registration begins for re-admitted degree students
November 18 Spring registration begins for non-degree students
November 22 Last day to submit fall Course Withdrawal forms (WD grade)
November 22 Last day to submit a fall College Withdrawal form
Nov 28 - Dec 1 Thanksgiving Recess - College closed
December 1 Graduation application priority deadline for May/Spring
and August/Summer 2025 graduation
December 3 Final grade rosters open for faculty
December 3 Last day for all Tuesday classes
December 4 Last day for Wednesday day classes
December 7 Winter 2025 tuition is due
December 8 Last day for all Sunday classes
December 9 Last day for all Monday classes
December 10 Spring registration begins for students admitted Spring
2025
December 11 Last day for Wednesday evening classes
December 14 Last day for all Saturday classes
December 16 Friday evening classes meet to make up for October 11th
December 17, 18 Emergency Make-Up Days
December 19 Last day for all Thursday classes
December 20 Last day for all Friday classes; Fall 2024 semester ends
December 21 Residence halls close at 9am for all residents
Winter 2025
January 1 New Year's Day - College closed
January 1 Residence halls open for students contracted for
winter housing
January 1 Last day to receive 100% refund for winter course
drops
January 2 Winter 2025 term begins
January 2 Fall final grade rosters are due
January 2 Last day to receive 75% refund for winter course drops
January 2, 3 Late registration (add, drop) period
January 3 Last day to add/drop winter courses in MyFIT (online
system closes at 11:30pm)
January 3 Last day to receive 50% refund for winter course drops
January 6 Last day to withdraw from winter classes with a partial
refund (25%)
January 6, 7 Winter certification rosters open to faculty
January 7 Spring 2025 tuition is due
January 8 Census date
January 14 Last day to submit course withdrawal forms for winter
(WD grade)
January 17 Winter grade rosters open for faculty
January 17 Winter 2025 term ends
January 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - College closed
Spring 2025
January 21 Residence halls open for new students contracted for
spring housing
January 22 Winter final grade rosters are due
January 22 - 23 New Student Orientation
January 23 Convocation
January 26 Residence halls open for returning students contracted
for spring housing
January 26 Last day to receive 100% refund for spring course drops
January 27 Spring 2025 semester begins
Jan 27 - Feb 2 Late registration (add/drop) week
January 31 Financial aid refunds distributed for spring
February 2 Last day to receive 75% refund for spring course drops
February 2 Last day to add/drop courses in MyFIT (online system
closes at 11:30pm)
February 9 Last day to receive 50% refund for spring course drops
February 13-24 Certification rosters open for faculty
February 16 Last day to withdraw from spring classes with a partial
refund (25%)
February 17 Presidents Day - College closed
February 24 Last day for faculty to submit certification rosters
(online system closes at 11:59pm)
February 25 Census date
March 3-7 Make-up examination period for Fall 2024 Incomplete
(IN) grades
March 31 Graduation application must be submitted for student
names to be listed in Commencement program
April 3 Summer registration begins
April 4 Fall registration begins for currently enrolled
graduate students
April 7- 11 Fall registration begins for currently enrolled,
degree seeking students
April 11 Fall registration begins for newly admitted graduate
students
April 11 Fall registration begins for re-admitted degree
students
April 14 - 20 Spring Recess - No classes
April 18 Good Friday - College closed
April 28 Fall registration begins for non-degree students
May 1 Graduation application priority deadline for
Dec/Fall 2025 & Winter/Jan2026 graduation
May 1 Deadline for graduating residents to register
with Residential Life for May 22nd move out
May 2 Last day to submit spring course withdrawal forms
(WD grades)
May 2 Last day to submit a college withdrawal form for
spring
May 7 Summer tuition is due
May 10 Last day for all Saturday classes
May 11 Last day for all Sunday classes
May 13 Final grade rosters open for faculty
May 13 Last day for all Tuesday classes
May 14 Last day for all Wednesday classes
May 15 Last day for all Thursday classes
May 16 Last day for all Friday classes
May 19 Last day for all Monday classes
May 20 Residence halls close at 9am for all non-graduating
and non-summer residents
May 20 Hooding ceremony for the master’s degree candidates
of the School of Graduate Studies
May 20, 21 Emergency Make-Up Days
May 21 Spring 2025 semester ends
May 21 Spring final grade rosters are due
May 21, 22 Commencement
May 22 Graduating residents move out of residence halls
Summer 2025
May 23 Residence Halls open for students contracted for summer
housing
May 26 Last day to receive 100% refund for Summer 1 course
drops
May 26 Memorial Day - College Closed
May 27 Summer 1 begins
May 27 Last day to receive 75% refund for Summer 1 course
drops
May 27, 28 Late registration for Summer 1 (add/drop)
May 28 Last day to receive 50% refund for Summer 1 course drops
May 28 Last day to add/drop Summer 1 courses in MyFIT (online
system closes at 11:30pm)
May 29 Last day to withdraw from Summer 1 classes with a partial
refund (25%)
May 29- June 2 Certification rosters for Summer 1 open for faculty
June 2 Last day to submit for faculty to submit certification
rosters for Summer 1
June 3 Census Date for Summer 1
June 17 Last day to submit course withdrawal forms (WD grades)
for Summer 1
June 19 Juneteenth - College closed
July 1 Summer 1 ends
July 1 Final grade rosters for Summer 1 open for faculty
July 3 Summer 1 final grade rosters are due
July 4 Independence Day - College closed
July 6 Last day to receive 100% refund for Summer 2 course
drops
July 7 Summer 2 begins
July 7 Last day to receive 75% refund for Summer 2 course
drops
July 7, 8 Late registration for Summer 2 (add/drop)
July 8 Last day to add/drop Summer 2 classes in MyFIT (online
system closes at 11:30pm)
July 8 Last day to receive 50% refund for Summer 2 course
drops
July 9 Last day to withdraw from Summer 2 classes with
a partial refund (25%)
July 9 - 13 Certification rosters for Summer 2 open to faculty
July 13 Last day for faculty to submit certification rosters
for Summer 2
July 14 Census Date for Summer 2
July 28 Last day to submit course withdrawal forms (WD grades)
for Summer 2
July 31 Final grade rosters for Summer 2 open to faculty
July 31 Summer 2 ends
August 5 Summer 2 final grade rosters are due