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2024 – 2025 (Current Year)
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2024 – 2025
August, 2024
- Sat
3
Swannanoa Gathering Ends - Thu
15
Student Leaders and Athletes Move-in - Sat – Wed
17-21
Pre-orientation - Thu
22
New Student Move-in Day - Fri – Sun
23-25
New & Transfer Student Orientation - Sun
25
Returning Student Check-In & Residence Halls Open (1:00-5:00pm) - Mon
26
Center for Experiential Learning Orientation
- Mon
26
Service Day for New Students
- Mon
26
Work Orientation for Returning Students
- Tue
27
Work Orientation – All Students - Wed
28
Courses Begin – Semester 1
Revised Calendar
September, 2024
- Mon
2
Holiday – Labor Day – College Closed (No Classes) - Wed
4
Add/Drop deadline for Semester 1 courses (11:59pm) - Fri – Sat
20-21
Family Weekend - Sun
22
Withdraw (non-punitive) deadline for Term 1 courses (11:59pm) - Mon – Fri
30-4
Hurricane Break
October, 2024
- Mon – Fri
7-11
Fall Break - Mon – Fri
14-18
Hurricane Break - Mon
21
Semester 1/Term 1 Courses Resume - Thu
24
Advising Begins
November, 2024
- Fri
1
Term 1 Classes End - Mon
4
Term 2 Classes Begin - Fri
8
Add/Drop deadline for term 2 courses (11:59pm) - Sun
10
Withdraw (non-punitive) deadline for Semester 1 courses (11:59pm) - Mon
11
Veterans Day – Now a Class Day - Mon – Thu
18-21
Registration - Sun
17
Withdraw (non-punitive) deadline for Term 2 courses (11:59pm) - Wed
20
MFA Fall Semester Ends - Wed – Fri
27-29
Holiday – Thanksgiving Break – College Closed (No Classes)
December, 2024
- Sun
15
Student Account Billing Due – New & Returning Students - Fri
20
Last Day of Classes/Semester for Semester 1 / Term 2 - Sat
21
Residence Halls Close at 1:00pm
January, 2025
- Fri
3
MFA Winter Residency Begins - Sat
4
MFA Spring Semester Begins - Sun
12
Student Leaders Move-in - Sun
12
MFA Graduation Ceremony - Mon
13
MFA Winter Residency Ends - Thu – Sun
16-19
New Student Orientation - Sun
19
Returning Student Check-In and Residence Halls Open (1:00-5:00pm) - Mon
20
Holiday – Martin Luther King Jr. Day – College Closed (No Classes) - Tue
21
Courses Begin – Semester 2 - Mon
27
Add/Drop deadline for Semester 2 and Term 3 courses (11:59pm)
February, 2025
- Sun
16
Withdraw (non-punitive) deadline from Term 3 courses (11:59pm)
March, 2025
- Sat – Sun
8-16
Spring Break - Mon
17
Semester 2 Courses Resume / Term 4 Courses begin - Fri
21
Add/Drop deadline for Term 4 courses (11:59pm) - Sun
23
Withdraw (non-punitive) deadline from Semester 2 courses (11:59pm) - Mon – Mon
24-31
Advising
April, 2025
- Tue – Fri
1-11
Advising - Thu
10
Work Day – No Classes - Sun
13
Withdraw (non-punitive) deadline for Term 4 courses (11:59pm) - Mon – Fri
14-18
Registration - Wed
30
Last Day of Regular Classes for Semester 2
May, 2025
- Thu – Fri
1-2
Spring Capstone Carnival (undergraduate student attendance required) - Sat
3
Exam Day - Sun
4
Reading Day - Mon – Tue
5-6
Exam Days - Wed
7
Exam Day / Last Day of Semester 2 - Thu
8
Residence Halls Close for Non-Graduating Students at 1:00pm - Fri
9
Honors & Awards Event - Sat
10
Commencement Ceremony - Wed
14
Mountain Term begins - Wed
21
MFA Spring Semester ends - Mon
26
Holiday – Memorial Day – College Closed (No Classes)
June, 2025
- Fri
6
Mountain Term ends - Sun
15
MACS Summer Residency Begins - Thu
19
Holiday – Juneteenth – College Closed (No Classes) - Fri
27
MACS Summer Residency Ends - Sun
29
Swannanoa Gathering Begins
July, 2025
- Tue
1
Student Account Billing Due – New Students - Wed
2
MFA Summer Residency begins - Thu
3
MFA Fall Semester begins - Fri
4
Holiday – Fourth of July – College Closed (No Classes) - Fri
11
MFA Graduation Ceremony - Sat
12
MFA Summer Residency ends - Tue
15
Student Account Billing Due – Returning Students