2028-2029 Undergraduate Academic Calendar
August
25 — Academic Convocation
28 — All undergraduate courses begin
September
1 — Last day to add a course via Cyberfriar
4 — Labor Day holiday – Offices closed; Classes suspended
5 — Administrative adjustment period begins
12 — Last day to drop courses without “WD” grade on Cyberfriar; Last day for election of audit option; Last day to add courses without charge
13 — Late adjustment period begins
21 — Rosh Hashanah
30 — Yom Kippur
October
9 — Columbus Day holiday – Offices closed; Classes suspended
10 — All classes resume; Monday class schedule to be followed
18 — Mid-semester date; Last day to submit coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Spring/Summer 2028
25 — Last day for submission of mid-semester grades
November
1 — Solemnity of All Saints
7 — Last day to elect Pass/Fail option (option for Class of 2032 begins with second semester)
10 — Course registration for Class of 2029 and December 2029 graduates
11 — Course registration for Class of 2030 and December 2030 graduates
12 — Course registration for Class of 2031 and December 2031 graduates
13 — Course registration for Class of 2032 and December 2032 graduates
22–26 — Thanksgiving Recess – Offices closed; Classes suspended
27 — All classes resume
December
1 — Last day to withdraw with “WD” with permission
8 — Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
8 — Last day of fall undergraduate classes
9 — Reading Day – undergraduates; Last day for fall graduate classes
10 — Reading Day for undergraduates
11 — Fall semester exams (including DWC)
12 — Fall semester exams
13 — Fall semester exams; Hannukah
14 — Fall semester exams
15 — Fall semester exams for undergraduate courses only
18 — Wintersession courses begin
25 — Christmas Day – holiday
January
1 — New Year’s Day holiday; Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
12 — Wintersession courses end
15 — Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday – Offices closed
16 — All undergraduate and graduate courses begin
22 — Last day to add a course on Cyberfriar for undergraduates
23 — Administrative adjustment period begins for undergraduates
29 — Last day to drop courses without “WD” grade on Cyberfriar; Last day for election of audit option; Last day to add courses without charge
30 — Late adjustment period begins for undergraduates
February
14 — Ash Wednesday
19 — President’s Day holiday – Offices closed; Classes suspended
20 — All classes resume; Monday class schedule to be followed
March
3–11 — Spring Recess – All classes suspended
12 — All classes resume
14 — Mid-semester date for undergraduate courses; Last day to submit coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Fall 2028 and Winter 2029
21 — Last day for submission of mid-semester grades
29 — Holy Thursday; Easter Recess – Classes suspended
30 — Good Friday; Easter Recess; Offices closed; Classes suspended
31 — Easter Recess – Classes suspended; Passover
April
1 — Easter
2 — Easter Recess – Classes suspended
3 — All classes resume
4 — Monday class schedule to be followed; Last day to elect Pass/Fail option
9 — Course registration for December 2029 graduates, Class of 2030 and December 2030 graduates
10 — Course registration for Class of 2031 and December 2031 graduates
11 — Course registration for Class of 2032 and December 2032 graduates
21 — Proposed weather cancellation make-up day
27 — Last day to withdraw with “WD” with permission
May
4 — Last day of classes
5 — Reading Day; Last day for spring graduate classes
6 — Reading Day
7 — Spring semester exams (including DWC)
8 — Spring semester exams
9 — Spring semester exams
10 — Spring semester exams; Ascension Thursday
11 — Spring semester exams
17 — Graduate/SCE Commencement
18 — ROTC Commissioning
19 — Academic Awards Ceremony; Commencement Mass; Parents’ Reception
20 — Commencement
May
21 — Maymester begins
23 — Last day to withdraw from Maymester course; Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for Maymester courses
25 — Maymester ends
28 — Memorial Day holiday – Offices closed
29 — Summer Session I begins
June
4 — Last day to withdraw from three-week Summer I courses; Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for three-week Summer I courses
15 — Three-week Summer I courses end
18 — Graduate Theology courses begin
19 — Juneteenth – Offices closed, classes suspended
29 — Summer Session I ends
July
2 — Summer Session II begins
4 — Independence Day – Offices closed, classes suspended
16 — Last day to withdraw from ten-week Summer I courses; Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for ten-week Summer I courses
20 — Graduate Theology courses end; Last day to withdraw from five-week Summer II courses
August
3 — Summer Session II ends
8 — Feast of St. Dominic
