Academic Calendars

The academic calendar provides a list of key dates, deadlines and milestones during the academic year.

Summer 2022

Date(s)	Description
May 9	Maymester classes begin
May 9	Drop/Add ends for Maymester classes at 5 p.m.
May 13	Last day to withdraw from Maymester classes with grade of “W”
May 20	Maymester classes end
May 23	First summer session and summer full-term classes begin
May 27	Maymester final grades due by 5 p.m.
May 27	Drop/Add ends for first summer/full-term classes
May 30	Memorial Day Holiday; University offices closed
June 8	Last day to withdraw from first summer session with grade of ‘W’
June 24	First summer session ends
June 27	Second summer sessions begins
July 1	Drop/Add ends for second summer session; Last day to withdraw from Full session with a grade of “W”
July 1	Final grades due for first summer session by 5 p.m.
July 4	Holiday – No classes, university offices closed
July 13	Last day to withdraw from second session classes with grade of ‘W’
July 14-15	Board of Trustee Meetings
July 29	Full and second term session classes end
August 1	Final grades due for full and second summer session classes

Date(s)	Description
August 16-17	New Faculty Workshops
August 18-19	Faculty Workshops
August 19	New Student Move-In
August 21	First Year Student Matriculation Ceremony (Time-TBD)
August 22	All Fall Classes Begin (Full and Mini Session One)
August 26	Drop/Add ends for Full and Mini One Classes
September 13	Last day to withdraw from Mini Session One with grade of ‘W’
October 5	Midterm grades due for all Full Session Classes by 5 p.m.
October 7	Last day to withdraw from a Full Session course with grade ‘W’
October 7	Mini Session One Classes End
October 10	Holiday, Offices Closed
October 10-11	Fall Break – No Classes
October 12	First Day of Classes for Mini Session Two
October 14	Final grades for Mini Session One due by 5 p.m.
October 17	Drop/Add Ends for Mini Session Two
October 21-22	Parent’s Weekend
October 22	Homecoming
October 24	Academic Advising for Spring 2023 Begins
November 3	Last day to withdraw from Mini Session Two with grade ‘W’
November 11	Academic Advising for Spring 2023 Ends
November 3-4	Board of Trustee Meetings
November 7-11	Registration for Spring 2023
November 23-25	Thanksgiving Break – No Classes
December 2	Final Day of Classes for Full and Mini Session Two
December 3	Reading Day
December 5-8	Final Exams (See Final Exam Schedule)
December 9	Grades Due for Graduating Seniors, End of Semester
December 12	ALL Final Grades Due by 5:00 p.m.

Date(s)	Descriptions
January 12-13	Faculty Development Days
January 16	MLK Holiday – No Classes, University Offices Closed
January 17	All Full and Mini Session One Classes Begin
January 23	Drop/Add Ends for all Full and Mini Session One Classes
February 8	Last day to withdraw from Mini Session One with grade of ‘W’
February 28	Last Day Withdraw from Full Session Classes with grade ‘W’
March 2	Midterm Grades Due for all Full Session Classes
March 3	Mini Session One Classes End
March 6-10	Spring Break
March 10	University Holiday, Offices Closed
March 13	Mini Session Two Classes Begin
March 17	Drop/Add Ends for Mini Session Two
March 23-24	Board of Trustee Meetings
March 27-April 14	Academic Advising and Registration for Summer/Fall 2023
April 7	Holiday – No Classes and Offices Closed
April 25	SOURCE Day – No Classes
May 3	Last Day of Classes for Full and Mini Term Two
May 3	Baccalaureate – 10 a.m.
May 4	Reading Day
May 5-6	Final Exams
May 8-9	Final Exams
May 10	Final Grades for Graduating Seniors due by 11 a.m.
May 10	LTSS Baccalaureate (Time TBD)
May 11	Columbia Commencement (Time TBD)
May 12	Hickory Graduate Ceremony (Time TBD)
May 12	Hickory Commencement (Time TBD)
May 12	Grades for all students due by 5 p.m.
May 13	Asheville Commencement 10 a.m.