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2024 – 2025 (Current Year)

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

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)

October, 2024

• Fri – Sun
  4-6
  Homecoming
• Sat – Sun
  12-20
  Fall Break
• Mon
  21
  Semester 1 Courses Resume
• Mon – Fri
  21-25
  Advising
• Fri
  25
  Add/Drop deadline for term 2 courses (11:59pm)
• Sun
  27
  Withdraw (non-punitive) deadline for Semester 1 courses (11:59pm)
• Mon – Fri
  28-1
  Advising

November, 2024

• Mon – Wed
  4-6
  Advising
• Thu – Fri
  7-8
  Registration
• Mon
  11
  Holiday – Veterans Day – College Closed (No Classes)
• Tue – Thu
  12-14
  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

• Wed
  11
  Last Day of Regular Classes for Semester 1
• Thu
  12
  Winter Showcase (undergraduate student attendance required)
• Fri
  13
  Exam Day
• Sat
  14
  Exam Day
• Sun
  15
  Student Account Billing Due – New & Returning Students
• Sun
  15
  Reading Day
• Mon
  16
  Exam Day
• Tue
  17
  Exam Day 2 / Last Day of Semester I
• Wed
  18
  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
• Thu
  19
  Holiday – Juneteenth – College Closed (No Classes)
• 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