ACADEMIC CALENDAR

FALL 2025 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

AUGUST

August 22 Cross Registration and Senior Citizen Registration begins

August 25 Last day for full-time students to withdraw with 100% refund and Academic Year Begins for Faculty

August 26 CLASSES BEGIN (Full semester courses and 1^st half 8-week term)

SEPTEMBER

September 1 Labor Day – NO CLASSES – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

September 2 Last day for full-time students to withdraw from the university with 90% refund (full semester and 1st half 8-week term)

Last day for part-time students to withdraw from courses with 100% refund (full semester and 1st half 8-week term)
Last day to Add a course without permission (full semester and 1st half 8-week term)

September 9 Last day for full-time students to withdraw from the university with 60% refund (Full semester and 1st half 8-week term)

Last day for part-time students to withdraw from courses with 60% refund (Full semester and 1st half 8-week term)
Last day to Drop a course (Full semester and 1st half 8-week term)

September 12 Student Independent Study forms & Faculty Development forms due to Registrar’s Office

September 15 Full-time to part-time and part-time to full-time status change deadline

September 16 Enrollment Reporting Census Date

September 19 WCSU Day of Service. No morning classes.

September 22 Last day for full-time students to withdraw from the university with 40% refund (Full semester and 1st half 8-week term)

Last day for part-time students to withdraw from courses with 40% refund (Full semester and 1^st half 8-week term)
Last day to submit Pass/Fail Option forms and Audit forms to the Registrar’s Office

OCTOBER

October 1 Winter 2025 Intersession registration begins

October 6 Undergraduate incomplete submission deadline for Spring/Summer

October 18 1st half 8-week term courses end

October 20 CLASSES BEGIN (2^nd half 8-week term)

October 21 Midterm grades due. May report Stopped Attending (SA)

October 26 Last day for 100% refund (2^nd half 8-week term)

NOVEMBER

November 1 Undergraduate Graduation Application Deadline for May Commencement

November 3 Last day for 60% refund (2^nd half 8-week term)

November 5 Spring registration begins (tentative). See Registrar’s webpage for detailed information.

November 9 Last day for 40% refund (2nd half 8-week courses)

November 14 Last Day to WITHDRAW from Classes (Full semester)

November 17 Last Day to WITHDRAW from 2nd half 8-week term

November 26 Thanksgiving Recess begins – NO CLASSES (University open)

November 27-30 Thanksgiving Recess Continued – NO CLASSES (UNIVERSITY CLOSED)

DECEMBER

December 1 Non-matriculated student registration begins (tentative)

December 6 Last Day of Classes (Full semester courses) and Graduate incomplete submission deadline for spring/summer 2025

December 8-14 Final Exam Week

December 17 Fall Final Grades Due by 4:30 pm

WINTERSESSION 2026 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

December 15 Intersession Classes Begins

December 25 Christmas Holiday – NO CLASSES (UNIVERSITY CLOSED)

January 1 New Year’s Holiday – NO CLASSES (UNIVERSITY CLOSED)

January 187 Intersession Classes End

January 21 Intersession Final Grades due by 4:30 pm

SPRING 2026 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

JANUARY

January 16 Cross Registration and Senior Citizen Registration begins

January 19 Martin Luther King Day – UNIVERSITY CLOSED

January 20 Last day for full-time student to withdraw with 100% refund

January 21 CLASSES BEGIN (Full semester courses and 1^st half 8-week term)

January 27 Last day for full-time students to withdraw from the university with 90% refund (Full semester courses and 1^st half 8-week term)

Last day for part-time students to withdraw from courses with 100% refund (Full semester courses and 1^st half 8-week term)
Last day to Add a course without permission

FEBRUARY

February 1 Undergraduate Graduation Application deadline for August degree conferral

February 3 Last day for full-time students to withdraw from the university with 60% refund (full semester and 1^st half 8-week courses)

Last day for part-time students to withdraw from courses with 60% refund (full semester and 1^st half 8-week courses)
Last day to Drop a course

February 6 Student Independent Study forms and Faculty Development forms due to the Registrar’s Office

February 10 Full-time to part-time and part-time to full-time status change deadline

February 11 Enrollment Reporting Census Date

February 13-16 President’s Holiday – NO CLASSES (UNIVERSITY CLOSED)

February 17 Last day for full-time students to withdraw from the university with 40% refund (Full semester and 1^st half 8-week courses)

Last day for part-time students to withdraw from courses with 40% refund (Full semester and 1^st half 8-week courses)
Last day to Withdraw from 1st half 8-week term courses
Last day to submit Pass/Fail Option forms and Audit forms to the Registrar’s Office

February 25 Summer registration begins (tentative)

MARCH

March 4 Undergraduate incomplete submission deadline for Fall 2025/Intersession 2026

March 16-22 Spring Break – NO CLASSES

March 23 CLASSES BEGIN (2^nd half 8-week term)

March 24 Midterm grades due. May report Stopped Attending (SA)

March 29 Last day for 100% refund (2^nd half 8-week term)

APRIL

April 1 Fall registration begins (tentative). See Registrar’s webpage for detailed information.

April 3-5 Day of Reflection Recess – NO CLASSES (UNIVERSITY CLOSED)

April 6 Last day for 60% refund

April 12 Last day for 40% refund (2^nd half 8-week courses)

April 13 Last Day to WITHDRAW from classes (full semester)

April 21 Last day to WITHDRAW from classes (2^nd half 8-week courses)

MAY

May 1 Non-matriculated student registration begins (tentative)

May 10 Last Day of Classes (Full semester)
Graduate Incomplete submission deadline for Fall 2025/Intersession 2026

May 11-17 Final Exam Week

TBD Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement

May 20 Spring Final Grades Due by 4:30 pm