Department Calendar

Spring 2024

January

1/11 Residence halls open for new residential students 8:00 a.m-5:00
1/14 Residence halls open 9:00 a.m.-5:00 for returning students
1/15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No Classes)
1/16 Arrowmont schoalarship call for entry announced
1/16 Classes begin (16-week semester & 1st 8-week term)
1-16 Last registration (16-week semester)
1/17 President Troy Paino’s “All University” Assembly
        (4 p.m., Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall)
1/19 Last day to add courses (by 5:00 pm, 16-week semester & 1st 8-week term)
1/24 Last day to drop a 1st 8-week semester course without a grade of W

February

2/1 UMW Galleries Opening Reception, 5/7pm
2/2 Last day to drop a 16-week semester course without a grade of W
2/6 Arrowmont Applications Due
2/8 Declaration of Major is due (B.A./B.S. students only) 
2/12 Department Meeting, 4pm
2/14 Last day to change to/from a pass/fail grade for 1st 8-week term
2/14 Last day to withdraw from a 1st 8-week course without a grade of F

March

3/1 *Spring Bread begins at 5pm for 16 -week semester (Eagle Landing remains open, Other residence halls close at 9p.m.)
3/1 Last day of classes for 1st 8-week term
3/1 Last day to withdraw from the University (all courses)
3/7-3/8 Final exams for 1st 8-week term
3/10 Residence halls open at 2pm
3/11 Spring Break ends; classes for 16-week semester resume
3/11 Classes begin (2nd 8-week term)
3/11 Registration for upcoming Summer semester begins
3-15 Midterm Grades Due
3/15 Last day to register for 2nd 8-week courses
3/15-3/16 Destination UMW
3/18-3/29 Pre-registration Advising
3/20 Last day to dop a 2nd 8-week course without a grade of W 
3/22 Last day to change to/from a pass/fail grade (16-week semester)
3/27 Department Meeting, 4pm
3/27 Last day to withdraw from a 16-week course without a grade of F

April

4/1-4/4 Advance registration for upcoming Fall semester
4/10 Last day to change to/from a pass/fail grade for 2nd 8-week term
4/10 Last day to withdraw from a 2nd 8-week course without a grade of F
4/13 Multicultural Fair
4/15 Department Meeting, 4pm
4/19-4/20 Destination UMW
4/26 Last day of classes for 16-week semester and 2nd 8-week term
4/26 Last day to withdraw from the University if registered for 16-week courses and/or 2nd 8-week courses if no grade has been received in 1st 8-week term
4/27-4/28 Reading Period
4/29 Final examinations start (16-week semester & 2nd 8-week term)

May

5/3  Final examinations end (16-week semester & 2nd 8-week term)
5/4 All residence halls close at 10am (except for graduating seniors)
5/11 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement
5/12 Residence halls close at 10:00 a.m. for graduating seniors
*Out-of-state and international students may contact the Office of Residence Life and Housing to investigate possible housing options during Break.

Fall 2023

August 

8/21 President Troy Paino’s “All University” Assembly 
(9 a.m., Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall)
8/21 Department Meeting  
8/23 Residence halls open 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon for entering freshmen and new transfer students 
8/25 Honor Convocation 
8/26-8/27 Returning Students move in 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon 
8/28 Classes begin (16-week semester & 1st 8-week term)

September 

9/1 Last day to add courses (by 5:00 pm, 16-week semester & 1st 8-week term) 
9/4 Labor Day observed (no classes) 
9/6 Last day to drop a 1st 8-week semester course without a grade of W
9/7 UMW Galleries Opening Reception, 5-7pm
9/11 Department Meeting 
9/15 Last day to drop a 16-week semester course without a grade of W 
9/26 Declaration of Major is due (B.A./B.S. students only) 

October

10/6-10/8 Family Weekend
10/9 Department Meeting 
10/13 Last day to withdraw from the University (all courses)
10/13 Applications due for Spring semester Individual Study
10/14 – 10/17 Fall Break (16-week semester); residence halls remain open 
10/23 – 11/3 Pre-registration Advising
10/26 UMW Galleries Opening Reception, 5-7pm 
10/27 Last day to change to/from a pass/fail grade (16-week semester) 
10/27 Last day to withdraw from a 16-week course without a grade of F

November

11/6 Department Meeting
11/6-11/9 Advance registration for upcoming Spring semester begins
11/22 – 11/26 *Thanksgiving Break (Eagle Landing remains open. Other residence halls close at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday and reopen at 2:00 p.m. Sunday) 

December

12/8 Last day of classes 
12/8 Last day to withdraw from the University 
12/9 – 12/10 Reading Period 
12/5 – 12/9 Final examinations 
12/16 Residence halls (except for Eagle Landing) close at 10:00 a.m. 
*Out-of-state and international students may contact the Office of Residence Life and Housing to investigate possible housing options during Break.