Chowan University
Academic Calendar
2017-2018
Fall Semester
August
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
17
19
19-21
20
21
21
22
22
29
First Day Faculty Report
New Faculty Orientation
Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Begin, 6:00
p.m.
Faculty/Staff Workshop
New Students Arrive and Check-in
New Students Follow Student Life Schedule
Returning Students Arrive
Returning Students Check-in
Students Meet with Advisors
Undergraduate Day Classes Begin, 8:00 a.m.
Graduate School Classes Begin, 5:00 p.m.
Last Day to Add Classes
September
Monday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
Tuesday
4
6
12
25
27
Classes Meet on Labor Day
Academic and Founders’ Day Convocation, 11:00 a.m.
Last Day to Drop Classes without a Record
Taylor Religious Heritage Lecture, 11:00 a.m.
Taylor Religious Heritage Lecture, 11:00 a.m.
October
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
Friday
Saturday
Tuesday
4
5
9
13
14
17
Saturday
Monday
Tuesday
21
23
24
Fall Break Begins at Conclusion of Classes
Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Classes Resume, 8:00 a.m.
Mid-term Grades Due, 12 noon
Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Students Meet with Advisors (No Main Campus
Undergraduate Classes)
Classes)
Homecoming
Pre-registration for Spring Semester Begins
Last Day to Drop Classes with a W
November
Saturday
Tuesday
Monday
4
21
27
Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Thanksgiving Holiday Begins at Conclusion of Classes
Classes Resume, 8:00 a.m.
Thursday
Saturday
Saturday-Monday
Sunday
Monday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
December
14
15
15
Tuesday
5
Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday
6
7
7
Monday
Wednesday
11
13
Final Exams Begin for Graduate School and Adult Degree
Completion Program
Reading Day
Final Exams Begin for Undergraduate Day
Final Exams End for Graduate School and Adult Degree
Completion Program
Final Exams End for Undergraduate Day
Final Grades for All Students Due, 12 noon
Spring Semester
January
Sunday
Sunday-Monday
Monday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
7
7-8
8
8
9
9
9
15
16
30
New and Returning Students Arrive
New Students Follow Student Life Schedule
Students Check-in
Students Meet with Advisors
Undergraduate Day Classes Begin, 8:00 a.m.
Graduate School Classes Begin, 5:00 p.m.
Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Begin, 6:00 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (No Classes)
Last Day to Add Classes
Last Day to Drop Classes without a Record
February
Saturday
3
Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
March
Friday
Friday
Tuesday
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Monday
Friday
2
2
6
8
12
20
20
26
30
Mid-term Grades Due, 12 noon
Spring Break Begins at Conclusion of Classes
Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
Classes Resume, 8:00 a.m.
Passport to Fall (No Main Campus Undergraduate Classes)
Last Day to Drop Classes with a W
Pre-registration for Fall Semester Begins
Good Friday (No Classes)
April
Monday
2
Twenty-Fourth Annual Mary Frances Hobson Lecture and
Prize Conferral
Pre-registration for Summer Session Begins
Adult Degree Completion Program Classes Meet
The Chowan Academic Forum: A Celebration of the
Intellectual and Artistic Life of the University
Fourteenth Annual Faculty Interdisciplinary Symposium
Twentieth Annual Chowan University Student Research
Conference
Awards Day Convocation, 11:00 a.m.
Monday
Saturday
Friday-Sunday
2
7
12-25
Monday
Tuesday
16
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
Thursday
26
26
Friday
27
Follow MWF Class Schedule
Final Exams Begin for Graduate School and Adult Degree
Completion Program
Reading Day
Saturday
28
Final Exams Begin for Undergraduate Day
May
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Final Exams End for Graduate School and Adult Degree
Completion Program
Final Exams End for Undergraduate Day
Thursday
3
Friday
Saturday
Friday
4
5
11
Final Grades for Graduating Seniors and Graduate
Students Due, 12 noon
Final Grades for All Other Students Due, 12 noon
Commencement, 10:00 a.m.
Last Day Faculty Report
Summer Session
May
Monday
Tuesday
14
15
Friday
Friday
Monday
18
25
28
Registration and Class Changes
Undergraduate and Adult Degree Completion Program
Classes Begin, 8:00 a.m.
Last Day to Add Classes
Last Day to Drop Classes without a Record
Memorial Day (No Classes)
June
Friday
Tuesday
Thursday
1
19
21
Last Day to Drop Classes with a W
Final Exams for Undergraduate Day
Final Grades for Undergraduate Day Due, 12:00 p.m.
July
Tuesday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
4
24
26
27
Independence Day
Final Exams Begin for Adult Degree Completion Program
Final Exams End for Adult Degree Completion Program
Final Grades for Adult Degree Completion Program Due,
4:00 p.m.