COLLEGE CALENDAR
Additional holiday information is available on our Religious Holidays calendar.
Academic Calendar
FALL SEMESTER 2008
SPRING SEMESTER 2009
SUMMER TERM 2009
| 16-Week Session | |
| Classes Begin | August 25 |
| Schedule Adjustments (add/drop/swap -- on NovaConnect) without Permission | August 25 - September 1 |
| Labor Day Holiday | September 1 |
| Schedule Adjustments with Permission (Adds -- in person only; Drops -- on NovaConnect) | September 11 |
| Last Day to Drop with Tuition Refund (Census Date)* | September 11 |
| Last Day to Apply for Graduation | October 1 |
| Non-Instructional Days/No Classes | October 13 - 14 |
| Last Day to Withdraw Without Grade Penalty or Change to Audit | October 31 |
| Thanksgiving Holidays | November 26 - 28 |
| Non-Instructional Days/No Classes | November 29 - 30 |
| Classes and Examinations End | December 21 |
| First 8-Week Session | |
| Classes Begin | August 25 |
| Schedule Adjustments (add/drop/swap -- on NovaConnect) without Permission | August 25 - 27 |
| Schedule Adjustments with Permission (Adds -- in person only; Drops -- on NovaConnect) | August 28 - September 2 |
| Labor Day Holiday | September 1 |
| Last Day to Drop with Tuition Refund (Census Date)* | September 2 |
| Last Day to Withdraw Without Grade Penalty or Change to Audit | September 29 |
| Last Day to Apply for Graduation | October 1 |
| Non-Instructional Days/No Classes | October 13 - 14 |
| Classes and Examinations End | October 21 |
| Second 8-Week Session | |
| Classes Begin | October 22 |
| Schedule Adjustments (add/drop/swap -- on NovaConnect) without Permission | October 22 - 24 |
| Schedule Adjustments with Permission (Adds -- in person only; Drops -- on NovaConnect) | October 25 - 29 |
| Last Day to Drop with Tuition Refund (Census Date)* | October 29 |
| Last Day to Withdraw Without Grade Penalty or Change to Audit | November 24 |
| Thanksgiving Holidays | November 26 - 28 |
| Non-Instructional Days/No Classes | November 29 - 30 |
| Classes and Examinations End | December 21 |
| 16-Week Session | |
| Classes Begin | January 12 |
| Martin Luther King Day Holiday for Faculty, Staff and Students | January 19 |
| Last Day for Schedule Adjustments with Tuition Refund (Census Date) | January 28 |
| Last Day to Apply for Graduation | March 2 |
| Spring Break (No classes) | March 9-15 |
| Last Day to Withdraw Without Grade Penalty or Change to Audit | March 27 |
| Classes and Examinations End | May 11 |
| Commencement Ceremony | May 12 |
| First 8 -Week Session | |
| Classes Begin | January 12 |
| Martin Luther King Day Holiday for Faculty, Staff and Students | January 19 |
| Last Day for Schedule Adjustments with Tuition Refund (Census Date) | January 20 |
| Last Day to Withdraw Without Grade Penalty or Change to Audit | February 13 |
| Last Day to Apply for Graduation | March 2 |
| Classes and Examinations End | March 8 |
| Second 8 -Week Session | |
| Classes Begin | March 16 |
| Last Day for Schedule Adjustments with Tuition Refund (Census Date) | March 24 |
| Last Day to Withdraw Without Grade Penalty or Change to Audit | April 20 |
| Classes and Examinations End | May11 |
| Commencement Ceremony | May 12 |
| SUMMER TERM 2009 | |
| NOVAConnect Web/Telephone Enrollment Begins for All Sessions | March 31 |
| 12-Week Session | |
| Classes Begin | May 18 |
| Memorial Day Holiday | May 25 |
| Last Day for Schedule Adjustments with Tuition Refund (Census Date) | June 1 |
| Last Day to Apply for Graduation | June 2 |
| Independence Day Holiday (observed) | July 3 |
| Non-Instructional Days for Faculty and Students | July 4-5 |
| Last Day to Withdraw Without Grade Penalty or Change to Audit | July 7 |
| Classes and Examinations End | August 10 |
| First 6 -Week Session | |
| Classes Begin | May 18 |
| Memorial Day Holiday | May 25 |
| Last Day for Schedule Adjustments with Tuition Refund (Census Date) | May 26 |
| Last Day to Apply for Graduation | June 2 |
| Last Day to Withdraw Without Grade Penalty or Change to Audit | June 12 |
| Classes and Examinations End | June 29 |
| Second 6 -Week Session | |
| Classes Begin | June 30 |
| Independence Day Holiday (observed) | July 3 |
| Non-Instructional Days for Faculty and Students | July 4-5 |
| Last Day for Schedule Adjustments with Tuition Refund (Census Date) | July 7 |
| Last Day to Withdraw Without Grade Penalty or Change to Audit | July 27 |
| Classes and Examinations End | August 10 |