Important Dates
Fall Term | Winter Term | Spring Term | Summer Session I | Summer Session II
Day |
Date |
Event |
Fall Term 2024 |
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| Tuesday – Thursday | August 6 – 8 | New Faculty Course Design Institute (CDI) – click here to register |
| Monday – Monday | August 19-26 | Planning Week — Visit the planning week website in late July for the final 2024 schedule |
| Tuesday | August 20 | New Full-Time Faculty Orientation, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm — click here to register |
| Wednesday | August 21 | New Part-Time Faculty Orientation, 4:00 pm – 5:45 pm — click here to register |
| Wednesday | August 21 | Elon’s HR session for all new faculty (9:00-10:30 a.m.) – Questions? Please call 336.278.5560 |
| Saturday | August 24 | New Student Convocation, 9 a.m. Under the Oaks (deadline to sign up for complementary regalia rental for the event is July 31st, 2023). Email Patti Gibbons for more information at pgibbons@elon.edu. |
| Tuesday | August 27 | Classes begin |
| Friday | September 6 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
University-wide faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Friday | September 13 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm — click here to register |
| Friday-Sunday | September 27- 30 | Family Weekend |
| Friday | October 4 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Town hall faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Thursday-Sunday | October 9-14 | Fall break (Break begins at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, October 9. Classes do not meet on these days, but the university remains open.) |
| Thursday | October 15 | Mid-semester assessments due at 3:00 pm |
| Friday-Sunday | October 18-20 | Homecoming & Reunion Weekend |
| Friday | October 18 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm — click here to register |
| Friday | November 1 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
University-wide faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Friday | November 8 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm — click here to register |
| Saturday-Sunday | November 23-29 | Thanksgiving Holiday (Break begins at 5:00 pm on Friday, November 22) |
| Friday | December 6 | Classes end
Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm University-wide faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Saturday | December 7 | Reading Day |
| Monday – Friday | December 9-13 | Final exams (Access the exam schedule on OnTrack.) |
| Tuesday | December 17 | Grades due at 12:00 pm
Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm (lunch included) — click here to register |
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Winter Term 2025 |
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| Friday | January 3 | Classes begin; Drop-Add Begins |
| Monday | January 6 | Drop-Add Ends |
| Friday | January 10 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 12-1 pm — click here to register |
| Monday | January 20 | Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (no classes) |
| Thursday | January 23 | Classes end |
| Friday | January 24 | Winter Term final exams |
| Monday | January 27 | Grades due at 12:00 pm |
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Spring Term 2025 |
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| Thursday | January 30 | Classes begin |
| Friday | February 7 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
School-based faculty meetings (tentative) |
| Friday | February 14 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm — click here to register |
| Friday | March 7 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
University-wide Faculty Meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Friday | March 14 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm — click here to register |
| Friday | March 14 | Spring Break begins following afternoon classes |
| Monday | March 24 | Classes resume
Mid-semester grades due at 3:00 pm |
| Friday | April 4 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Town hall faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Friday | April 11 | Monthly New Full-Time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 – 4:30 pm – click here to register |
| Tuesday | April 29 | SURF – Spring Undergraduate Research Forum (no classes)
*All students are expected to attend SURF presentations, which are factored into instructional time. |
| Friday | May 2 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
University-wide faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Monday | May 12 | Last day of classes |
| Tuesday | May 13 | Reading Day (No classes, evening exams begin) |
| Wednesday- Monday | May 14-19 | Final exams (Access the exam schedule on OnTrack.) |
| Tuesday | May 20 | Senior grades due at 1:00 pm |
| Thursday | May 22 | Remaining grades due at 12:00 pm |
| Friday | May 23 | Commencement (faculty attend in academic regalia) |
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Summer Session I – 2024 |
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| Monday | June 3 | Classes Begin |
| Wednesday | June 26 | Last Day of Classes |
| Monday | July 1 | Final Exams |
| Wednesday | July 3 | Grades due at 12:00 pm |
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Summer Session II – 2024 |
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| Monday | July 8 | Classes Begin |
| Thursday | July 25 | Last Day of Classes |
| Friday | July 26 | Final Exams |
| Tuesday | July 30 | Grades due at 12:00pm |
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