Academic Calendar 2011–2016
Fall International Student Orientation
Fall Graduate Student Orientation
University Convocation
Destination Kent State: Welcome Weekend
Fall Classes Begin
Labor Day (1)
Veterans Day Observance (1)
Thanksgiving Recess (2)
Columbus Day Observance (3)
Fall Classes End
Fall Final Examinations
Ashtabula, Stark Campus Commencements
Kent Campus Commencements
Presidents Day Observed (4)
Christmas Day Observed (1)
Holiday Schedule (5)
New Year’s Day Observed (1)
Spring International Student Orientation
Spring Graduate Student Orientation
Spring Classes Begin
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1)
Spring Recess (6)
Spring Classes Resume
Honors Week
Remembrance Day (7)
Spring Classes End
Spring Final Examinations
Kent State Campuses Commencements
Summer Intersession Classes Begin
Memorial Day (1)
Summer Intersession Classes End
Summer I Classes Begin
Summer II Classes Begin
Independence Day Observed (1)
Summer I Classes End
Summer III Classes Begin
Summer II Classes End
Geauga Campus Commencement
Summer III Classes End
Kent Campus Commencements
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2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
Aug 21-22
Aug 23-24
Aug 26
Aug 26-28
Aug 29
Sept 5
Nov 11
Nov 23-27
Nov 25
Dec 11
Dec 12-18
Dec 16
Dec 17
Dec 27
Dec 26
Dec 28-Jan 1
Jan 2
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n/a
Jan 9
Jan 16
Mar 19-25
Mar 26
Apr 15-21
May 4
Apr 29
Apr 30-May 6
May 4-5
May 14
May 28
June 1
June 4
June 4
July 4
July 7
July 9
July 28
Aug 10
Aug 11
Aug 11
Aug 20-21
Aug 21-22
Aug 24
Aug 24-26
Aug 27
Sept 3
Nov 12
Nov 21-25
Nov 23
Dec 9
Dec 10-16
Dec 14
Dec 15
Dec 24
Dec 25
Dec 26-31
Jan 1
Jan 10-11
Jan 11
Jan 14
Jan 21
Mar 25-31
Apr 1
Apr 7-13
May 4
May 5
May 6-12
May 10-11
May 20
May 27
June 7
June 10
June 10
July 4
July 13
July 15
Aug 3
Aug 16
Aug 17
Aug 17
Aug 19-20
Aug 20-21
Aug 23
Aug 23-25
Aug 26
Sept 2
Nov 11
Nov 27-Dec 1
Nov 29
Dec 8
Dec 9-15
Dec 13
Dec 13, 14
Dec 24
Dec 25
Dec 26-31
Jan 1
Jan 9-10
Jan 10
Jan 13
Jan 20
Mar 24-30
Mar 31
Apr 6-12
May 4
May 4
May 5-11
May 9-10
May 19
May 26
June 6
June 9
June 9
July 4
July 12
July 14
Aug 2
Aug 15
Aug 16
Aug 16
Aug 18-19
Aug 19-20
Aug 22
Aug 22-24
Aug 25
Sept 1
Nov 11
Nov 26-30
Nov 28
Dec 7
Dec 8-14
Dec 12
Dec 12, 13
Dec 24
Dec 25
TBA
Jan 1
Jan 8-9
Jan 9
Jan 12
Jan 19
Mar 23-29
Mar 30
Apr 12-18
May 4
May 3
May 4-10
May 8-9
May 18
May 25
June 5
June 8
June 8
July 3
July 11
July 13
Aug 1
Aug 14
Aug 15
Aug 15
Aug 24-25
Aug 25-26
Aug 28
Aug 28-30
Aug 31
Sep 7
Nov 11
Nov 25-29
Nov 27
Dec 13
Dec 14-20
Dec 18
Dec 18, 19
Dec 24
Dec 25
TBA
Jan 1
Jan 14-15
Jan 15
Jan 19
Jan 18
Mar 21-27
Mar 28
Apr 3-9
May 4
May 8
May 9-15
May 13-14
May 23
May 30
June 10
June 13
June 13
July 4
July 16
July 18
Aug 6
Aug 19
Aug 20
Aug 20
State- or federal-designated holiday.
Thanksgiving: classes recessed Wednesday noon through Sunday; offices are closed Thursday and Friday.
Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, is a movable holiday, observed the day after Thanksgiving.
Presidents Day, the third Monday in February, is a movable holiday, observed contiguous with Christmas Day.
Kent State may operate on a holiday schedule during the last part of December. When that occurs, information will be
communicated to faculty and staff and will also be posted at www.kent.edu/hr/records/holiday-schedule.cfm.
Spring Recess: no classes, offices are open.
Remembrance Day (May 4): final exams, classes or parts of classes recess from noon through 2 p.m.
Last updated 24-Nov-13 T.Tillett