2016
2017
2017
2017
2016
2016
2017
2017
2016
2017
2017
2017
*Plus one floating Faculty Development Day
December 17-January 8
No Classes
HLC Workday/No Classes
Faculty Development
Information Day
Semester Start Date
Semester End Date
WDT Closed
Commencement
FALL SEMESTER 2016
August
2016-2017 Academic Calendar
2016
Jump Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 18
Build Dakota Jump Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Faculty Development Days. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-19
Information Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Classes Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Last Day to Add. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
September
Last Day to Drop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Labor Day – WDT Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 Week Grades due by 3:00PM. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Career Expo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
October
Native American Day – WDT Closed. . . . . . . . 10
HLC Workday – No Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Midterm Grades due by 3:00PM. . . . . . . . . . . 14
Midterm Advising Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
November
Veterans Day – WDT Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Last Day to Drop with a “W”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
HLC Workday – No Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Thanksgiving Break – WDT Closed. . . . . . 24-25
December
End of Semester
Final Grades due by 3:00PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Semester Break. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-Jan 6
WDT Closed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 26, 30
SPRING SEMESTER 2017
January
WDT Closed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Faculty Development Days*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Jump Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Information Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Classes Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Last Day to Add. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Martin Luther King Day – WDT Closed. . . . . . 16
Last Day to Drop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
February
4 Week Grades due by 3:00PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
WDT Career Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
President’s Day – WDT Closed. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
HLC Workday – No Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
March
Midterm Grades due by 3:00PM. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Spring Break – No Classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Midterm Advising Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
April
Last Day to Drop with a “W”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
HLC Workday – No Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
WDT Closed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Easter Break – No Classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-18
Faculty Development Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
May
Final Grades due by noon for graduates. . . . . 11
End of Semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Final Grades due by noon
for non-graduates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Faculty Development Days. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17
SUMMER SEMESTER 2017
May
Information Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Memorial Day – WDT Closed. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Classes Begin (Sessions 1 and 2). . . . . . . . . . .
Last Day to Add (Sessions 1 and 2) . . . . . . . . .
24
29
30
31
June
Last Day to Drop (Sessions 1 and 2). . . . . . . . . . 5
July
4th of July Holiday – No Classes. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4th of July Holiday – WDT Closed. . . . . . . . . . . 4
Session 1/Last Day to Drop with a “W”. . . . . . 12
Session 2/Last Day to Drop with a “W”. . . . . . 25
Session 1 Ends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
August
Session 2 Ends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11