Spring Arbor University *2015-16 Academic Calendar for Campus Undergraduate Programs University Annual Meeting New Student Orientation Lo-down Event (sponsored by Student Development) Classes begin (7:45 a.m.) Convocation Last Day for class changes Constitution Day Arbor Games Day (shortened class schedule) Homecoming Weekend Fall Break (no classes) Mid-semester grades due (12:00 noon) Last Day to withdraw from classes (5:00 p.m.) Fall Commencement Thanksgiving Break begins (10:00 p.m.) Thanksgiving Break ends (7:45 a.m.) Hanging of the Greens End of Fall Semester (Final exams, Dec. 16-18) Final grades due (12:00 noon) Fall Semester 2015 August 27 September 7-9 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 15 September 17 September 23 October 2 - 3 October 23 October 27 November 6 November 21 November 24 November 30 December 11 December 18 December 22 Thursday Monday – Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Tuesday Thursday Wednesday Friday – Saturday Friday Tuesday Friday Saturday Tuesday Monday Friday Friday Tuesday Interim classes begin Last day for class changes Last day to withdraw from classes (5:00 p.m.) Martin Luther King Day (no classes) Interim exams/Last day of classes Interim grades due (12:00 noon) Interim 2016 January 6 January 6 January 14 January 18 January 26 February 1 Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Monday Tuesday Monday Classes begin (7:45 a.m.) Last day for class changes Focus Series (no regularly scheduled classes) Spring Break begins (10:00 p.m.) Spring Break ends (classes begin at 7:45 a.m.) Mid-semester grades due (12:00 noon) Good Friday (no classes) Easter Break travel day (evening classes will be held) Last day to withdraw from classes (5:00 p.m.) Registration for 2016-17 begins End of Spring Semester (Final exams, May 11-13) Baccalaureate Spring Commencements Final grades due (12:00 noon) Spring Semester 2016 January 28 February 2 February 17 March 4 March 14 March 22 March 25 March 28 April 1 April 5 May 13 May 13 May 14 May 17 Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Monday Tuesday Friday Monday Friday Tuesday Friday Friday Saturday Tuesday (Additional summer classes of varying lengths will be offered in May, June and July) *Where specific circumstances vary from normal procedures and schedules, catalog and university policy supersede dates listed above. Wednesday, February 10, 2016