Academic Calendar

Academic
Calendar

The primary purpose of the Academic Calendar is to serve as an information source and planning document for students, faculty, staff, and departments. The academic calendar is based on Fisk University-approved guidelines. The academic calendar adheres to the University Policy of legislated contractual days of instruction. The mandated dates in the academic calendar include term start and end dates, breaks, registration, study days, final exam period, and commencement.

 Final Exam Schedule


Fall 2023

Day/Date Description
Friday, August 4, 2023

 

All Faculty Return to Campus for the State of the
University/Faculty and Staff Institute

 

Saturday, August 5, 2023

 

Sunday, August 6, 2023

 

New students arrive; residence halls open at 9:00 A.M.

 

New Student and Parent Orientation

 

Monday-Tuesday, August 7 - 8, 2023

 

Computer Proficiency for incoming freshmen

 

Monday-Friday, August 7 - 11, 2023

 

New Student Orientation continues (Students only)

 

Thursday, August 10, 2023

 

Advisement and registration for new students only; continuing students arrive; move into residence halls.

 

Friday, August 11, 2023

 

Advisement and registration for returning students.

 

Friday-Friday, August 11-18, 2023

 

Senior audits: Faculty Advisors/Discipline Coordinators/Chairpersons to meet with students to conduct Senior Audits for all graduating seniors sent
to Registrar's Office via email.

 

Monday, August 14, 2023

 

Classes begin-first day of instruction. Add/Drop Period begins.

 

Thursday, August 17, 2023

 

Opening Convocation – 10:00 am-12:00 P.M. – Fisk
Memorial Chapel; classes as usual at other hours

 

Thursday-Friday, August 17 - 18, 2023

 

Credit by Examination administered (other times by permission of the provost)

 

Monday, August 21, 2023

 

Add/Drop Period ends.  Last day to add courses (after this date students will be financially responsible for all attempted hours,
regardless of individual course withdrawals made)

 

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Course Withdrawal Period Begins, a student may withdraw with a grade of “W” without academic penalty.

 

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

 

Attendance verification due in Colleague and EAB** by 5:00 P.M.

 

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Purge for Non-Attendance and Financial Balances (Students who have not attended classes or have a balance over $1500 with no payment plan will be purged from classes).

 

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Reinstatement Period Begins (Students may request to be reinstated into purged courses, instructor approval required).
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Reinstatement Period Ends

 

Monday, September 4, 2023

 

Labor Day: University closed for students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

 

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

 

Go "Official" (Bursar function) / University Census Date (Registrar function)

 

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

 

Business Holds for balance and/or delinquent payment plan payments.

 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

 

Senior Audits due in the Registrar’s Office

 

Sunday, September 17, 2023

 

Constitution Day

 

Monday-Friday, –October 2-5, 2023

 

Mid-Semester evaluations

 

Wednesday-Wednesday,

October 9-25, 2023

 

Computer Proficiency Examination: mandatory for Sophomores or Juniors who have not taken or do not plan to take CSCI 100 or BAD 110; credit by examination administered (other times by permission of Provost)

 

Monday, October 6, 2023

 

Last day for faculty to submit mid-term grades via CAMS, grades due at 12:00 P.M. (noon)

 

Friday, October 6, 2023

 

Jubilee Day Convocation, 10:00 A.M. -12:00 P.M. (noon)

 

Friday-Friday, Oct 6 - Nov 3, 2023

 

Registration for Spring Semester 2024

 

Monday - Tuesday, October 9 - 10, 2023

 

Fall Break: No classes, university closed.

 

Monday - Friday, Oct 23 - Nov 10, 2023

 

Senior exit/major field examination period; Students should check with their Department Chairs for
information on exact dates and times.

 

Friday, November 3, 2023

 

Last day to drop a course with a grade of “W” without academic penalty.

 

Friday, November 3, 2023

 

Last day for students to submit graduation applications for May Commencement and December completion date.

 

Saturday, November 4, 2023—December 5, 2023 Withdrawn Failing/Passing Period begins students may withdraw with an academic penalty “WF”/"WP" grade.
Sunday - Saturday, November 5 - 11, 2023

 

Homecoming Week

 

Monday, November 13, 2023

 

Last day to submit work for completion of "I"(Incomplete) grade from the previous semester.

 

Monday - Friday, Nov. 27 – Dec. 15, 2023

 

Decembermester Registration Dates (Online Classes Only)

 

Wednesday - Friday, November 22 - 24, 2023

 

Thanksgiving Recess: University closed for students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

 

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

 

Last Day for instruction

 

Wednesday - Tuesday, December 6 - 12, 2023

 

Final Examinations Period for all Registered students

 

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

 

Living-Learning Centers close at 5:00 pm, Cafeteria after lunch.

 

Friday, December 15, 2023

 

Faculty must submit final grades via CAMS by 5:00 pm for all courses; Fall Semester Ends

 

Wednesday - Thursday, December 13 - 29, 2023

 

Decembermester Begins (Online Courses Only)

 

Friday, December 15, 2023

 

Last day to add/drop courses for Decembermester

 

Monday - Tuesday, Dec 18 - Jan 2, 2024

 

Winter Holiday Break: University closed for faculty, staff, and administration.

 

Thursday, December 28, 2023

 

Decembermester Final Examinations
Friday, December 29, 2023

 

Faculty must submit Decembermester final grades via CAMS by 12:00 noon.

 

 

Spring 2024

Day/Date Description
Monday, January 1, 2024

 

New Year’s Day (observed): University Closed

 

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

 

University opens: Faculty and Staff return to Campus.

 

Thursday, January 4, 2024

 

State of the University/Faculty & Staff Institute

 

Friday, January 5, 2024

 

Students arrive; Living-Learning Centers open at 9:00 A.M. New Students and New Parents

 

Friday, January 5, 2024

 

Computer Science Proficiency test for new students; Advising and Registration (1:30 p.m. to 5:00 P.M.)

 

Monday, January 8, 2024

 

Classes begin-First day of instruction. ADD/DROP Period begins.

 

Thursday, January 11, 2024

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation – 10:00 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. – Fisk Memorial Chapel; classes as usual at all other hours

 

Friday, January 12, 2024

 

Last day for Registration & to ADD/DROP courses without transcript designation & without financial impact.

 

Monday, January 15, 2024

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. - University closed

 

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Course Withdrawal Period Begins, students may withdraw with a grade of “W” without academic penalty.

 

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

 

Attendance verification is due in Colleague and EAB** by 5:00 P.M.

 

Thursday, January 18, 2024 Purge for Non-Attendance and Financial Balances (Students who have not attended classes or have a balance over $1500 with no payment plan will be purged from classes).

 

Thursday, January 25, 2024 Reinstatement Period Begins (Students may request to be reinstated into purged courses, instructor approval required).

 

Thursday, February 1, 2024

 

Go "Official" (Bursar function)/University Census Date (Registrar function)

 

Thursday, February 1, 2024

 

Business Holds for balance and/or delinquent payment plan payments.

 

Thursday, February 15, 20204 Last day to submit graduation verification forms.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

 

Faculty submit SU-24 course offerings to Provost.

 

Thursday, February 22, 2024

 

Piersen-Mitchell Lecture – 7:00 P.M.

 

Friday, February 23, 2024

 

W.E.B. DuBois Day

 

Friday - Friday, February 23 - Mar 15, 2024

 

Junior Audits: Faculty Advisors to meet with students to conduct Junior Audits for all Juniors.

 

Monday-Friday, February 26-March 1, 2024 Mid-Semester Evaluations

 

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

 

Monday, March 4, 2024

Last day for faculty to submit changes to Fall 2024 course offerings to Provost; Last day for faculty to submit changes to SU-24 course offerings to Provost.

 

Last day for faculty to submit mid-semester evaluation grades; grades due 12:00pm (noon)

Monday - Friday, March 11 - 15, 2024

 

Spring Break: No classes, University closed.

 

Monday, March 18, 2024

 

Classes Resume

 

Thursday - Tuesday, March 14-June 4, 2024 Registration for Summer Sessions 2024
Thursday - Friday, Mar 14 - Jun 7, 2024

 

Registration for Fall Term 2024

 

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

 

Last day to submit Junior Audits to the University Registrar

 

Monday - Friday, Mar 18 - Apr 5, 2024

 

Monday–Wednesday, March 25 - 27, 2024,

Registration for Summer Terms 2024

 

Bulldog Registration Rally

Thursday, March 28, 2024

 

Last day to drop a course with a grade of “W” without academic penalty.
Friday, March 29, 2024

 

Good Friday: University is closed for students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

 

Friday-Friday, March 29–April 19, 2024 Withdrawn Pass/Failing Period begins students may withdraw with an academic penalty “WP/WF” grade.
Monday - Sunday, April 1 - 7, 2024

 

95th Annual Spring Arts Festival

 

Monday, April 1, 2024

 

Final deadline for Graduation Applications and

Payment Due Date for Graduating Students (students cannot participate in the graduation ceremony with a balance)

 

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

 

Wednesday–Thursday, April 3–4, 2024

 

Grad Finale 12 pm–3 pm

 

25th Annual Fisk Research Symposium

 

Thursday, April 4, 2024

 

Honors Convocation – 1:00 P.M.

 

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

 

Last day to submit work for completion of “I”
(Incomplete) mark from the previous semester.

 

Sunday - Monday, April 14 - 15, 2024

 

Scholars Weekend (Admissions function)

 

Friday, April 19, 2024

 

The last day of instruction

Last day to submit final grades to replace the I (incomplete) mark from previous semester

Monday, April 22, 2024

 

Grades for Graduating Seniors & Graduate Students due in Colleague by 12:00 P.M.

 

Tuesday - Friday, April 23 - 26, 2024

 

Final Examination Period for all registered students (Seniors, April 17-21)

 

Friday, April 26, 2024

 

Last day for faculty to submit final grades for Non-
Seniors via CAMS; grades due in Colleague by 12:00 P.M. noon;
end of Spring term graduation date; Living-Learning Centers close 5:00 P.M.

 

Friday - Monday, May 3 - 6, 2024

 

Commencement/Reunion Weekend

 

Sunday, May 5, 2024

 

Baccalaureate Service – 10:00 A.M. – Fisk Memorial Chapel

 

Monday, May 6, 2024

 

Commencement – 9:00 A.M.

 

Monday, May 6, 2024

 

Last day of Spring Semester; last official day for faculty, Living-Learning Centers close at 5pm (Seniors)

 

Summer 2024

Summer 1 (Maymester)

Day  Date Description
Mon 6-May Summer term I (Maymester) classes begin
Mon 13-May Last day to withdraw from courses
Fri 24-May Last day of classes
Mon

Tues

27-May

28-May

Memorial Day, University Closed

Last day for faculty to submit summer term I grades via Colleague, due 12:00 noon

 

Summer 2

Day  Date Description
Tues 28-May Summer term II classes begin
Mon 3-Jun Last day to add/drop courses for Summer term II
Wed 5-Jun Go "Official" (Bursar Function)
Mon-Tues June 17-18 Mid Semester Evaluations
Fri 21-Jun Last day to drop courses with “WD” (Withdrawn) mark
Fri 21-Jun Last day for faculty to submit midterm grades via Colleague
Fri 28-Jun Summer term II classes end; Living-Learning Centers close 5:00pm
Tues 2-Jul Last day for faculty to submit final grades via Colleague by 5:00 pm

 

Summer 3

Day  Date Description
Mon 1-Jul Summer term III classes begin
Wed 3-Jul Last day to add/drop courses for Summer term III
Thurs 4-Jul Independence Day Holiday
Fri 5-Jul Go "Official" (Bursar Function)
Mon-Tues 15-16-Jul Mid Semester Evaluations
Fri 19-Jul Last day to drop courses with “WD” (Withdrawn) mark
Mon 22-Jul Last day for faculty to submit midterm grades via Colleague
Wed 31-Jul Summer term II classes end; Living-Learning Centers close 5:00pm; attendance verification due in Colleague** by 5:00pm
Thurs 1-Aug Last day to complete and submit all requirements for August 2024 graduation

Fall 2024

Day/Date Description
Friday, August 2, 2024

 

All Faculty Return to Campus for State of the
University/Faculty and Staff Institute

 

Saturday, August 3, 2024

 

Sunday, August 4, 2024

 

New students arrive; residence halls open at 9:00 A.M.

 

New Student and Parent Orientation

 

Monday-Tuesday, August 5- 6, 2024

 

Computer Proficiency for incoming freshmen

 

Monday-Friday, August 5 - 9, 2024

 

New Student Orientation continues (Students only)

 

Thursday, August 8, 2024

 

Advisement and registration for new students only; continuing students arrive; move into residence halls.

 

Friday, August 9, 2024

 

Advisement and registration for returning students.

 

Monday-Friday, August 12-19, 2024

 

Senior audits: Faculty Advisors/Discipline Coordinators/Chairpersons to meet with students to conduct Senior Audits for all graduating seniors sent
to Registrar Office via email.

 

Monday, August 12, 2024

 

Classes begin-first day of instruction. Add/Drop Period begins.

 

Thursday, August 15, 2024

 

Opening Convocation – 10:00 am-12:00 P.M. – Fisk
Memorial Chapel; classes as usual at other hours

 

Thursday-Friday, August 15 - 16, 2024

 

Credit by Examination administered (other times by permission of the provost)

 

Monday, August 19, 2024

 

Add/Drop Period ends.  Last day to add courses (after this date students will be financially responsible for all attempted hours,
regardless of individual course withdrawals made)

 

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Course Withdrawal Period Begins, student may withdraw with a grade of “W” without academic penalty.

 

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

 

Attendance verification due in Colleague and EAB** by 5:00 P.M.

 

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Involuntary Withdrawal for Non-Attendance and Financial Balances (Students who have not attended classes or have not set up a payment plan and made the required down payment for outstanding balances will be withdrawn from classes).

 

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Reinstatement Period Begins (Students may request to be reinstated into purged courses, instructor approval required).
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 Reinstatement Period Ends

 

Monday, September 2, 2024

 

Labor Day: University closed for students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

 

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

 

Go "Official" (Bursar function) / University Census Date (Registrar function); BibliU Textbook Charge Date—Opt Out Deadline

 

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

 

Business Holds for balance and/or delinquent payment plan payments.

 

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

 

Senior Audits due in the Registrar’s Office

 

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

 

Constitution Day

 

Tuesday-Friday, –October 1-4, 2024

 

Monday, October 7, 2024

Mid-Semester evaluations

 

Last day for faculty to submit mid-term grades via Colleague, grades due at 12:00

Wednesday-Wednesday,

October 9-23, 2024

 

Computer Proficiency Examination: mandatory for Sophomores or Juniors who have not taken or do not plan to take CSCI 100 or BAD 110; credit by examination administered (other times by permission of Provost)

 

Sunday, October 6, 2024

 

Jubilee Day Convocation, 10:00 A.M. -12:00 P.M. (noon)

 

Friday-Friday, Oct 6 - Nov 3, 2025

 

Registration for Spring Semester 2025

 

Monday - Tuesday, October 7 - 8, 2024

 

Fall Break: No classes, university closed.

 

Monday - Friday, Oct 21 - Nov 8, 2024

 

Senior exit/major field examination period; Students should check with their Department Chairs for
information on exact dates and times.

 

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

 

Last day to drop a course with a grade of “W” without academic penalty.

 

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

 

Last day for students to submit graduation applications for May Commencement and December completion date.

 

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 Withdrawn Failing Period begins students may withdraw with an academic penalty “WF” grade.
Sunday - Saturday, November 3 - 9, 2024

 

Homecoming Week

 

Monday, November 11, 2024

 

Last day to submit work for completion of "I"(Incomplete) grade from the previous semester.

 

Wednesday - Friday, November 27 - 29, 2024

 

Thanksgiving Recess: University closed for students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

 

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

 

Last Day for instruction

 

Wednesday - Tuesday, December 4 - 10, 2024

 

Final Examinations Period for all Registered students

 

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

 

Living-Learning Centers close at 5:00 pm, Cafeteria after lunch.

 

Friday, December 13, 2024

 

Faculty must submit final grades via Colleague by 5:00 pm for all courses; Fall Semester Ends

 

Monday - Tuesday, Dec 16 - Jan 3, 2024

 

Winter Holiday Break: University closed for faculty, staff, and administration.

 

Spring 2025

Day/Date Description
Monday, January 1, 2025

 

New Year’s Day (observed): University Closed

 

Monday, January 6, 2025

 

University opens: Faculty and Staff return to Campus.

 

Thursday, January 9, 2025

 

State of the University/Faculty & Staff Institute

 

Friday, January 10, 2025

 

Students arrive; Living-Learning Centers open at 9:00 A.M. New Students and New Parents

 

Friday, January 10, 2025

 

Computer Science Proficiency test for new students; Advising and Registration (1:30 p.m. to 5:00 P.M.)

 

Monday, January 13, 2025

 

Classes begin-First day of instruction. ADD/DROP Period begins.

 

Thursday, January 16, 2025

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation – 10:00 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. – Fisk Memorial Chapel; classes as usual at all other hours

 

Friday, January 17, 2025

 

Last day for Registration & to ADD/DROP courses without transcript designation & without financial impact.

 

Monday, January 20, 2025

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. - University closed

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Course Withdrawal Period Begins, students may withdraw with a grade of “W” without academic penalty.

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

 

Attendance verification is due in Colleague and EAB** by 5:00 P.M.

 

Thursday, January 23, 2025 Involuntary Withdrawal for Non-Attendance and Financial Balances (Students who have not attended classes or have not set up a payment plan and made the required down payment for outstanding balances will be withdrawn from classes).

 

Thursday, January 23, 2025

 

 

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Reinstatement Period Begins (Students may request to be reinstated into purged courses, instructor approval required).

Reinstatement Period Ends

 

 

Thursday, January 31, 2025

 

Go "Official" (Bursar function)/University Census Date (Registrar function); BibliU Textbook Charge Date-Opt out deadline

 

Thursday, January 31, 2025

 

Business Holds for balance and/or delinquent payment plan payments.

 

   
Wednesday, February 20, 2025

 

Faculty submit SU-25 course offerings to Provost.

 

Thursday, February 20, 2025

 

Piersen-Mitchell Lecture – 3:00 P.M.

 

Friday, February 21, 2025

 

W.E.B. DuBois Day

 

Friday - Friday, February 23 - Mar 15, 2025

 

Junior Audits: Faculty Advisors to meet with students to conduct Junior Audits for all Juniors.

 

Monday-Friday, February 26-March 1, 2025

 

 

 

Monday March 3, 2025

 

Mid-Semester Evaluations

 

Last day for faculty to submit mid-term grades via Colleague, grades due at 12:00 P.M. (noon)

 

 

Tuesday, February 27, 2025

 

Last day for faculty to submit changes to Fall 2025 course offerings to Provost; Last day for faculty to submit changes to SU-25 course offerings to Provost.

 

Monday - Friday, March 10 - 14, 2025

 

Spring Break: No classes, University closed.

 

Monday, March 17, 2025

 

Classes Resume

 

Thursday - Friday, March 20 - 21, 2025

 

Bulldog Registration Rally

 

Thursday - Friday, March 20 - Jun 6, 2025

 

Registration for Fall Term 2025

 

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

 

Last day to submit Junior Audits to the University Registrar

 

Monday - Friday, Mar 17 - May 4, 2025

 

Registration for Summer Terms 2025

 

Thursday, March 27, 2025

 

Last day to drop a course with a grade of “W” without academic penalty.
   
Monday, April 1, 2025 Withdrawn Failing Period begins students may withdraw with an academic penalty “WF” grade.
Monday - Sunday, April 1 - 7, 2025

 

96th Annual Spring Arts Festival

 

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

 

Final deadline for Graduation Applications and

Payment Due Date for Graduating Students (students cannot participate in the graduation ceremony with a balance)

 

Wednesday - Thursday, April 2 - 3, 2025

 

26th Annual Fisk Research Symposium

 

Thursday, April 3, 2025

 

Honors Convocation – 1:00 P.M.

 

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

 

Last day to submit work for completion of “I”
(Incomplete) mark from the previous semester.

 

Sunday - Monday, April 13 - 14, 2025

 

Scholars Weekend (Admissions function)

 

Friday, April 18, 2025

 

Good Friday: University is closed for students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

 

Thursday, April 17, 2025

 

Last day of instruction

 

Monday, April 22, 2025

 

Grades for Graduating Seniors & Graduate Students due in Colleague by 12:00 P.M.

 

Tuesday - Friday, April 22 - 25, 2025

 

Final Examination Period for all registered students (Seniors, April 17-21)

 

Monday, April 28, 2025

 

Last day for faculty to submit final grades for Non-
Seniors via Colleague; grades due in Colleague by 12:00 P.M. noon;
end of Spring term graduation date; Living-Learning Centers close 5:00 P.M.

 

Friday - Monday, May 2 - 5, 2025

 

Commencement/Reunion Weekend

 

Saturday, May 3, 2025

 

Baccalaureate Service – 10:00 A.M. – Fisk Memorial Chapel

 

Sunday, May 4, 2025

 

Commencement – 9:00 A.M.

 

Sunday, May 4, 2025

 

Last day of Spring Semester; last official day for faculty, Living-Learning Centers close at 5pm (Seniors)

 

All dates are subject to change

*Essential personnel, to include Facilities & Grounds and Public Safety personnel may be required, if business operations warrant working on any of these designated holidays. When this occurs, the supervisor schedules time off as holiday time for the staff member within the next ninety (90) days. For hourly-paid staff, if the department cannot provide holiday time off within ninety (90) days, the staff member will be paid for that holiday. **If required; otherwise, daily attendance from the instructor will be submitted via CAMS.

At Fisk University our students are more than just a number, we are preparing students for the 21st century not only academically but holistically so that they are ready for the real world. we strive to make sure our students are successful in all endeavors while they matriculate through their years on campus but years after as well -Dean Natara Garvin, Ed.D.

We are
Fisk.