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Fisk University Academic Calendars 2023-2024

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  New students arrive; residence halls open at 9:00 A.M.
 Sunday, August 6, 2023  New Student and Parent Orientation
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
 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.
 Tuesday, November 3, 2023  Last day for students to submit graduation applications for May Commencement and December completion date.
 Wednesday, November 4, 2023  Withdrawn Failing Period begins students may withdraw with an academic penalty “WF” 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.

 

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.

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
 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.
 Monday, February 19, 2024  Last day for faculty to submit Mid-term Grades via Colleague, grades due 12:00 P.M. (noon)
 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  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. 
 Monday - Friday, March 11 - 15, 2024  Spring Break: No classes, University closed.
 Monday, March 18, 2024  Classes Resume
 Thursday - Friday, March 14 - 15, 2024  Bulldog Registration Rally
 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  Registration for Summer Terms 2024
 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.
Monday, April 1, 2024  Withdrawn Failing Period begins students may withdraw with an academic penalty “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 - Thursday, April 3 - 4, 2024  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  Last day of instruction
 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)

 

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.