Important Dates
Fall Term | Winter Term | Spring Term | Summer Session I | Summer Session II
Day |
Date |
Event |
Fall Term 2026 |
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| Tuesday – Thursday | August 4 – 6 | New Faculty Course Design Institute (CDI) – click here to register |
| Monday – Monday | August 17-21 | Planning Week — Visit the planning week website in late July for the final 2025 schedule |
| Tuesday | August 18 | New Full-Time Faculty Orientation, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm — click here to register |
| Wednesday | August 19 | New Part-Time Faculty Orientation, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm — click here to register |
| Wednesday | TBD | Elon’s HR session for all new faculty (9:00-10:30 a.m.) – Questions? Please call 336.278.5560 |
| Saturday | August 22 | New Student Convocation, 9 a.m. Under the Oaks (deadline to sign up for complementary regalia rental for the event is July 31st, 2025). Email Patti Gibbons for more information at pgibbons@elon.edu. |
| Tuesday | August 25 | Classes begin |
| Friday | September 4 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
University-wide faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Friday | September 11 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm — click here to register |
| Friday-Sunday | September 25- 27 | Family Weekend |
| Friday | October 2 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Town hall faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Friday | October 9 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm — click here to register |
| Friday-Sunday | October 9 – 10 | Homecoming & Reunion Weekend |
| Wednesday | October 9 | Mid-semester assessments due at 3:00 pm |
| Thursday-Sunday | October 14 – 19 | Fall break (Break begins at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, October 15. Classes do not meet on these days, but the university remains open.) |
| Friday | November 6 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
University-wide faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Friday | November 13 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm — click here to register |
| Saturday-Sunday | November 20-30 | Thanksgiving Holiday (Break begins at 5:00 pm on Friday, November 21) |
| Friday | December 4 | Classes end
Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm University-wide faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Saturday | December 5 | Reading Day |
| Monday – Friday | December 7-11 | Final exams (Access the exam schedule on OnTrack.) |
| Tuesday | December 15 | Grades due at 12:00 pm
Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm (lunch included) — click here to register |
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Winter Term 2027 |
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| Monday | January 4 | Classes begin; Drop-Add Begins |
| Tuesday | January 5 | Drop-Add Ends |
| Friday | January 15 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 12-1 pm — click here to register |
| Monday | January 18 | Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (no classes) |
| Thursday | January 21 | Classes end |
| Friday | January 22 | Winter Term final exams |
| Monday | January 25 | Grades due at 12:00 pm |
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Spring Term 2027 |
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| Thursday | January 28 | Classes begin |
| Friday | February 5 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
School-based faculty meetings (tentative) |
| Friday | February 12 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm — click here to register |
| Friday | March 5 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
University-wide Faculty Meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Friday | March 12 | Monthly New Full-time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm — click here to register |
| Friday | March 12 | Spring Break begins following afternoon classes |
| Monday | March 22 | Classes resume
Mid-semester grades due at 3:00 pm on Thursday, April 2 |
| Friday | April 2 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Town hall faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Friday | April 9 | Monthly New Full-Time Faculty Orientation, 3:15 – 4:30 pm – click here to register |
| Tuesday | April 27 | SURF – Spring Undergraduate Research Forum (no classes)
*All students are expected to attend SURF presentations, which are factored into instructional time. |
| Friday | May 7 | Campus Conversation, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
University-wide faculty meeting, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
| Monday | May 10 | Last day of classes |
| Tuesday | May 11 | Reading Day (No classes, evening exams begin) |
| Wednesday- Monday | May 12-18 | Final exams (Access the exam schedule on OnTrack.) |
| Wednesday | May 19 | Senior grades due at 1:00 pm |
| Thursday | May 20 | Remaining grades due at 12:00 pm |
| Friday | May 21 | Commencement (faculty attend in academic regalia) |
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Summer Session I – 2027 |
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| Tuesday | June 1 | Classes Begin |
| Monday | June 28 | Last Day of Classes |
| Tuesday | June 29 | Final Exams |
| Thursday | July 1 | Grades due at 12:00 pm |
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Summer Session II – 2027 |
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| Tuesday | July 6 | Classes Begin |
| Friday | July 23 | Last Day of Classes |
| Monday | July 26 | Final Exams |
| Wednesday | July 28 | Grades due at 12:00pm |
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