2024-2025 Academic Calendar (Proposed)
Updated 5/2022 | |
September 2024 | |
Aug. 29-Sept. 1 Thurs.-Sun. | Alumni College |
2 Monday | Labor Day |
2 Monday | Orientation Begins |
7 Saturday | Residence Halls Open for Returning Students (9:00 a.m.) |
9 Monday | Fall Term Classes Begin (8:00 a.m.) |
19-21 Thurs.-Sat. | Clifford Symposium (tentative) |
TBD | Fall Family Weekend |
October 2024 | |
2 Wednesday | Rosh Hashanah begins in the evening |
4 Friday | Rosh Hashanah ends in the evening |
11 Friday | Midterm Recess |
11 Friday | ***Yom Kippur begins in the evening |
12 Saturday | Yom Kippur ends in the evening |
14 Monday | Classes Resume (8:00 a.m.) |
23-26 Wed.-Sat. | Board Meetings |
TBD | Homecoming |
November 2024 | |
3 Sunday | Daylight Saving Ends |
11 Monday | Veterans Day |
22 Friday | Thanksgiving Recess Begins (2:45 p.m.) |
28 Thursday | Thanksgiving |
December 2024 | |
2 Monday | Classes Resume (8:00 a.m.) |
9 Monday | *Fall Term Classes End (2:45 p.m.) |
10,13 Tues., Fri. | Reading Days |
11-16 Wed.-Mon. | Final Exams |
16 Monday | Recess Begins (10:00 p.m.) |
17 Tuesday | Residence Halls Close (noon) |
25 Monday | Christmas Day |
January 2025 | |
1 Wednesday | New Year’s Day |
5 Sunday | Residence Halls Open (9:00 a.m.) |
6 Monday | Winter Term Classes Begin (8:00 a.m.) |
20 Monday | Martin Luther King Day (no classes) |
24-25 Fri.-Sat. | Institute Board of Advisors Meetings (MIIS) |
31 Friday | Winter Term Classes End Recess Begins (4:00 p.m.) |
February 2025 | |
3 Saturday | Celebration for Mid-Year Graduates |
5 Wednesday | Spring Orientation Begins |
6-8 Thurs.-Sat. | Board Meetings (remote) |
10 Monday | Spring Term Classes Begin (8:00 a.m.) |
17 Monday | Presidents' Day |
21-22 Fri.-Sat. | Winter Carnival |
28 Friday | ***Ramadan begins in the evening |
March 2025 | |
5 Wednesday | Ash Wednesday |
7-8 Fri.-Sat. | College Board of Advisors Meetings |
9 Sunday | Daylight Savings Begins |
14 Friday | Spring Term Recess Begins (2:45 p.m.) |
24 Monday | Classes Resume (8:00 a.m.) |
27 Thursday | ***Lailat al-Qadr |
30 Sunday | ***Ramadan ends in the evening |
30 Sunday | ***Eid al-Fitr begins in the evening |
31 Monday | ***Eid al-Fitr ends in the evening |
April 2025 | |
11 Friday | Spring Student Symposium; Classes Do Not Meet |
12 Saturday | Passover begins in the evening |
18 Friday | Good Friday |
20 Sunday | Easter |
29 Monday | Passover ends in the evening |
May 2025 | |
8-10 Thurs.-Sat. | Board Meetings |
12 Monday | **Spring Term Classes End (2:45 p.m.); Friday class schedule observed |
13-14, 18 Tues.-Wed., Sun. | Reading Days |
15-20 Thurs.-Tues. | *Final Examinations |
21 Wednesday | Residence Halls Close for General Student Body (noon) |
24 Saturday | Baccalaureate |
25 Sunday | Commencement |
25 Sunday | Residence Halls Close for Graduates and Senior Febs (11:00 p.m.) |
26 Monday | Memorial Day |
June 2025 | |
5-8 Thurs.-Sun | Reunion (tentative) |
6 Friday | ***Eid al-Adha begins in the evening |
7 Saturday | ***Eid al-Adha |
20 Friday | Language Schools Eight-Week Session Begins |
24 Tuesday | Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont Begins |
27 Friday | Language Schools Seven-Week Session Begins |
July 2025 | |
1 Tuesday | Language Schools Six-Week Session Begins |
4 Friday | Independence Day |
7-8 Mon.-Tues. | Schools Board of Advisors Meetings |
August 2025 | |
9 Saturday | Commencement, Bread Loaf School in Vermont |
13-23 Wed.-Sat. | Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference |
15 Friday | VT Language Schools Commencement |
28-31 Thurs.-Sun. | Alumni College |
*Fall exams scheduled Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. | |
*Spring exams scheduled Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday. | |
**Friday class schedule observed on Monday, December 9 and Monday, May 12. | |
***Dates are based on the lunar calendar and may vary. |
The calendar is subject to change.