Fall Semester 2019
Academic & Planning Calendar
| New Student Orientation | Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 |
| First-year drop/add begins | Friday, Aug. 22, 2019 |
| Online drop/add for Upperclass students begins | Noon, Friday, August 23, 2019 |
| Convocation and Candlelighting | Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019 |
| CLASSES BEGIN | Monday, Aug. 26, 2019 |
| Last day to clear holds/enroll without dean's permission | Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 |
| Admissions STEM Open House | Saturday, August 31, 2019 |
| Labor day (classes in session) | Monday, Sept. 2, 2019 |
| Last day to drop/add (2-week period) | Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 |
| Admissions Open House | Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 |
| Last day for 4-week withdrawal & Last day to change course mode from Audit to Credit or Credit to Audit. | Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 |
| Admissions Arts & Humanities Open House | Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 |
| Family Weekend | Friday - Sunday, Sept. 27 - 29, 2019 |
| Homecoming Weekend | Friday - Saturday, Oct. 4 - 5, 2019 |
| Fall break begins at 5 p.m. | Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 |
| Fall break ends at 8 a.m. | Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 |
| Mid-semester GRADES DUE by noon | Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 |
| Trustee meeting | Wednesday - Friday, Oct. 23 - 25, 2019 |
| Advising for spring 2020 begins | Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 |
| Registration for spring 2020 begins | Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 |
| Admissions Open House | Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 |
| Last day for 10-week withdrawal | Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 |
| Thanksgiving recess begins at 5 p.m. | Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 |
| Thanksgiving recess ends at 8 a.m. | Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 |
| Last day to present final master's thesis format | Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 |
| CLASSES END | Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 |
| Reading period begins | Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 |
| Final examinations begin | Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 |
| Final examinations/reading period ends | Thursday Dec. 19, 2019 |
| Completed master's thesis submitted via myBucknell | Thursday Dec. 19, 2019 |
| GRADES DUE by noon | Monday, Dec. 23, 2019 |
| January graduation (no ceremony) | Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 |