Academic & Planning Calendar
| New Student Orientation | Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018 |
| First-year enrollment and schedule changes | Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 |
| Convocation and Candlelighting | Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018 |
| CLASSES BEGIN | Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 |
| Last day to clear holds/enroll without dean's permission | Friday, Aug. 24, 2018 |
| Last day to drop/add (2-week period) | Friday, Aug. 31, 2018 |
| Labor Day (classes in session) | Monday, Sept. 3, 2018 |
| Last day for 4-week withdrawal | Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 |
| Admissions Open House | Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 |
| Family Weekend | Friday - Sunday, Sept. 21 - 23, 2018 |
| Admissions STEM Open House | Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 |
| Fall break begins at 5 p.m. | Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 |
| Fall break ends at 8 a.m. | Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 |
| Mid-semester GRADES DUE by noon | Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 |
| Trustee meeting | Wednesday - Friday, Oct. 10 - 12, 2018 |
| Homecoming Weekend | Friday - Saturday, Oct. 19 - 20, 2018 |
| Advising for spring 2019 begins | Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 |
| Last day for 10-week withdrawal | Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 |
| Registration for spring 2019 begins | Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 |
| Admissions Journey to Bucknell | Sunday - Tuesday, Nov. 4 - 6, 2018 |
| Admissions Open House | Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 |
| Thanksgiving recess begins at 5 p.m. | Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 |
| Thanksgiving recess ends at 8 a.m. | Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 |
| Last day for oral defense of master's thesis | Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 |
| CLASSES END | Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 |
| Reading period begins | Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 |
| Final examinations begin | Thursday Dec. 6, 2018 |
| Completed master's thesis submitted via myBucknell | Thursday Dec. 13, 2018 |
| Final examinations/reading period ends | Thursday Dec. 13, 2018 |
| GRADES DUE by noon | Monday, Dec. 17, 2018 |
| January graduation (no ceremony) | Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 |