2025-2026 Room and Board Calendar

Fall 2025

Date

Time

Event

Friday, August 1, 2025 5 p.m. Cancellation Deadline for New Students
Sunday, August 3, 2025 9 p.m. Summer Housing Ends
Monday, August 4, 2025, through, Tuesday, August 19, 2025 9 a.m. Fall Housing transition period
Thursday, August 7 through Saturday, August 9, 2025 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Summer Housing students move to fall assignments (based on availability)
Sunday, August 17, 2025 9 a.m. Buildings Open for First-Year & Transfer Students
Sunday, August 17, 2025   Discover Week Meal Plans for First-Year Students (Begins with dinner)
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 9 a.m. Buildings Open for Returning Students
Saturday, August 23, 2025 4:30 p.m. Meal Plan Begins for Returning Students
Monday, August 25, 2025   Classes Begin
Wednesday, August 27, 2025   Official "No-Show" Date
Friday, August 29, 2025 5 p.m. Last day to make Meal Plan changes
Monday, September 1, 2025   Labor Day holiday
Wednesday, September 10, 2025   Room changes begin (Anticipated)
Friday, October 17, 2025 2:30 p.m. Last meal before fall break at Fribley Dining
Commons
Saturday, October 18, 2025, through Tuesday, October 21, 2025   Leutner Dining Commons open only for dinner
Monday, October 20 through Tuesday, October 21, 2025   Fall Break (Residence Halls remain open)
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 4:30 p.m. First meal after Fall Break (Fribley Dining Commons)
Wednesday, November 26, 2025   Room changes end
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 2:30 p.m. Last meal before Thanksgiving Break (Fribley Dining Commons)
Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28, 2025   Thanksgiving Break (Residence Halls remain open)
Friday, November 28 through Sunday, December 30, 2025   Leutner Dining Commons open only for dinner
Sunday, November 30, 2025 4:30 p.m. First meal after Thanksgiving Break (Fribley Dining Commons)
Friday, December 5, 2025   Last Day of Classes
Wednesday, December 17, 2025   Last Day of Finals
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 2:30 p.m. Last meal before Winter Break
Thursday, December 18, 2025 3 p.m. Buildings close for Winter Break (see here for winter break housing options

Spring 2026

Date

Time

Event

Monday, December 1, 2025   Housing Release Request Deadline for Returning Students
Thursday, January 1, 2026 5 p.m. Cancellation Deadline for New Students
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 9 a.m. Move-in Day for New First-Year, Transfer, and Exchange Students
Thursday, January 8, 2026 9 a.m. Buildings open after Winter Break for returning students
Sunday, January 11, 2026 4:30 p.m. First meal after Winter Break
Monday, January 12, 2026   First Day of Spring Semester Classes
Wednesday, January 14, 2026   Official "No-Show" Date
Friday, January 16, 2026 5 p.m. Last Day to Make Meal Plan Changes
Monday, January 19, 2026    Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
Wednesday, January 28, 2026   Room Changes Begin (Anticipated)
Friday, March 6, 2026  2:30 p.m. Last meal before Spring Break
Monday, March 9, 2026                           Through
Friday, March 13, 2026
 

Spring Break (Residence Halls remain open)

Dining Commons closed

Sunday, March 15, 2026 4:30 p.m. First meal after Spring Break
Friday, April 10, 2026       Room Changes End
Monday, April 27, 2026   Last Day of Spring Semester Classes
Friday, May 1, 2026   Housing Extension Requests Due
Thursday, May 7, 2026   Last day of Finals
Thursday. May 7, 2026 2:30 p.m. Dining Halls Close - Meal Plan Ends
Friday, May 8, 2026 3 PM Buildings Close for all undergraduates (including non-graduating seniors) 
Friday, May 8, 2026
    Through
Saturday, May 23, 2026
  Summer Housing transition period
Sunday, May 17, 2026   Commencement
Monday, May 18, 2026 NOON Buildings Close for All Students (except summer residents)
Sunday, May 24, 2026 10 a.m. Summer Housing Begins