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Our faculty, staff, and students are from varied religious and cultural backgrounds which serve to enrich and strengthen our community. Any event scheduled on a major religious or cultural holiday can send a message of insensitivity or exclusivity to staff and students who cannot participate that day due to their religious beliefs. Therefore, please avoid scheduling important meetings, exams, or other essential events on such dates whenever possible to accommodate the observance of religious traditions for those staff and students who need to be absent for religious holidays throughout the year. Some information about major religious holidays may be found at the University of Maine System Human Resources page. An extensive listing is online at the Interfaith Calendar website (External Site).
Academic Calendar*
Fall Semester 2024, September 3 – December 20, 2024
| Labor Day (no classes) | Monday, September 2, 2024 |
| Classes Begin | Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
| End of Add/Drop (courses 12 weeks or longer) | September 16, 2024 |
| Fall Break (no classes) | October 14 – October 15, 2024 |
| Classes resume | October 16, 2024 |
| Registration for Winter Session 2024-25 begins | October 16, 2024 |
| Priority Registration for Spring 2025 | November 4 – November 15, 2024 |
| Deadline to drop for a grade of “W” (courses 12 weeks or longer) | November 5, 2024 |
| Veterans Day (no classes) | November 11, 2024 |
| Open Registration for Spring 2025 begins | November 25, 2024 |
| Thanksgiving Break (no classes) | November 27 – December 1, 2024 |
| Classes resume | December 2, 2024 |
| Last day of classes | December 13, 2024 |
| Final Exams | December 14 – December 20, 2024 |
| Deadline to apply for December graduation | December 20, 2024 |
| Winter Break begins | December 21, 2024 |
| Grade submission deadline | December 30, 2024 |
Winter Session 2024-25, December 23, 2024 – January 17, 2025
| Registration for Winter Session begins | October 16, 2024 |
| Winter Session classes begin | December 23, 2024 |
| Christmas Day (no classes) | December 25, 2024 |
| Deadline to drop without penalty | December 26, 2024 |
| New Year’s Day (no classes) | January 1, 2025 |
| Deadline to drop for a grade of “W” | January 8 2025 |
| Last day of Winter Session classes | January 17, 2025 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes) | January 20, 2025 |
| Grade submission deadline | January 27, 2025 |
Spring Semester 2025, January 21 – May 9, 2025
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes) | Monday, January 20, 2025 |
| Classes begin | Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
| End of Add/Drop (courses 12 weeks or longer) | February 3, 2025 |
| Presidents’ Day (no classes) | February 17, 2025 |
| Deadline to apply for Commencement Ceremony participation | March 1, 2025 |
| Priority Registration for Summer 2025 | March 3, 2025 |
| Open Registration for Summer 2025 | March 5, 2025 |
| Spring Break (no classes) | March 17 – March 23, 2025 |
| Classes resume | March 24, 2025 |
| Deadline to drop for a grade of ‘W’ (courses 12 weeks or longer) | March 26, 2025 |
| Priority Registration for Fall 2025 | March 31 – April 11, 2025 |
| Patriot’s Day (classes in session, some offices closed) | April 21, 2025 |
| Open Registration for Fall 2025 begins | April 21, 2025 |
| Last day of classes | May 2, 2025 |
| Final Exams | May 3 – 9, 2025 |
| 2025 Commencement Ceremony | May 10, 2025 |
| Grade submission deadline | May 19. 2025 |
Summer Session 2025, May 19 – August 22, 2025
| Summer Session I begins (4-week, 7-week, &14-week) | May 19, 2025 |
| Memorial Day (no classes) | May 26, 2025 |
| Last day of 4-week Session I | June 13, 2025 |
| Juneteenth (no classes) | June 19, 2025 |
| Last day of 7-week Session I | July 3, 2025 |
| Independence Day (no classes) | July 4, 2025 |
| Summer Session II begins (4-week & 7-week) | July 7, 2025 |
| Last day of 4-week Session II | August 1, 2025 |
| Deadline to apply for August graduation | August 22, 2025 |
| Last day of 7-week Session II | August 22, 2025 |
| Last day of 14-week Session | August 22, 2025 |
| FINAL Grade submission deadline (rolling dates throughout summer) | September 2, 2025 |
*Class information is based on full-semester classes. Non-standard dated class information can be found on MaineStreet.