2022-2023 Catalog

Academic Calendar 2022-2023

Fall Semester 2022

August

18 Thursday Fall registration begins for non-degree undergraduate students
23 Tuesday New Faculty Orientation
26
Friday 
Fall waiver registration for senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers 
29 Monday Fall classes begin

September

5  Monday Last day to add without permission from department; students may still drop classes without permission (undergraduate programs only except BPS)
5 Monday Labor Day (college closed, library closed)
7 Wednesday First Year Convocation
12 Monday Last day for adding or dropping courses (all academic programs except BPS)

October

10 Monday Columbus Day (college closed, library open—holiday hours)
15 Saturday Make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration)
26 Wednesday Mid-semester grades due by noon

November

8 Tuesday Election day (no classes, offices closed) 
9 Wednesday Friday Classes meet
9 Tuesday Last day to withdraw from courses with a W
11 Friday Veterans Day (college closed, library open 11:00am-5:00pm)
12 Saturday Emergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration)
14 Monday Spring registration begins for degree students
24/25 Thursday-Friday Thanksgiving (no classes)
28 Monday Classes resume
28 Monday  Early Spring registration begins for non-degree students 
29 Tuesday Registration begins for non-degree graduate students

December

10 Saturday Emergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration)
12 Monday Fall semester classes end
13  Tuesday Reading Day
14 Wednesday Final examinations begin
20 Tuesday Final examinations end
26 Monday Christmas Day observed (college closed, library closed) 
28 Wednesday Fall grades due by 4 p.m.

Note: Calendar subject to change

Spring Semester 2023

December - Early Spring 2023

23 Saturday Early Spring classes begin

January

2 Monday New Year's Day observed (college closed, library closed)
9 Monday Spring registration begins for non-degree undergraduate students
13 Friday Early spring classes end; Spring waiver registration for senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers.
16 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day (college closed, library closed)
17 Tuesday Spring classes begin
23
Monday
Last day to add without permission from department; students may still drop classes without permission
 30  Monday Last day for add/drop (all academic programs except for BPS)

February

18 Saturday Emergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration)
20 Monday Summer registration begins for degree students
27 Monday Summer registration begins for non-degree students 

March

6 Monday Spring recess begins
13 Monday Classes resume 
18 Saturday 
Emergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration) 
22 Wednesday
Mid-semester grades due

April

5 Wednesday Last day to withdraw from courses with a W
12  Wednesday Fall registration begins for degree students
22 Saturday Emergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration)
26
Wednesday
Fall registration begins for non-degree graduate students
26
Wednesday
Cap and Gown Convocation

May

1 Monday
Last day of classes
2 Tuesday
Reading Day
3 Wednesday Final examinations begin
9 Tuesday Final examinations end
10 Wednesday Senior grades due by 4 p.m.
12 Friday All other grades due by 4 p.m.; 
12 Friday Summer Session I waiver registration for senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers 
13 Saturday Undergraduate/Graduate Commencement
15 Monday Summer Session I begins
19 Friday Last day for adding courses or dropping a course without a charge (Summer Session I)
29 Monday Memorial Day (college closed, library closed)

June

23 Friday Summer Session I ends; 
23 Friday Summer Session II waiver registration for senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers
26
Monday
Summer Session II begins
27 Tuesday
Summer Session I grades are due by 4 p.m.
30  Friday  Last day for add/drop (Summer Session II) 

July

4 Monday
Independence Day Observed (college closed, library closed)

August

4 Friday Summer session II ends
9 Tuesday Summer Session II grades are due by 4 p.m.
 14  Monday  Victory Day (college closed, library closed)

Note: Calendar subject to change. Please see RIC Website for any changes.