DHSS Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar 2019-2020
(subject to change)
Fall 2019 semester
August 19-20, 2019 – 1st year Orientation
August 21, 2019 – Classes begin
August 21, 2019 – Clinic begins for 2nd year SLP students
September 2, 2019 – Labor Day for VUM, No Clinic
September 3, 2019 – Clinic begins for 1st year SLP students
September 4, 2019 – Registration closes
October 07-11, 2019 – Midterms
October 24-25, 2019 – Mini Fall Break
November 23-Dec. 1, 2019 – Thanksgiving Holidays
December 5, 2019 – Classes end, Last day of Clinic for all SLP students
(CALIPSO evaluation due by 5:00 PM)
December 14, 2019 – Last day of exams
December 18, 2019 – Last day for faculty to submit final grades
December 24, 2019 – January 1, 2020 – VUSM closed for winter break
Spring 2020 semester
November 6, 2019 – Registration opens
January 6, 2020 – Classes begin
January 17, 2020 – Registration closes
January 20, 2020 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 29-March 8, 2020 – Spring Break
March 23, 2020 – Registration opens
April 20, 2020 – Classes end
April 30, 2020 – Last day of exams
May 2, 2020 – Last day for faculty to submit grades
May 8, 2020 – Commencement
Summer 2020 semester
May 4, 2020 – May session begins
May 29, 2020 – May session ends
June 2, 2020 – Regular summer classes begin
August 7, 2020 – Regular summer classes end
August 13, 2020 – Last day for faculty to submit grades
Academic Calendar 2020-2021
Fall 2020 semester
Aug 24-Aug 25 – Orientation
Aug 26 – First day of classes
Oct 22-23 – Fall break
Nov 21-Nov 29 – Thanksgiving holidays
Dec 10 – Last day of classes
Dec 11-19 – Examinations and reading days
Spring 2021 semester
Jan 11 – First day of classes
Jan 18 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – classes do not meet
March 6-14 – Spring holidays
Apr 26 – Last day of classes
Apr 27-May 6 – Examinations and reading days
May 14 – Commencement
Summer 2021 semester
May 10 – Maymester begins
June 8 – First-half and full-term summer classes begin
Aug 13 – Last day of classes