Academic Calendar
2025 - 2026 Academic Calendars
May
May 25 - Memorial Day (All campuses closed)
May 26 - Summer 2026 8- and 5-week sessions begin
May 28 - Last day to drop class without penalty 5-week session classes
May 28 - Last day to add a class with faculty consent 5-week session classes
June
June 1 - Last day to drop without penalty 8-week session classes
June 1 - Last day to add a class with faculty consent 8-week session classes
June 12 - Last day to withdraw from 5-week classes/session
June 24 - Last day to withdraw from 8-week classes/sessions
June 26 - 5-week session ends
June 30 - Grades due at midnight for 5-week session
July
July 3 - Independence Day Holiday (All campuses closed)
July 17 - 8-week session ends
July 21 - Grades due at midnight for 8-week session
2026 - 2027 Academic Calendars
August
August 14 - Tuition & Fees due for Fall 2026
August 17 - Fall 2026 full-term and 1st 8-week sessions begin
August 17 - 21 - No penalty drop period for 1st 8-week session classes
August 17 - 28 - No penalty drop period for full-term classes
August 19 - 21 - Add period for 1st 8-week session classes (instructor consent required)
August 19 - 28 - Add period for full-term classes (instructor consent required)
September
September 7 - Labor Day (All campuses closed)
September 18 - Last day to withdraw from 1st 8-week classes/session
October
October 8 - Last day of classes for the 1st 8-week session
October 9 - Finals for 1st 8-week classes
October 9 - Midterm for Fall 2026
October 12 - 13 - Fall Break (no classes)
October 12 - Grades due at midnight for 1st 8-week classes
October 14 - 2nd 8-week classes begin
October 15 - Last day to add without penalty 2nd 8-week session classes
October 17 - 24 - Homecoming Week
October 20 - Last day to drop without penalty 2nd 8-week session classes
October 23 - Last day to withdraw from full-term classes/session
October 26 - First day to register for Spring and Summer 2027 classes
October 26 - 30 - Advising Week
November
November 16 - Last day to withdraw from 2nd 8-week classes/session
November 25 - 27 - Thanksgiving Holiday (all campuses closed). College closes noon on Wednesday, November 25.
December
December 4 - Fall 2026 full-term and 2nd 8-week classes end
December 7 - 11 - Finals
December 14 - Grades due at midnight for full-term and 2nd 8-week classes
December 25 - 31 - Winter Break (all campuses closed)
January
January 1 - Winter Break (all campuses closed)
January 8 - Tuition & fees due for spring 2027
January 11 - Spring 2027 classes begin
January 15 - Last day to drop without penalty 1st 8-week session classes
January 22 - No penalty drop period for full-term classes
February
February 10 - Last day to withdraw from 1st 8-week classes/session
March
March 3 - Finals for 1st 8-week classes
March 4 - Midterm for Spring 2027
March 6 - Grades due at midnight for 1st 8-week classes
March 8 - 12 - Spring Break (no classes)
March 11 - 12 - Spring Break (all campuses closed)
March 15 - 2nd 8-week classes begin
March 19 - Last day to drop without penalty for 2nd 8-week session classes
March 24 - Last day to withdraw from full-term classes/session
March 26 - Spring Holiday (all campuses closed)
March 29 - First day to register for Fall 2027 classes
March 29 - 31 - Advising Week
April
April 1 - 2 - Advising Week
April 14 - Last day to withdraw from 2nd 8-week classes/session
April 22 - District Music Contest (no classes - Scottsbluff Campus only)
April 30 - Spring 2027 full-term and 2nd 8-week classes end
May
May 3 - 7 - Finals
May 8 - 2027 Graduation
May 10 - Grades due at midnight for full-term and 2nd 8-week classes
Calendar dates are subject to change.