Academic Calendar

2024-2025 Calendar

In-Person Degree Programs
2024
July 4 Thursday Independence Day (FST offices closed)
August 19 Monday Welcome dinner for new on-campus students
21 Wednesday New on-campus student orientation
21-23 Wednesday-Friday Fall 2024 registration for new on-campus students. Late registration for continuing on-campus students.
26 Monday FST Fall 2024 classes begin
September
2 Monday Labor Day Holiday (FST offices and library closed)
4 Wednesday Start of FST Community Liturgies and Meal (Founders Chapel 4:30-6pm)
6 Friday Deadline for registered on-campus students to make changes in Fall 2024 enrollment without special permission (no refund given beyond this point)
12 Thursday Start of FST Zoom Lecture Series
20 Friday Last day to petition for Fall graduation
October
2 Wednesday FST Community Liturgy and Meal-Canceled
3 Thursday Transitus
4 Friday Feast of St. Francis (No classes; FST offices and library closed)
10 Thursday FST Zoom Lecture Series
TBD Saturday-Sunday FST Student Retreat
21-25 Monday-Friday FST Fall Reading Week (No Classes)
23 Wednesday FST Community Liturgy and Meal-Canceled
November
14 Thursday FST Zoom Lecture Series
4-8 Monday-Friday Spring 2024 Advising Week for on-campus students
11-15 Monday-Friday Spring 2024 registration for continuing on-campus students
27 Wednesday FST Community Liturgy-Canceled
28-29 Thursday-Friday FST & USD Thanksgiving Holiday (No classes; FST & USD offices and library closed)
December
6 Friday Filing deadline for MTS thesis
11 Wednesday Last FST Community Liturgy & Christmas Celebration (Founders Chapel 4:30-6pm)
12 Thursday FST Zoom Lecture Series
20 Friday Last Day of FST Classes
20 Friday Last day to petition to take an incomplete for Fall 2024
24-31 Tuesday-Tuesday FST Christmas and New Year’s Eve holiday (No classes; FST offices and library closed)
 
2025
January
1 Wednesday New Year’s Day holiday (FST offices and library closed)
3 Friday Final grades due for Fall 2024
10 Friday Deadline to turn in incomplete work from Fall semester
16 Thursday New student welcome dinner
20 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (FST offices and library closed)
22 Wednesday New on-campus student orientation
22-24 Wednesday-Friday FST Spring 2024 registration for new on-campus students. Late registration for continuing on-campus students.
27 Monday FST classes begin
31 Friday Final grades for Fall incompletes due
February
5 Wednesday Start of FST Community Liturgies and Meal (Founders Chapel 4:30-6pm)
7 Friday Deadline for registered on-campus students to make changes in Spring 2024 enrollment without special permission (no refund given beyond this point)
13 Thursday FST Zoom Lecture Series
14 Friday Last day to petition for May 2024 graduation
March
10-14 Monday-Friday FST/USD Spring Break (no classes)
13 Thursday FST Zoom Lecture Series
26 Wednesday FST Community Liturgy and Meal-Canceled
TBD Saturday-Sunday FST Student Retreat
April
10 Thursday FST Zoom Lecture Series
16 Wednesday FST Community Liturgy-Canceled
17 Thursday Holy Thursday half-day holiday (FST offices closed at noon)
18 Friday Good Friday (FST offices closed)
21 Monday Easter Monday (FST offices closed)
28 Monday Filing deadline for MTS Thesis
May
8 Thursday FST Zoom Lecture Series
14 Wednesday Last FST Community Liturgy and Meal (Founders Chapel 4:30-6pm)
23 Friday Last day of FST classes
23 Friday Last day to petition to take an incomplete for Spring 2024
23 Friday Baccalaureate Mass
24 Saturday FST Commencement
26 Monday Memorial Day holiday (FST offices and library closed)
30 Friday Final Spring grades due
June
6 Friday Deadline to turn in incomplete work from Spring 2024
19 Thursday Juneteenth (FST offices closed)
27 Friday Final grades for Spring incompletes due
July
4 Friday Independence Day (FST offices closed)

Online Degree Program – 2024-2025

July 1 Monday Fall 2024 Registration Opens
August 16 Friday Registration Deadline
30 Friday Orientation Course Due Date
September 2 Monday Last Day to Drop with 100% Refund
3 Tuesday Payment Due Date
3 Tuesday Semester Begins/First Course Start Date
6 Friday Last Day to Drop with 95% Refund/Drop Deadline
30 Monday Last Day to Withdraw from Course A
October 21 Monday First Course End Date
22 Tuesday Second Course Start Date
November 1 Friday Spring 2025 Registration Opens
4 Monday First Course Final Grade Submission Due Date
18 Monday Last Day to Withdraw from Course B
December 9 Monday Semester Ends/Second Course End Date
16 Monday Spring 2025 Registration Deadline
23 Monday Second Course Final Grade Submission Due Date
January 3 Friday Orientation Course Due Date
6 Monday Last Day to Drop with 100% Refund
7 Tuesday Payment Due Date
7 Tuesday Semester Begins/First Course Start Date
10 Friday Last Day to Drop with 95% Refund/Drop Deadline
February 3 Monday Last Day to Withdraw from Course A
24 Monday First Course End Date
25 Tuesday Second Course Start Date
March 10 Monday First Course Final Grade Submission Due Date
24 Monday Last Day to Withdraw from Course B
April 14 Monday Semester Ends
28 Monday Second Course Final Grade Submission Due Date