Academic Calendar 2024-2025

Fall Semester 2024

 

March 13Priority Registration Begins: Fall 2024
March 14Current Student Registration Begins: Fall 2024
June 27New Student Registration Begins: Fall 2024
August 14, 15, 16Faculty duty days
August 16Tuition Payment Deadline - courses removed for non-payment
August 18Last day to remove all classes with full refund
August 19First day of class: Full Term and Mini 1
August 19, 20, 21, 22, 23Drop/Add Schedule Adjustment Period: Refund Policy Begins
August 29Tuition Payment Deadline – courses removed for non-payment
August 29Financial Aid Freeze/Census
August 29Courses removed for non-attendance
September 2Labor Day: College Closed
September 6Local Professional Development (Fall Convocation Faculty/Staff)
September 2060% attendance date: Fall Mini 1
September 27Last day to withdraw: Mini 1
October 11Final exams for Mini 1
October 14First day of class: Mini 2
October 14, 15Drop/Add Schedule Adjustment Period: Mini 2
October 21Tuition Payment Deadline – Mini 2 courses removed for non-payment
October 21Courses removed for non-attendance – Mini 2
October 2360% attendance date: Full Fall
October 29Priority Registration Begins : Spring 2025
October 30All Other Registration Begins: Spring 2025
November 11Veterans Day: College Closed
November 1460% attendance date: Fall Mini 2
November 25Last day to withdraw: Full Fall & Mini 2
November 25, 26, 27No Classes for Students
November 25, 26, 27State/Local Professional Development (Faculty duty days)
November 28, 29Thanksgiving: College Closed
December 2First day of Mini 3
December 2, 3Drop/Add Schedule Adjustment Period/Refund Policy Begins
December 6Tuition payment deadline - Mini 3 courses removed for non-payment
December 6Courses removed for non-attendance – Mini 3
December 960% attendance date: Fall Mini 3
December 9, 10, 11, 12, 13Final exams: Full Fall, Mini 2
December 10Last day to withdraw: Mini 3
December 11, 12, 13Final exams: Mini 3
December 16, 17, 18, 19Faculty duty days
December 17Grades due @ 10 am 
December 19Commencement @ 6pm: Gadsden State Cherokee
December 23-January 1Christmas Holidays: College Closed

Spring Semester 2025

 

October 29Priority Registration Begins: Spring 2025
October 30All Other Registration Begins: Spring 2025
January 2Duty day for non-instructional staff
January 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10Faculty duty days
January 6Tuition Payment Deadline – courses removed non-payment
January 12Last day to remove all classes with full refund
January 13First day of class: Full Spring & Mini 1
January 13, 14, 15, 16, 17Drop/Add Schedule Adjustment Period: Refund Policy Begins
January 20Martin Luther King Day: College Closed
January 27Tuition Payment Deadline
January 28Courses removed for non-payment and non-attendance: Full Spring and Mini 1
January 27Financial Aid Freeze/Census
January 31Spring Convocation for Faculty/Staff
February 1460% attendance date: Spring Mini 1
February 21Last day to withdraw: Mini 1
March 7Final exams for Mini I
March 10First day of class: Mini 2
March 10, 11Drop/Add Schedule Adjustment Period: Mini 2
March 11Grades due @ 10 am for Mini 1
March 12Priority Registration Begins: Summer 2025 & Fall 2025
March 13All Other Registration Begins: Summer 2025
March 13Current Student Registration Begins: Fall 2025
March 16Tuition Payment Deadline: Mini 2
March 17Courses removed for non-payment and non-attendance: Mini 2
March 1960% attendance date: Full Spring
March 24-28Spring Break
April 18Last day to withdraw: Full Spring & Mini 2
April 1960% attendance date Spring Mini 2
May 2, 5, 6, 7, 8Final exams: Full Spring & Mini 2
May 9, 12, 13Faculty duty days
May 12Grades due @ 10 am
May 13Commencement @ 6pm: Gadsden State Cherokee

Summer Semester 2025

 

March 12Priority Registration Begins: Summer 2025 & Fall 2025
March 13All Other Registration Begins: Summer 2025
March 13Current Student Registration Begins: Fall 2025
May 26Memorial Day: College closed
May 23, 27Faculty duty day
May 27Last day to remove all classes with full refund
May 28First day of class: Full Summer & Mini 1
May 28, 29Drop/Add Schedule Adjustment Period: Refund Policy Begins
June 8Tuition Payment Deadline
June 9Courses removed for non-payment and non-attendance: Full Summer and Mini 1
June 9Financial Aid Freeze/Census
June 1860% attendance date: Mini 1
June 19Juneteenth: College Closed
June 25Last day to withdraw: Mini 1
June 26New student registration begins Fall 2025
July 2Final exams for Mini 1
July 3First day of class: Mini 2
July 4Independence Day: College Closed
July 3, 7Drop/Add Schedule Adjustment Period: Mini 2
July 7Grades due @ 10 am for Mini 1
July 9Tuition Payment Deadline: Mini 2
July 10Courses removed for non-payment and non-attendance: Mini 2
July 1060% attendance date: Full Summer
July 2460% attendance date: Mini 2
July 30Last day to withdraw: Full Summer & Mini 2
August 6, 7Final exams: Full Summer & Mini 2
August 8, 11Faculty duty days
August 11Grades due @ 10:00 am

Revised March 14, 2025