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25-26 Academic Catalog 
  
25-26 Academic Catalog

2025-2026 Academic Calendar


Fall, 2025

Assembly week (faculty return) Monday-Friday, August 18-22
Classes begin Monday, August 25
*Labor Day holiday Monday, September 1
*Indigenous Peoples Day Holiday Monday, October 13
Second eight-week classes begin Monday, October 20
Semester mid-date Wednesday, October 22
Priority registration for all students for Spring 2026 (1st Tuesday in November) Tuesday, November 4
*Veterans Day holiday Tuesday, November 11
Last day to drop class without instructor signature (16-week classes) (75% of class complete) Wednesday, November 19
*Thanksgiving holiday Thursday-Friday, November 27-28
Classes resume Monday, December 1
Final examinations begin Monday, December 15
Recess for academic faculty Monday, December 22 - Friday, January 9
Grades due Tuesday, December 23 by 5 pm
**College holiday recess Wednesday, December 24 - Thursday, January 1
**(Holiday Recesses: Wednesday, December 24th, Thursday, December 25th, 2025 and Thursday, January 1, 2026)

 Minimester, 2025-2026

December 22 2025 - January 9, 2026
Grades due Monday, January 12, 2026
(Only ONLINE courses will be offered)

Spring, 2026

Assembly week (faculty return) Monday-Friday, January 12-16
*Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday (observed) - holiday Monday, January 19
Classes begin Tuesday, January 20
*Presidents’ Day - holiday Monday, February 16
Semester mid-date Saturday, March 14
Semester mid-break vacation Monday-Saturday, March 16-20
Classes resume Monday, March 23
Second eight-week classes begin Monday, March 23
*Holiday Friday, April 3
Classes resume Monday, April 6
Priority registration for all students for Summer and Fall 2026 (1st Tuesday in April) Tuesday, April 7
Last day to drop class without instructor signature (16-week classes) (75% of class complete) Wednesday, April 22
Final examinations begin Thursday, May 14
Commencement (Quad-Cities Campus) Thursday, May 21
Commencement (East Campus) Friday, May 22
Grades due Monday, May 25 by 5 pm
*Memorial Day (observed) - holiday Monday, May 25

Summer, 2026

June Start

Classes begin Monday, June 1
*Juneteenth Holiday Friday, June 19
Final examinations Last meeting day of class
*Independence Day (observed) - holiday Friday, July 3
Grades due (4-week classes) Wednesday, July 1 by 5 pm
Grades due (6-week classes) Tuesday, July 14 by 5 pm
Grades due (8-week classes) Tuesday, July 28 by 5 pm

July Start

Classes begin Monday, June 29
*Holiday Friday, July 3
Final examinations Last meeting day of class
Grades due Tuesday, July 28 by 5 pm

*NOTE: Holidays - ALL College facilities are closed. Calendar is tentative and subject to change.