2021-2022 Academic Calendar

September 2021  
6 Monday Labor Day
6 Monday Orientation Begins
6 Monday Rosh Hashanah begins in the evening
7 Tuesday Rosh Hashanah
11 Saturday Residence Halls Open for Returning Students (9:00 a.m.)
13 Monday Fall Term Classes Begin (8:00 a.m.)
15 Wednesday ***Yom Kippur begins in the evening
16 Thursday Yom Kippur
23-25 - Thurs.-Sat. Clifford Symposium
October 2021  
8-10 Fri.-Sun. Fall Family Weekend
18-19 Mon.-Tue. Midterm Recess
20 Wednesday Classes Resume (8:00 a.m.)
20-23 Wed.-Sat. Board Meetings
29-31 Fri. - Sun. Homecoming
November 2021  
7 Sunday Daylight Saving Ends
11 Thursday Veterans Day
12-13 Fri.-Sat. Institute Board of Advisors Meeting (MIIS)
23 Tuesday Thanksgiving Recess Begins (4:15 p.m.)
25 Thursday Thanksgiving
29 Monday Classes Resume (8:00 a.m.)
December 2021  
10 Friday *Fall Term Classes End (2:45 p.m.)
13 Monday Reading Day
14-19 Tues.-Sun. Final Exams
16 Thursday Reading Day
19 Sunday Recess Begins (5:00 p.m.)
20 Monday Residence Halls Close (noon)
25 Friday Christmas Day
January 2022  
1 Saturday New Year’s Day
8-9 Sat.-Sun. Arrivals Permitted
10 Monday

Winter Term Classes Begin (8:00 a.m.); January 10-11 Classes Online Only

17 Monday Martin Luther King Day (no classes)
28-29 - Fri.-Sat. Institute Board of Advisors Meetings (MIIS)
February 2022  
4 Friday Winter Term Classes End Recess Begins (4:00 p.m.)
5 Saturday Celebration for Mid-Year Graduates
9 Wednesday Spring Orientation Begins
10-12 - Thurs.-Sat. Board of Trustees Meetings (remote)
14 Monday Spring Term Classes Begin (8:00 a.m.)
18-19 Fri.-Sat. Winter Carnival (classes do meet on Friday)
21 Monday Presidents Day
March 2022  
2 Wednesday Ash Wednesday
4-5 Fri.-Sat. College Board of Advisors Meetings
13 Sunday Daylight Savings Begins 
18 Friday Spring Term Recess Begins (2:45 p.m.)
28 Monday Classes Resume (8:00 a.m.)
April 2022  
2 Saturday ***Ramadan begins in the evening
15 Friday Good Friday
15 Friday Passover begins in the evening
16 Saturday Passover
17 Sunday Easter
22 Friday Spring Student Symposium; Classes Do Not Meet
28 Thursday ***Lailat al-Qadr
May 2022  
2 Monday Eid al-Fitr begins in the evening
3 Tuesday ***Eid al-Fitr
12-14 Thurs.-Sat. Board Meetings
16 Monday **Spring Term Classes End (2:45 p.m.); Friday class schedule observed
17-18 Tues.-Wed. Reading Days
19-24 Thurs.-Tues. *Final Examinations
22 Sunday Reading Day
25 Wednesday Residence Halls Close for General Student Body (noon)
28 Saturday Baccalaureate
29 Sunday Commencement
29 Sunday Residence Halls Close for Graduates (11:00 p.m.)
30 Monday Memorial Day 
31 Tuesday Commencement for Class of 2020
June 2022  
5-7 Sun.-Tues. 50th Reunion: 1970, 1971
9-12 Thurs.-Sun. Reunion
24 Friday Language Schools Eight-Week Session Begins
28 Tuesday Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont Begins
July 2022  
1 Friday Language Schools Seven-Week Session Begins (tentative)
4 Monday Independence Day
5 Tuesday Language Schools Six-Week Session Begins (tentative)
9 Saturday ***Eid al-Adha begins in the evening
10 Sunday ***Eid al-Adha
11-12 Mon.-Tues. Schools Board of Advisors Meetings
August 2022  
13 Saturday Commencement, Bread Loaf School in Vermont
17-27 - Wed.-Sat. Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference  
19 Friday Language Schools Commencement
   
*Fall exams scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
*Spring exams scheduled Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday.
**Friday class schedule observed on Monday, May 16.  
***Dates are based on the lunar calendar and may vary.