Wednesday, August 12: Opening Faculty Meeting
Thursday, August 13 – Tuesday, August 18: Welcome Week for New Students
Friday, August 14: Opening Convocation (formal academic occasion)
Sunday, August 16: Honor Code Signing
Wednesday, August 19: Fall Classes Begin
Tuesday, September 1: 901 Day
Tuesday, September 2 & Wednesday, September 3: Student Involvement Fair
Monday, September 7: Labor Day (no classes)
Thursday, September 10: Springfield Music Lecture: Dr. Christine Gengaro, 5:00 p.m., Mc Neill Hall REGISTER HERE
Thursday, September 10: New Faculty Welcome Reception at Morningside
Sunday, September 13: YogaFest
Tuesday, September 15 – Friday, October 2: French Film Festival REGISTER HERE
Thursday, September 17: Lauren Klein lecture, Why AI Needs the Humanities, 4:30pm, Blount Auditorium
Tuesday, September 22: Student Leaders Reception at Morningside
Thursday, September 24: Dr. Gideon Park lecture, God and the Good Life: Two Foundational Myths, 5:00 p.m. (LOCATION TBA)
Friday, September 25 – Saturday, September 26: Family Weekend & CajunFest REGISTER HERE
Wednesday, September 30: "Underland” documentary film screening, 7:00 p.m., Blount Auditorium REGISTER HERE
Thursday, October 1: Robert Macfarlane, Is a River Alive? lecture, 6:00 p.m., McNeill Hall - West Campus REGISTER HERE
Thursday, October 1 & Friday, October 2: ACS Provost Retreat
Wednesday, October 7: Fall Recess Begins, 10:00 p.m.
Monday, October 12: Fall Recess Ends, 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday, October 14: Brad Onishi lecture, American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy, 6:00 p.m., Blount Auditorium
Wednesday, October 14 – Friday, October 16: Board of Trustees visit
Sunday, October 18 – Tuesday, October 20: Project Pericles Conference
Wednesday, October 21: Catherine John-Camara lecture, Afroindigenization: A Theory of Grassroots Cultural Practice, 6:00 p.m., Blount Auditorium
Wednesday, October 21 – Friday, October 23: SERC Conference
Tuesday, November 3: Memphis Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast
Monday, November 9 – Friday, November 13: Spring 2027 Registration Advising
Thursday, November 12: Robert Saxe Lecture
Thursday, November 12 – Saturday, November 14: Homecoming/Reunion Weekend REGISTER HERE
Friday, November 20: Spring 2027 Registration Closes
Friday, November 20: Thanksgiving Recess Begins, 10:00 p.m.
Monday, November 30: Thanksgiving Recess Ends, 8:00 a.m.
Friday, December 4: Fall Classes End
Saturday, December 5: Reading Day
Monday, December 7 – Saturday, December 12: Final Examinations
Thursday, December 10: Reading Day
Saturday, December 12: End of Fall Semester
Monday, December 14: Final Grades Due, 5:00 p.m.