Calendar

First Semester	2024-2025	2025-2026
Classes begin	Sept. 3	Sept. 2
Fall Wellness Break*	Oct. 25-27*	Oct. 24-26
Election Day: Day of Civic Engagement	Nov. 5
Thanksgiving recess begins	Nov. 27, 6 pm	Nov. 26, 6 pm
Classes resume	Dec. 2	Dec. 1
Last day of classes	Dec. 13	Dec. 12
Reading day	Dec. 14	Dec. 13
Commencement	Dec. 14	Dec. 13
Final exams	Dec. 16-20	Dec. 15-19
Winterim
Winterim begins	Jan. 2	Jan. 2
Winterim ends	Jan. 17	Jan 17
Holiday	Jan. 20	Jan. 19
Second Semester
Classes begin	Jan. 21	Jan. 20
Spring break begins	Mar. 14, 6 pm	Mar. 13, 6 pm
Classes resume	Mar. 24	Mar. 23
Last day of classes	May 9	May 8
Reading day	May 10	May 9
Final exams	May 12-16	May 11-15
Commencement	May 17	May 16
Summer Session
Summer term begins	May 19	May 18
Holiday	May 26	May 25
Holiday	July 4	July 4
Last day of summer term	Aug. 15	Aug. 14
	*Fall 2024 Wellness Break Details: UWSP will observe a wellness break in the Fall 2024 academic instructional calendar that consists of no instruction (but see exceptions) on Friday, October 25, 2024, and no projects, assignments, exams, or other assessments administered or due Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or during normal classes on Monday, October 28, 2024. Exceptions to the October 25 non-instruction day are the following: Classes that meet only on Fridays, labs, and graduate classes. This is not a newly allocated employee leave day for any employment category, but a cessation of instructional activities on Friday, October 25. For the benefit of all students, faculty and staff, campus-based wellness activities and events will be planned for Friday, October 25, 2024