2024-2025 Academic Calendar

Fall Semester 2024

Date Event
August 12 (M) Reporting day for Faculty/Staff-Awards Breakfast (offices closed)
August 13 (T) Registration (8:00 am - 6:00 pm)
August 13 (T) Last Day for Online Course Registration
August 14 (W) Orientation for all new and returning students (Helena-West Helena); Nursing Orientation in Helena (All students admitted to the ADN Program.); Nursing Orientation in DeWitt (All students admitted to the PN Program.)
August 15 (TH)  Orientation for all new and returning students (Arkansas County Campuses Only); Technology Orientation (Helena Campus)
August 19 (M) Day & evening classes begin, Fast Track 1 begins, Online classes begin
August 26 (M) Last day for 100% refund
September 2 (M)  Labor Day Holiday (no classes, offices closed)
September 4 (W) Last day to complete application file for current semester/Last day for 50% refund
October 14-15 (M & T) Online Midterm Proctored Exams & Fast Track 1 Final Exams
October 15 (T)  Online Midterm Advisory Grades due & Fast Track 1 ends
October 16 (W) Fast Track 2 Begins
October 25 (F) Faculty/Staff In-Service (no day classes but evening and weekend classes meet) (offices closed)
November 1 (F) Last day to drop and receive a “W”
November 4 (M)  Spring registration begins
November 25-29 (M-F)  Faculty and students do not report (no classes, offices open Nov. 25-27)
November 28-29 (TH & F) Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes, offices closed)
December 2 (M) Offices open, classes resume (8:00 am)
December 2 (M) Last day to receive an “EW”
December 4, 5, 6 (W, TH, F) Online Final Proctored Exams & Fast Track 2 Final Exams
December 5 (TH)  Last day for classes
December 6 (F) Study Day (Faculty will be available in their offices from 8:30 am to noon)
December 9-12 (M, T, W, TH) Day, evening, and night exams begin
December 17 (T) End of Term (additional work must be completed, Independent Study and Incomplete forms must be on file)
December 19 (TH) Final grades due (12:00 noon)
December 20 (F) December Graduation (no commencement)
December 20 (F) Offices closed from 4:30 pm until 8:00 am on 1/3/25 (F)

Spring Semester 2025

Date Event
January 3 (F) Offices open
January 8 (W) Reporting day for faculty (8:00 am); Faculty/Staff In-Service
January 9 (TH) Registration (8:00 am - 6:00 pm) (Last Day for Online Course Registration)
January 13 (M)  Day & evening classes begin, Online & Fast Track 1 Classes begin
January 20 (M) Martin Luther King Holiday (no classes, offices closed)
January 21 (T) Last day for 100% refund
January 29 (W) Last day to complete application file for current semester/Last day for 50% refund
February 21 (F)  Faculty/Staff In-Service (no day classes but extended day and evening classes meet)
March 5 & 6 (W & TH) Online Midterm Proctored Exams & Fast Track 1 Final Exam
March 11 (T) Midterm advisory grades due, Online Midterm grades due (4:00 pm) & Fast Track 1 Ends
March 12 (W) Fast Track 2 begins
March 24-28 (M-F) Spring Break
March 28 (F) Spring Break Friday (no classes, offices closed)
March 31 (M) Classes resume (8:00 am)
April 3 (TH) Last day to drop and receive a “W”
April 3 (TH) Summer & Fall registration begins
April 24 (TH) Last day to receive an “EW”
May 1 (TH) Last day for classes
May 2 (F)  Study Day (Faculty will be available in their offices from 8:30 am to noon)
May 5 & 6 (M & T) Online & Fast Track 2 Final Proctored Exams
May 5 - 8 (M-TH) Day and evening exams begin 
May 8 (TH) End of Term (additional work must be completed, Independent Study and Incomplete forms must be on file) by the end of the day
May 12 (M) Final grades due (12:00 noon)
May 15 (TH) Graduation Arkansas County at Grand Prairie Center (7:00 pm)
May 16 (F) Graduation Phillips Cty. at the Hendrix Fine Arts Ctr.in Lily Peter Audit. (7:00 pm)
May 26 (M) Memorial Day Holiday (offices closed)

Summer Terms 2025

Summer I 2025

Date Event
May 28 (W) Last Day to Register for Online Courses
May 28 (W) Summer I Begins & Online Classes Begin
May 29 (TH) Last day for 100% refund
June 19 (TH) Juneteenth-College Celebration (College open)
June 23 (M) Last day to drop and receive a “W”
July 1 (T) Last day to receive an “EW”
July 3 (TH) Last Day of Classes for Summer I Face to Face-Summer Classes End
July 4 (F) July 4th- Holiday (no classes scheduled for Fridays)
July 7 (M) Summer I Face to Face Class Grades Due by 4:30 p.m.-Online courses continue

Summer I Extended and Online 2025

Date Event
May 28 (W) Summer I Extended begins
May 29 (TH) Last day for 100% refund
June 19 (TH) Juneteenth-College Celebration (College open)
June 23 (M) Last day to drop and receive a “W”
July 4 (F) July 4th Holiday (no classes scheduled for Fridays)
July 7 (M) Last day to receive an “EW”
July 16 & 17 (W & TH) Online Proctored Exams
July 22 (T) Summer I Extended and Online ends (Final grades due by 4:30 p.m.)

Summer II 2025

Date Event
July 7 (M) Summer II begins
July 8 (T) Last day for 100% refund
July 24 (TH) Last day to drop and receive a “W”
Aug. 1 (F) Last day to receive an “EW”
August 4 (M) Summer II ends (Final grades due by 4:30 p.m.)

*Students must register prior to the second class meeting of any course to be admitted to that course. Once the second class has begun, a student may not register for that class. (See above calendar for online dates.)