Academic Calendar for 2024-2025

Note: different calendar dates may apply for select courses and/or offerings at locations other than the main campus.  Consult the complete academic calendar on the Daemen web page for details.

Link to Daemen Academic Calendar Information

First Semester

 
August 30 Welcome Week begins
September 3 Classes begin
September 10 Last day for making changes in schedule (Adding and Dropping Courses Ends)
October 7 Application for Degree forms must be filed with the Registrar’s office for all prospective January 2023 graduates
October 14-15 Indigenous Peoples Day- classes will not meet
October 28 Mid semester grades due at NOON
November 5 Last day for authorized withdrawal from courses (or change to audit)
November 7 Advance Registration begins for Intersemester/Spring Semester 2025 (This date is subject to change)
November 27-29 Thanksgiving Recess- classes will not meet
December 6 Last day of classes
December 9 Final Examinations begin
December 13 Final Examinations and Fall 2024 Semester Ends
December 17 Semester grades due at NOON
   

Intersemester Session

 
January 2 Classes begin
January 10 Last day for authorized withdrawal from courses (or change to audit)
January 16  Last day of classes
January 17  Final Examinations are held (if no final exam, class is held on this day)
January 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance
January 21 Intersemester grades due at NOON

Second Semester

 
January 22 Classes begin
January 29 Last day for making changes in schedule (Adding and Dropping Courses Ends)
February 3 Application for Degree forms must be filed with the Registrar’s office for all prospective May 2025 graduates
February 19 President’s Day – classes will not meet
March 6 Mid semester grades due at NOON 
March 11-15  Spring Break – classes will not meet
March 28 Last day for authorized withdrawal from courses (or change to audit)
April 2 Advance Registration begins for Summer and Fall Semester 2024 (This date is subject to change)
April 16 Academic Festival (tentative) 
April 18-22 Spring Holiday – classes will not meet
May 2 Last day of classes
May 5 Final Examinations begin
May 9 Final Examinations and Spring 2025 semester ends
May 13 Grades due at NOON for: prospective May 2025 graduates, non-graduating ceremony “walkers,” also for candidates’ admission to the Physician Assistant programs, and to the professional phase of the Physical Therapy program.
May 16 Annual Excellence Awards Ceremony: 7:00 PM (held in Yurtchuk Social Room)
May 17  Commencement held at Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
May 20 Semester grades due at NOON for all other students
June 9  Application for Degree forms must be filed for all prospective September 2025
graduates