Academic Calendar
Winter 2025
Jan 2 | Deadline: Faculty | Fall 2024 final grades and evaluations for full term and second 7 week courses due to Registrar
Jan 5 | Approved FWT residents arrival
Jan 6 | Field Work Term begins
Jan 9 | MFA in Writing Program January 2025 Residency | Classes Begin
Jan 9 | MFA in Writing Program January 2025 Residency | Arrival Day
Jan 15 | Deadline for students to submit work to faculty if approved for a Fall 2024 incomplete
Jan 18 | MFA in Writing Program Commencement
Jan 19 | MFA in Writing Program January 2025 Residency | Classes End
Jan 19 | MFA in Writing Program January 2025 Residency | Departure day
Jan 20 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Several administrative offices closed
Jan 22 | Deadline: Faculty | Fall 2024 final grades for incompletes due to Registrar's Office
Jan 28 - Feb 2 | North Country Studio | Jan 28 - Feb 2
Feb 1 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2025 leave of absence / withdrawal notifications due to Academic Services
Feb 14 | Deadline: Students | FWT Evaluations: All materials (reflection, FWT employer evaluations, timesheets, etc.) due to FWT Office
Feb 14 | Field Work Term ends (All Reflective Materials Due)
Spring 2025
Feb 15 | House Chairs return
Feb 16 | Third Street student houses, McCullough, Welling, Apartments in Woolley, Leigh and Swan, Welling Townhouse, Long Meadow, Wellness houses, Orchard houses (B, C, Jennings Cottage), and Paran Creek Apartments open for returning students
Feb 17 | Meal Plan starts
Feb 17 | First and Second Street Houses open for returning students
Feb 17 | New and transfer students arrive to campus 8:30am-10am
Feb 17 | Presidents Day | Several administrative offices closed
Feb 17 | Faculty meeting, 10:00am-12:00pm | CAPA Symposium
Feb 17 | New student orientation, 12:00-7:00pm
Feb 17 | Advising for new/transfer students, 1:30pm-2:00pm
Feb 17 | Advising for all students, 2:00pm-4:30pm
Feb 17 | Add/drop begins, 4:30pm
Feb 18 | Classes begin at 8:30am
Feb 21 | Deadline: Faculty | FWT independent study sponsor evaluations due to FWT Office
Feb 28 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2025 add/drop forms for full term and first 7 week courses due to Registrar's Office by 5:00pm
Feb 28 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2025 letter grade request forms for full term and first 7 week courses due to Registrar's Office by 5:00pm
Mar 3 | Deadline: Students | Senior Plan essay drafts due to advisors (Spring 2025 graduates only)
Mar 13 | No Classes/Faculty Meeting (more info coming soon)
Mar 14 | Deadline: Students | Fall 2025 study away application due to Academic Services
Mar 17 | Deadline: Students | Plan drafts due to advisors
Mar 19 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2025 withdrawal forms for first 7 week courses due to Registrar's Office by 5:00pm
Mar 21 | Deadline: Faculty | Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 courses due in WordPress
Mar 24 | Deadline: Advisors | Senior Plan essays due to Academic Services (Spring 2025 graduates only)
Mar 27 | Deadline: Advisors | Plans due to Academic Services
Apr 1 | Deadline: Students | Readmission from Withdrawal application materials due to Academic Services
Apr 4 | First seven-week classes end | All classes meet
Apr 4 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2025 Incomplete application for first 7 week courses due to Academic Services
Apr 5 - Apr 9 | Long Weekend | No classes | Apr 5 - 9
Apr 10 | Second seven-week classes begin this week
Apr 11 | Deadline: Faculty | Spring 2025 final grades and evaluations for first 7 week courses due to Registrar
Apr 12 | Virtual BenningtonWorks Admitted Students event, 11:00am-2:30pm
Apr 13 | BenningtonWorks Admitted Students Day - 2025
Apr 13 | BenningtonWorks Admitted Students Day, 9:00am-4:30pm
Apr 15 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2025 withdrawal forms for full term courses due to Registrar's Office by 5:00pm
Apr 18 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2025 add/drop forms for second 7 week courses due to Registrar's Office by 5:00pm
Apr 18 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2025 letter grade request forms for second 7 week courses due to Registrar's Office by 5:00pm
Apr 25 | Plan Day - ends at 12:30pm | No classes in session all day
Apr 25 | Deadline: Students | Summer Independent Study Application Due in Handshake
Apr 25 | Deadline: Students | FWT 2025 summer registration due to FWT Office
Apr 30 | Plan Day - ends at 2:30pm | No classes in session all day
Apr 30 | Faculty meeting, 3:00pm-5:00pm | CAPA Symposium
May 2 | Deadline: Students approved for grades of incomplete 1st 7 weeks | Spring 2025 final work due to faculty
May 2 | Deadline: Students | Last day to change a meal plan for Spring 2025
May 5 | Deadline: Students | First-Year Essays due to Academic Services (2nd term students)
May 6 | Plan Day | No classes
May 9 | Deadline: Faculty | Spring 2025 final grades for 1st 7 week incompletes due to Registrar's Office
May 9 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2025 withdrawal forms for second 7 week courses due to Registrar's Office by 5:00pm
May 10 | Sunfest
May 14 | 2000-level registration for Fall 2025 begins, 1:00pm (up to 4 credits)
May 15 | 4000-level registration for Fall 2025 begins
May 16 | Deadline: Students | Final day to change a FWT registration
May 16 | 2000-level registration for Fall 2025 continues, 1:00pm (up to 18 credits)
May 26 | Memorial Day | Several administrative offices closed, classes in session
May 28 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2025 Incomplete application for full term and second 7 week courses due to Academic Services
May 28 | Last day of classes | All classes meet
May 28 | Deadline: Students & Faculty | Fall 2025 Registration Closes
May 28 | Deadline: Faculty | Spring 2025 preliminary grades for graduates due to Registrar's Office
May 28 | Commencement Rehearsal, 6:00pm
May 29 | Faculty meeting, 12:30pm-2:30pm | CAPA Symposium
May 30 | End of MFA in Writing Program Winter 2025 term
May 30 | Meal Plan ends
May 30 | All student houses close at 12pm for undergraduates not attending commencement
May 31 | Commencement: Conferring of Degrees, 10:00am
May 31 | Student houses close for graduates at 4pm
Summer 2025
Jun 5 | MFA in Writing Program June 2025 Residency | Arrival Day
Jun 5 | MFA in Writing Program June 2025 Residency | Classes begin
Jun 9 | FWT Summer 2025 begins
Jun 14 | MFA in Writing Program Commencement
Jun 15 | MFA in Writing Program June 2025 Residency | Departure day
Jun 15 | MFA in Writing Program June 2025 Residency | Classes end
Jun 19 | Juneteenth National Independence Day observed | Administrative offices closed
Jun 20 | Middlebury Language Schools Arabic 8-week Immersion Program | Classes begin
Jun 27 | Middlebury Language Schools Arabic and Italian Graduate Programs | Classes begin
Jun 27 | Middlebury Language Schools Italian and Portuguese 7-week Immersion Programs | Classes begin
Jul 4 | Independence Day | Administrative offices closed
Jul 25 | FWT Summer 2025 ends
Aug 8 | Middlebury Language Schools | Commencement, 4:00pm (Mahaney Arts Center (MAC) in Middlebury, VT)
Aug 8 | Middlebury Language Schools Arabic and Italian Graduate Programs | Classes end