Academic Calendar
Spring 2025
Mar 13 | No Classes/Faculty Retreat, 9:00am-4:00pm (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 2 | Bennington Reception in Boston
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, 9:00am-4:30pm
Apr 13 | BenningtonWorks Admitted Students Day - 2025
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 letter grade request forms for second 7 week 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 25 | Plan Day - ends at 12:30pm | No classes in session all day
Apr 25 | Deadline: Students | FWT 2025 summer registration due to FWT Office
Apr 25 | Deadline: Students | Summer Independent Study Application Due in Handshake
Apr 28 | BenningtonNext - Admitted Students - 2025
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 16 | MFA Low Residency Dance Program in Montpelier, France | Summer Residency Begins
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 (All Reflective Materials Due)
Jul 28 | MFA Low Residency Dance Program in Montpelier, France | Summer Residency 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
Aug 15 | Middlebury Language Schools Arabic and Italian Immersion Programs | Classes end
Fall 2025
Aug 28 | New student orientation
Aug 28 | Meal Plan starts
Sep 1 | Labor Day | Several administrative offices closed
Sep 1 | Faculty meeting, 10:00am-12:00pm | CAPA Symposium
Sep 2 | Classes begin at 2:10pm
Sep 30 | Classes end at 2:00pm
Oct 1 | Deadline: Students | Spring 2026 study away application due to Academic Services
Oct 1 | Deadline: Students | Readmission from Withdrawal application materials due to Academic Services
Oct 3 - Oct 5 | Fall Weekend | Classes in session | Oct 3 - Oct 5
Oct 13 | Indigenous People’s Day | Classes in session, administrative offices open
Oct 16 | First seven-week classes end | All classes meet
Oct 17 | MFA Low Residency Dance Program | Fall Studies Lab begins
Oct 17 - Oct 20 | Long Weekend | No classes | Oct 17 - Oct 20
Oct 20 | MFA Low Residency Dance Program | Fall Studies Lab ends
Oct 21 | Second seven-week classes begin this week
Oct 30 | Plan Day | No classes
Nov 5 | Plan Day | No classes
Nov 11 | Veterans Day
Nov 11 | Plan Day - ends at 2:30pm | No classes in session all day
Nov 13 | Deadline: Students approved for grades of incomplete 1st 7 weeks | Fall 2025 final work due to faculty
Nov 20 | Deadline: Faculty | Fall 2025 final grades for 1st 7 week incompletes due to Registrar's Office
Nov 26 - Nov 30 | Thanksgiving Break | No classes, administrative offices closed Thu/Fri | Nov 26 - Nov 30
Nov 30 | End of MFA in Writing Program summer 2025 term
Dec 12 | Last day of classes | All classes meet
Dec 13 | Meal Plan ends (lunch is the last meal)