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Month	Day(s)	Day(s) of the week	Description
August	10-17	Monday-Monday	Fall 2020 pre-registration period
August	24-30	Wednesday-Sunday	Fall 2020 registration period
August- September	31-9	Monday-Wednesday	Virtual First Days
September	7	Monday	Williams Reads
September	8	Tuesday	First-year student advising
September	8-18	Tuesday-Friday	Drop/add period
September	9	Wednesday	Tutorial drop deadline, 4:00 pm
September	10	Thursday	Fall semester classes begin
September	12	Saturday	Convocation
September	18	Friday	Independent Study forms due, 4:30 pm
October	TBA	One of first three Fridays	Mountain Day
October	12-13	Monday-Tuesday	Reading period, no classes
October	22	Thursday	Last day to drop a fourth or fifth/extra-graded course, 4:30 pm
October	23-25	Friday-Sunday	Family Days
October- November	TBD	TBD	Spring 2021 pre-registration period
November	7	Saturday	Homecoming
November	25-29	Wednesday-Sunday	Thanksgiving Break
December	4	Friday	Last day to claim exam hardship
December	11	Friday	Last day to change course grading option to pass/fail, 4:30 pm Last day to withdraw from a course Fall semester classes end
December	12-15	Saturday-Tuesday	Reading period
December	12-20	Saturday-Sunday	Self-Scheduled final exam period (administered by faculty)
December	15	Tuesday	Last day written work due in courses with final exams, 5:00 pm
December	16-21	Wednesday-Monday	Scheduled final exam period (administered by faculty)
December	19	Saturday	Last day written work due in courses without final exams, 5:00 pm
December	28	Monday	Fall semester grades due

Due to COVID-19 all dates tentative and subject to change

Month	Day(s)	Day(s) of the week	Description
January			Winter Study canceled due to COVID-19
February	16	Tuesday	Tutorial drop deadline, 4:00 pm
February	17	Wednesday	Spring semester classes begin (classes follow a Thursday schedule, attend any class on your schedule that has a Thursday meeting time)
February	18	Thursday	Claiming Williams Day, no classes
February	19	Friday	Classes resume assigned schedule
March	22-23	Monday-Tuesday	Reading Period, no classes
April	21-22	Wednesday-Thursday	Health Days, no classes
May	7	Friday	Health Day, no classes
May	19	Wednesday	Spring semester classes end
May	20-23	Thursday-Sunday	Reading period
May	20-28	Thursday-Friday	Self-Scheduled and Take-Home final exam period
May	23	Sunday	Last day written work due in courses with final exams, 5:00 pm
May	24-29	Monday-Saturday	Scheduled final exam period
May	27	Thursday	Last day written work due in courses without final exams, 5:00 pm
June	3	Thursday	Senior grades due, 12:00 pm
June	7	Monday	Spring semester grades due (all other students)
TBD	TBD	TBD	Baccalaureate Service Class Day
TBD	TBD	TBD	Commencement
TBD	TBD	TBD	Alumni Reunions

Month	Day(s)	Day(s) of the week	Description
August- September	30-8	Monday-Wednesday	First Days
September	6	Monday	Williams Reads
September	7	Tuesday	Rosh Hashanah
September	8	Wednesday	First-year student advising
September	9	Thursday	Fall semester classes begin
September	11	Saturday	Convocation
October	TBA	One of first three Fridays	Mountain Day
October	11-12	Monday-Tuesday	Reading period, no classes
October	22-24	Friday-Sunday	Fall Family Days
November	13	Saturday	Homecoming
November	24-28	Wednesday-Sunday	Thanksgiving Break
December	10	Friday	Fall semester classes end
December	11-14	Saturday-Tuesday	Reading period
December	11-19	Saturday-Sunday	Self-Scheduled and Take-Home final exam period
December	15-20	Wednesday-Monday	Scheduled final exam period

Month	Day(s)	Day(s) of the week	Description
January	3	Monday	Winter Study begins
January	17	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no classes
January	27	Thursday	Winter Study ends
February	2	Wednesday	Spring semester classes begin (classes follow a Thursday schedule, attend any class on your schedule that has a Thursday meeting time)
February	3	Thursday	Claiming Williams Day, no classes
February	4	Friday	Classes resume assigned schedule
February	18-19	Friday-Saturday	Winter Carnival, no classes
March- April	19-3	Saturday-Sunday	Spring Break
April	4	Monday	Spring semester classes resume
April	TBA	Saturday-Sunday	Spring Family Days
May	13	Friday	Spring semester classes end
May	14-17	Saturday-Tuesday	Reading period
May	14-22	Saturday-Sunday	Self-Scheduled and Take-Home final exam period
May	18-23	Wednesday-Monday	Scheduled final exam period
June	4	Saturday	Baccalaureate Service Class Day
June	5	Sunday	Commencement
June	9-12	Thursday-Sunday	Alumni Reunions

The Winter Study Period covers 25 calendar days.

Month	Day(s)	Day(s) of the week	Description
August- September	29-7	Monday-Wednesday	First Days
September	5	Monday	Williams Reads
September	7	Wednesday	First-year student advising
September	8	Thursday	Fall semester classes begin
September	10	Saturday	Convocation
October	TBA	One of first three Fridays	Mountain Day
October	10-11	Monday-Tuesday	Reading period, no classes
October	28-30	Friday-Sunday	Fall Family Days
November	5	Saturday	Homecoming
November	23-27	Wednesday-Sunday	Thanksgiving Break
December	9	Friday	Fall semester classes end
December	10-13	Saturday-Tuesday	Reading period
December	10-18	Saturday-Sunday	Self-Scheduled and Take-Home final exam period
December	14-19	Wednesday-Monday	Scheduled final exam period

Month	Day(s)	Day(s) of the week	Description
January	3	Tuesday	Winter Study begins
January	16	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no classes
January	26	Thursday	Winter Study ends
February	1	Wednesday	Spring semester classes begin (classes follow a Thursday schedule, attend any class on your schedule that has a Thursday meeting time)
February	2	Thursday	Claiming Williams Day, no classes
February	3	Friday	Classes resume assigned schedule
February	17-18	Friday-Saturday	Winter Carnival, no classes
March- April	18-2	Saturday-Sunday	Spring Break
April	3	Monday	Spring semester classes resume
April	TBA	Saturday-Sunday	Spring Family Days
May	12	Friday	Spring semester classes end
May	13-16	Saturday-Tuesday	Reading period
May	13-21	Saturday-Sunday	Self-Scheduled and Take-Home final exam period
May	17-22	Wednesday-Monday	Scheduled final exam period
June	3	Saturday	Baccalaureate Service Class Day
June	4	Sunday	Commencement
June	8-11	Thursday-Sunday	Alumni Reunions

The Winter Study Period covers 24 calendar days.

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