Events, Conferences, and Support Services Important Dates to Mark on Your Calendar Campus Version 2018-2019 2018 Monday, January 1, 2018 Sunday, January 7, 2018 January 13-21, 2018 Monday, January 15, 2018 Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Friday, January 26, 2018 Saturday, February 3, 2018 Saturday, February 10, 2018 Wednesday, February 14, 2018 February 22-23, 2018 Friday, March 2, 2018 March 9-18, 2018 Monday, March 19, 2018 Thursday, March 22, 2018 March 30-31, 2018 Friday, March 30, 2018 Friday, March 30, 2018 Saturday, March 31, 2018 Sunday, April 1, 2018 Friday, April 6, 2018 Friday, April 6, 2018 Saturday, April 7, 2018 Sunday, April 8, 2018 Sunday, April 8, 2018 Monday, April 9, 2018 New Year s Day Christian Eastern Orthodox Christmas Recruitment Martin Luther King Day Classes Begin Career Expo Westhampton College Junior Ring Dance Christian-Catholic/Protestant Ash Wednesday Board of Trustees Admissions Experience Richmond (first session) Spring Break Service Awards Sharp Series Lecture Fred Hardy Track Meet Admissions Spring Preview Richmond Christian Catholic/Protestant Good Friday First Day of Passover (begins sundown the previous day) Christian Catholic/Protestant Easter Spiderpalooza Eastern Orthodox Good Friday Pig Roast Eastern Orthodox Easter Buddha s Birthday Student Athlete Banquet and Celebration
Monday, April 9, 2018 Monday, April 16, 2018 Friday, April 20, 2018 Friday, April 20, 2018 Saturday, April 21, 2018 Saturday, April 21, 2018 April 26-27, 2018 Friday, April 27, 2018 April 30-May 5, 2018 April 30 May 11, 2018 Thursday, May 3, 2018 Thursday, May 3, 2018 Friday, May 4, 2018 Saturday, May 5, 2018 Sunday, May 6, 2018 May 11-13, 2018 Monday, May 28, 2018 June 1-3, 2018 June 8-10, 2018 Friday, June 15, 2018 Admissions Experience Richmond (second session) Admissions Experience Richmond (third session) Arts & Sciences Symposium Spring Honors Convocation Spring Football Game Admissions Experience Richmond (fourth session) Board of Trustees Last Day of Spring Classes Spring Term Exams Law School Spring Term Exams Atlantic 10 Women s Lacrosse Tournament (quarter-finals) Southern Conference Men s Lacrosse Tournament (semi-finals) Atlantic 10 Women s Lacrosse Tournament (semi-finals) Southern Conference Men s Lacrosse Tournament (finals) Atlantic 10 Women s Lacrosse Tournament (finals) Commencement Weekend Memorial Day Reunion Weekend Special Olympics of Virginia Summer Games Muslim Eid al-fitr (begins at sundown the previous day) Wednesday, July 4, 2018 Friday, August 3, 2018 Independence Day Staff Appreciation Day/Campus Power Outage (tentative) August 17-26, 2018 Orientation New Students Arrive Welcome Remarks by President Muslim Eid al-adha (begins at sundown the previous day) Saturday, August 25, 2018 Returning Students Arrive Sunday, August 26, 2018 Richmond College Investiture Monday, August 27, 2018 Classes Begin Friday, August 31, 2018 Admissions Summer Preview Richmond ---, 2018 Westhampton College Proclamation Night ---, 2018 Spiderfest Monday, September 3, 2018 Labor Day
September ---, 2018 Saturday, September 8, 2018 Saturday, September 8, 2018 Career Fair Expo UR vs. Fordham September 10-11, 2018 September 14-16, 2018 Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown the previous day) Family Weekend Saturday, September 15, 2018 UR vs. Saint Francis Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Yom Kippur (begins at sundown the previous day) Thursday, September 20, 2018 Muslim Ashura (begins at sundown the previous day) Monday, September 24, 2018 First Day of Sukkot (begins at sundown the previous day) Saturday, September 29, 2018 UR vs JMU Saturday, October 6, 2018 UR vs Delaware Monday, October 8, 2018 Weinstein- Rosenthal Forum Friday, October 12, 2018 Admissions Fall Preview Richmond October 12-16, 2018 Fall Break ---, 2018 Trick or Treat Street ---, 2018 Spiderboard Homecoming Concert November 2-4, 2018 Homecoming Weekend Saturday, November 3, 2018 Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Saturday, November 10, 2018 UR vs Villanova Hindu Diwali UR vs Maine Saturday, November 17, 2018 November 21-23, 2018 Friday, December 7, 2018 December 9, 2018 December ---, 2018 Saturday, December 8, 2018 December 10-18, 2018 December 10-21, 2018 December 24-31, 2018 2019 Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Monday, January 7, 2019 Thanksgiving Break Last Day of Fall Classes Candlelight Service (Lessons & Carols) at Cannon Memorial Chapel Winter Celebration Buddha s Enlightenment Day Fall Exams Law School Fall Exams Winter Break (for Employees) New Year s Day Christian Eastern Orthodox Christmas
January 12-20, 2019 Recruitment Monday, January 14, 2019 Spring Semester Classes Begin Monday, January 21, 2019 Saturday, January 26, 2019 Martin Luther King Day ---, 2019 Westhampton College Junior Ring Dance February ---, 2019 Employee Service Awards Friday, March 1, 2019 Admissions Experience Richmond (first session) Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Christian-Catholic/Protestant Ash Wednesday March 8-17, 2019 Spring Break March 29-30, 2019 Fred Hardy Track Meet Thursday, March 29, 2019 Saturday March 30, 2019 Admissions Spring Preview Richmond Friday, April 5, 2019 Spiderpalooza Saturday, April 6, 2019 Monday, April 8, 2019 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Friday, April 13, 2019 Thursday, April 26, 2019 Friday, April 19, 2019 April ---, 2019 Saturday, April 20, 2019 Saturday, April 20, 2019 Sunday, April 21, 2019 Friday, April 26, 2019 Friday, April 26, 2019 Sunday, April 28, 2019 April ---, 2019 April 29-May 4, 2019 April 29-May 20, 2019 May 10-12, 2019 Monday, May 27, 2019 May 31-June 2, 2019 Wednesday, June 5, 2019 June 7-9, 2019 Pig Roast Admissions Experience Richmond (second session) Buddha s Birthday Admissions Experience Richmond (third session) Admissions Experience Richmond (fourth session) Christian Catholic/Protestant Good Friday Student Athlete Banquet and Celebration First Day of Passover (begins sundown the previous day) Spring Football Game Christian Catholic/Protestant Easter Eastern Orthodox Good Friday Last Day of Spring Classes Eastern Orthodox Easter Arts & Sciences Symposium Spring Term Exams Law School Spring Term Exams Commencement Weekend Memorial Day Reunion Weekend Muslim Eid al-fitr (begins at sundown the previous day) Special Olympics of Virginia Summer Games