The Bethany calendar includes summer, fall, and spring semesters. The Fall Semester begins in August and ends before Christmas. The Spring Term begins in early January and ends in early May.
Undergraduate
Summer Semester 2026
May
| 26 | Monday | Memorial Day - Employee Holiday |
July
| 3 | Friday | Fourth of July - Employee Holiday Observed |
FALL SEMESTER 2026
August
| 17 | Monday | New Faculty Orientation |
| 18 | Tuesday | Chairs/Directors Workshop |
| 19-20 | Wed. - Thurs. | Faculty Workshop |
| 20 | Thursday | Orientation/Move-in Day for New Students |
| 20 | Thursday | Matriculation |
| 21-23 | Fri. - Sun. | Camp Bell |
| 24 | Sunday | Final Registration |
| 18 | Monday | First day of classes |
| 28 | Friday | Last day to drop/add |
September
| 4 | Friday | Last date to determine credit/no credit and Census Day |
| 7 | Monday | Labor Day - Employee Holiday (no classes) |
| 10 | Thursday | Fall Convocation |
| 13 | Sunday | Early Intervention (Warning) reports due by 10 p.m. |
| 18-20 | Fri. - Sun. | Homecoming Weekend |
October
| 12 | Monday | Second Start |
| 15 | Thursday | Senior One Stop |
| 19 | Monday | Mid-term grades due by 10 p.m. |
| 19-20 | Mon. - Tues. | Fall Break (no classes) |
| 23 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from a course with a W |
| 28 | Wednesday | Advising Day (no classes) |
November
| 2-6 | Mon. - Fri. | Registration for Spring Semester (2026) |
| 6 | Friday | Last day to register without late registration fee |
| 9 | Monday | Last day to apply for comprehensive exams and graduation for December 2025 |
| 25-27 | Wed. - Fri. | Thanksgiving Break (no classes) |
| 26-27 | Thurs. - Fri. | Thanksgiving - Employee Holiday |
| 30 | Monday | Classes resume at 8 a.m. |
December
| 9 | Wednesday | Last day to withdraw from a course with a WP or WF |
| 9 | Wednesday | Last day of classes |
| 10-12 | Thurs. - Sat. | Final Exams and/or last classes |
| 12 | Saturday | Final grades due for students taking Comprehensive Exams |
| 14 | Monday | Final grades due by 10 p.m. |
| 14-15 | Mon. - Tues. | Comprehensive Exams (written) |
| 16-18 | Wed. - Fri. | Comprehensive Exams (oral) |
| 23-25 | Wed. - Fri. | Employee Holiday |
| 26-31 | Sat. - Thurs. | Employee Semester Break - Essential employees to report as necessary |
SPRING SEMESTER 2027
January
| 1 | Friday | New Year - Employee Holiday |
| 4 | Monday | Staff returns to work |
| 8 | Friday | Spring Faculty Workshop |
| 11 | Monday | First day of classes |
| 15 | Friday | Last day to drop/add classes |
| 19 | Monday | Martin Luther King Day - Employee Holiday (no classes) |
| 29 | Friday | Last day to determine credit/no credit; Census Day |
| 31 | Sunday | Early warning reports due by 10 p.m. |
February
| 18 | Thursday | Senior One Stop |
March
| 1 | Monday | Second Start |
| 7 | Sunday | Mid-term grades due by 10 p.m. |
| 11 | Thursday | Founder's Day Convocation |
| 15-19 | Mon. - Fri. | Spring Break (no classes) |
| 22 | Monday | Classes resume at 8 a.m. |
| 26 | Friday | Good Friday - Employee Holiday (no classes) |
| 29 | Monday | Last day to withdraw from the course with a W |
| 31 | Wednesday | Advising Day (no classes) |
April
| 2 | Friday | Last day to apply for comprehensive exams & graduation for May 2027 |
| 5-9 | Mon.-Fri. | Registration for Fall Semester (2027) |
| 12 | Monday | Last day to register without late registration fee |
| 15 | Thursday | Honors Day Convocation (no classes) All-Day Bethany College Symposium of Scholarship & Creative Work |
| 30 | Friday | Last day of classes |
| 30 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from a course with a WP or WF |
| 27 | Monday | Grades due for students taking Comprehensive Exams and all seniors by 10 p.m. |
| 27-29 | Mon. - Wed. | Final Exams and/or last classes |
| 30 | Thursday | Comprehensive Exams (written) |
May
| 3 | Monday | Grades due for students taking comprehensive exams and All seniors grades due by 10 p.m. |
| 3-5 | Mon.-Wed. | Final exams and/or last classes |
| 6-7 | Thurs.-Fri. | Comprehensive exams (written) |
| 10-12 | Mon. - Wed. | Comprehensive Exams (Oral) |
| 13 | Thursday | Final Faculty Meeting |
| 14 | Friday | Baccalaureate |
| 15 | Saturday | Commencement |
Summer Semester 2027
May
| 31 | Monday | Memorial Day - Employee Holiday |
July
| 5 | Monday | Fourth of July - Employee Holiday |
