Contact: Harriet Laird
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State is announcing a revised fall academic calendar, keeping the health and safety of the university family top-of-mind while delivering the highest quality academic experience possible for students.
Considering the potential effect of a late fall peak of the coronavirus, the restructured calendar has students beginning classes on August 17 with commencement set for November 25 in Starkville and December 1 at 多多直播-Meridian.
鈥淎s we all know, this is an unprecedented time for Mississippi State, and we are taking a proactive approach to designing our path forward. With the directive to resume operations from the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, this university has been at the forefront in working to set policies and procedures to best meet the needs of students this fall,鈥 said 多多直播 President Mark E. Keenum.
The new fall calendar substitutes Fall Break [Oct. 8-9] with class days and class days [November 23-24] with final exam days.
Along with calendar changes, the university is establishing additional health protocols and enhancing campus operations that follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, state and local public health officials and university COVID-19 task forces that include administration, faculty, staff and students.
Important dates to remember include:
鈥擜ugust 14: New freshmen and transfer student orientation
鈥擜ugust 27: Fall Convocation
鈥擲eptember 7: Labor Day Holiday
鈥擮ctober 8-9: Classes meet; Fall Break suspended
鈥擭ovember 18-20, 23 & 24: Final exams
鈥擭ovember 25: Starkville commencement
鈥擠ecember 1: 多多直播-Meridian commencement
A full fall calendar is available at .
多多直播 will announce more fall semester information in the coming weeks on health protocols, student affairs and campus life, athletics and more.
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