Records and Advisement
Welcome to the Records and Advisement Office
We are open for business from 8:30am to 5:00pm M-Th and from 8:30am - 12:00pm on Fridays.
Students needing verification letters, proof of residence for DMV, or other enrollment documentation must provide 3 - 5 business days for processing.
REMINDER: Please check the course schedule for dates for courses that run less than 16 weeks.
Helpful Links
- Academic Advising Guide
- Add/Drop form (e-form)
- Adviser Biographies (undergraduate)
- Change Major/Minor/Adviser (UG)
- MyAccess Portal (enrollment verifications, degree audits, etc)
- Pass/Fail Grading Info and Application
- Petition Form
- Change of Address (Current Students)
- Request a Transcript
- Senior Passport 2026-2027
- Student Planning
- Reactivate Program MyAccess
- Reactivate Program/ No log-in required
- Waitlist Information
- Transient Form (Permission for off-campus courses)
Summer Session 2026
May 11 Summer Term Begins
May 19 Add/Drop Period Begins - Fee for Class Change and “W” show on Transcript (15-week classes)
May 26 Last Day to Add a Class (15-week classes)/Census date for S26
June 1 Deadline for August Graduation contracts and applications (undergraduate & graduate)
July 20 Last day to Drop a Class (15-week classes)
July 21 Senior deadline for incompletes
July 21 Graduate student deadline for incompletes
August 3 Grades due for classes taught during the first half of S26
August 21 Commencement
August 25 All Summer 2026 Grades Due by 5:00pm
SmartStart 2026
July 19 Early Check-In for Science Classes, and JumpStart. Orientation 9:00-11:00am,
Dining Hall. Enrollment Activities 11:00am – 2:00pm, Wright Hall
July 20 SmartStart Sciences & JumpStart Classes Begin (BIOL-101; CHEM-120; NOND-103)
July 26 New Student Check-In Iles PE Center – MAIN EVENT 9:00am – 2:00pm
July 27 SmartStart Classes Begin
July 29 Last Day to Add a SmartStart Add/Drop Period Begins - SmartStart Class/Fee for Class Change and “W” show on Transcript
August 11 Last Day to Drop a SmartStart Class
August 17 New Student Check-In Iles PE Center – MAIN EVENT 9:00am – 2:00pm
August 21 SmartStart Classes End
August 25 All Summer 2026 Grades Due by 5:00pm
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Fall 2026 Semester
Aug 3-Aug 9 University Colloquium
Aug 17-21 Freshman/Transfer Orientation
Aug 23 Wright Hall open for enrollment activities for new students from 11:00am – 2:00pm
Aug 24 Fall 2026 classes begin
Aug 26 All S26 grades due by 5:00pm
Sept 1 Fee goes into effect for adding/dropping classes (16-week classes)
Sept 1 “W” in place for dropped courses on transcript (16-week classes)
Sept 7 Last day to add a class (16-week classes)/Census date
Sept 25 Graduation contracts due to Records & Advisement office for December & May undergraduate graduating seniors
Sept 25 Graduation applications due for graduating Graduate students for December
Oct 15-18 Mid-semester break
Oct 20 Mid-term grades due by 5:00pm
Oct 22-25 Alumni Homecoming
Oct 29 Last day to drop a class (16-week classes)
Nov 1 December senior deadline for correspondence/transients/incompletes
Nov 2 Graduate students and Southern Scholars pre-registration, 9:00pm
Nov 2 Progress grades due for December graduating students
Nov 3 Seniors pre-registration (94 earned hours), 9:00pm
Nov 5 Juniors pre-registration (55 earned hours), 9:00pm
Nov 9 Sophomores pre-registration (24 earned hours), 9:00pm
Nov 11 Freshman pre-registration (23 earned hours), 9:00pm
Nov 16 Online registration for W27 opens for new/transfer students, 5:00pm
Nov 16 Last day to order regalia for December graduation
Nov 21-29 Thanksgiving Vacation
Dec 7 All incomplete grades for W26/S26 due
Dec 14-17 Semester exams
Dec 17 Commencement
Dec 18-Jan 10 Christmas Vacation
Dec 21 Fall 2026 semester grades due by 5:00pm
Dec 23-Jan 2 Wright Hall closed