{"id":1514,"date":"2020-08-17T09:52:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T14:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2020-08-17T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T14:52:03","slug":"important-dates-for-the-fall-2020-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2020\/08\/17\/important-dates-for-the-fall-2020-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Important dates for the Fall 2020 semester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the fall semester starting soon, check out these important dates that you and your student should know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 25\u201328 \u2013 Student Residence Hall Move-In<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>New out-of-state students move in August 25, new in-state students move in August 26, and upperclassmen move-in is August 27-28. Each student is assigned a move-in time. Students can check their MIAD email for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 26\u201328 \u2013 New Student Orientation<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>This year\u2019s orientation will be completely virtual. Students will receive information in their emails on how to attend orientation. New students will learn about MIAD, its resources and COVID-19 protocols for the semester.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 31 \u2013 Fall classes begin<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>Fall semester begins August 31, and continues without a Fall Break until Thanksgiving Break, November 23 \u2013 27. The semester continues online after Thanksgiving Break until December 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 7<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 Labor Day; no classes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 24 \u2013 4-Week Reports due<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 3<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 2020 Commencement<\/strong><br>MIAD\u2019s 2020 commencement ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. \u2013 noon at the Pabst Theater. Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/graduation\/ceremony-information\/\">graduation blog<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 22 \u2013 Midterms reports due<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>If your student is struggling, encourage them to reach out for help through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miad.edu\/get-involved\/for-parents\/academic-career-success\/academic-resources\">tutoring, counseling and other academic support resources at MIAD<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 6 \u2013 Last day to withdraw from classes <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>This is the last day students can drop a class and receive a \u201cW\u201d on their transcript.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 23\u201327 &#8211; Thanksgiving Break; no classes <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>Following break, students may either return to campus or remain at home to complete the semester online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 18 \u2013 Last day of fall classes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 11, 2021&nbsp; \u2013 Spring 2021 Semester starts<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the fall semester starting soon, check out these important dates that you and your student should know. August 25\u201328 \u2013 Student Residence Hall Move-InNew out-of-state students move in August 25, new in-state students move in August 26, and upperclassmen move-in is August 27-28. Each student is assigned a move-in time. Students can check their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2020\/08\/17\/important-dates-for-the-fall-2020-semester\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Important dates for the Fall 2020 semester<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5654],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miad-news-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}