Key events for the 2025-26 academic year
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<li>Aug. 21-29: University Housing <a href="/housing/current-residents/moving-in">Drop N Go program</a></li>
<li>Aug. 30: Residence Halls open at 9 a.m.</li>
<li>Sept. 2: Classes begin</li>
<li>Oct. 4: <a href="https://www.uww.edu/fye/family/family-fest">Family Fest</a></li>
<li>Oct. 25: <a href="https://www.uww.edu/homecoming">Homecoming</a></li>
<li>Nov. 26-28: Fall break (no classes; residence halls are open)</li>
<li>Dec. 8-12: Final exams</li>
<li>Dec. 13: <a href="https://www.uww.edu/commencement">Commencement</a> at 10 a.m.</li>
<li>Dec. 15, 2025-Jan. 23, 2026: Winter break</li>
<li>Jan. 5-23: <a href="/academics/winterim">Winterim session</a></li>
<li>Jan. 25: Classes begin</li>
<li>March 23-27: Spring break</li>
<li>May 11-15: Final exams</li>
<li>May 16: Whitewater campus <a href="https://www.uww.edu/commencement">commencement</a> at 10 a.m., 3 p.m.</li>
<li>May 19: Rock County campus <a href="https://www.uww.edu/commencement">commencement</a> at 6:30 p.m.</li>
<li>May 26: <a href="/academics/summer">Summer session</a> begins</li>
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