The Office of Residence Life and Housing is pleased to share the following dates related to the opening and closing of our residential communities for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. Please note these dates are subject to change.

A full 2024-2025 Academic Calendar will be made available here. The summer schedule can be found here.

Information for Academic Year 2024-25

For those who wish to make travel arrangements now for 2024-25, please see the following dates below.

Please note that due to the limited time between semesters, we are unable to offer extensions to closing dates and, at times, may be limited in our ability to honor early arrival requests. We encourage students to consider choosing flexible travel options in the unlikely event that dates change.

Fall 2024 Dates

• Friday, August 16 or Saturday, August 17 – Pre-Orientation Move-In

  • Students will receive their move-in instructions (including date and time frame) in mid-July after program enrollment, from Residence Life and Housing.

  • Check-in will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily; move-in assistance will be available from 9 a.m. to noon each day for incoming students only.

• Wednesday, August 21 – New Student Move-In
  • Check-In and Move-In Assistance will be available from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

  • All students must be moved in by 1 p.m.

  • Students will see their suggested move-in windows in late July 2024 when they receive their housing assignments via the Housing Portal.
• Wednesday, August 21 through Friday, August 23 – Orientation Activities (i.e. New Deac Week)
• Thursday, August 22 through Saturday, August 24 – Continuing Student Move-In

  • Thursday, August 22 – Check-in will be available from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

  • Friday, August 23 – Check-in will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • Saturday, August 24 – Check-in will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Monday, August 26 – Classes Begin
• Saturday, December 14 – Last Day of Exams
• Sunday, December 15 – Communities close at 2 p.m. for Winter Break (unless approved for Winter Break Housing)

Spring 2025 Dates

• January 2025
  • Tuesday, January 7 – Sorority Recruitment
    • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Actives (i.e., current sisters) Move-In
    • 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Potential New Members (i.e., students going through sorority recruitment) Move-In

• • Friday, January 10
    • 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Move-in for students moving on to campus for the first time this academic year
  • Saturday, January 11
    • 9 a.m. – Communities open for all students to return
  • Monday, January 13 – Classes Begin
• May 2025
  • Wednesday, May 7 – Last Day of Exams
  • Thursday, May 8  – Communities close @ 2 p.m. for non-seniors (unless approved for Interim Housing)
  • Monday, May 19 – Commencement
  • Tuesday, May 20-
    • Communities close @ 12 p.m. for seniors and those not approved for Interim Housing

Summer 2025

• Tuesday, May 27 – Summer School 1 Move-In
  • Summer School Housing will be in Bostwick and Johnson Halls
• Wednesday, May 29 – Summer School 1 Begins
  • Interim Housing Closes
• Thursday, July 3 – Summer School 1 Close
  • Students moving out must be out by 2 pm
• Monday, July 7 – Summer School 2 Move-In
• Tuesday, July 8 – Summer School 2 Begins
• Sunday, August 10 – Summer School 2 Close
  • Students moving out must be out by 2 pm
• Monday, August 11 – Transition Day
  • For those students who are living on campus will transition directly to their Fall housing between the hours of 9 am – 2 pm.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact us at housing@wfu.edu or 336.758.5185.