Student Employment Calendar 2024-2025
Below are important dates as it relates to student employment, both for international students and students who are eligible for federal work-study.
2024-2025 Academic Year
| Summer Session 2024 | |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (SCOL only) | May 17 – August 16 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (UCOL only) | June 8 – September 8 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (programs other than SCOL and UCOL) | June 14 – September 8 |
| Classes begin | June 15 |
| Juneteenth, university closed | June 19 |
| Start of graduate assistantship hire request submissions | July 1 |
| Federal Work-Study Hire Form Available | July 1 |
| Start date for using 2024-2025 work-study awards | July 1 |
| Independence Day, university closed | July 4 |
| Classes end | August 23 |
| Fall Quarter 2024 | |
| Deadline to accept Federal Work-Study funds via MyDU in your Financial Aid package | September 1 |
| Labor Day, university closed | September 2 |
| Classes begin | September 9 |
| FAFSA Form Available | October 1 |
| Finals end | November 21 |
| Thanksgiving, university closed | November 28 – November 29 |
| Winter Break, F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on campus (programs other than SCOL and UCOL) | November 22 – January 5 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (UCOL only) | November 16 – January 5 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (SCOL only) | December 19 – January 3 |
| Winter Holiday, university closed | December 25 – December 31 |
| New Year’s Day | January 1 |
| Winter Quarter 2025 | |
| Classes begin | January 6 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, university closed | January 20 |
| FAFSA Priority Deadline for Early Decision I & II, Early Action, Regular Decision, and New Graduate & Law Students | March 1 |
| Finals end | March 21 |
| Spring Break, F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on campus (programs other than SCOL and UCOL) | March 22 – March 30 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (UCOL only) | March 15 – March 30 |
| Spring Quarter 2025 | |
| Classes begin | March 31 |
| FAFSA Priority Deadline for returning Undergrads, Graduates, & Law Students | April 15 |
| Last day of work-study employment for the 2024-25 academic year (SCOL students only) | May 16 |
| F-1/J-1 students can start working full-time on-campus (SCOL only) | May 15 |
| Memorial Day, university closed | May 26 |
| Last day to use Federal Work-Study for the 2024-25 academic year (all students except SCOL) | June 12 |
| Finals end | June 12 |
| Summer Session 2025 | |
| Classes begin | June 14 |
| Juneteenth, university closed | June 19 |
| Independence Day, university closed | July 4 |
| Classes end | August 22 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (SCOL only) | May 16 – August 15 |
| F-1/J-1 students can start working full-time on-campus (UCOL only) | June 7 – September 7 |
| F-1/J-1 students can start working full-time on-campus (programs other than SCOL and UCOL) | June 13 – September 7 |
