Academic Calendar - Dentistry

School of Dentistry

SUMMER SESSION 2024

April
29 Monday Summer clinic schedule begins
Apr 29-May 1 Monday-Wednesday New D3 Orientation
May
1 Wednesday New D3 Orientation
1-8 Wednesday-Wednesday New D4 in clinic
4 Saturday White Coat Ceremony
13 Monday Summer didactic classes begin new D3s/new D4s
20 Monday Summer classes begin for new D2
27 Monday Memorial Day
June
19 Wednesday Juneteenth
July
2-25 Tuesday-Thursday ILAC
4 Thursday Independence Day
12 Friday End of Summer Session
13-31 Saturday-Wednesday Summer break
August
1-11 Thursday-Sunday Summer break

Fall Semester 2024

August
12 Monday Faculty & Staff Retreat
13 Tuesday Fall Term/1st Q begins; Classes, labs and clinic D2/D3/D4; D1 Orientation I
14 Wednesday D1 Classes/labs begin
28 Wednesday D1 Orientation II
September
2 Monday Labor Day
20 Friday Creighton Days Alumni/D4 CE Event; No clinics; D4s no classes or labs; D1, D2, D3 classes and labs suspended at instructor's discretion
October
4 Friday 1st Q ends
5-13 Saturday-Sunday Fall recess
14 Monday 2nd Q begins
Novermber
27-29 Wednesday-Friday Thanksgiving recess
December
2-13 Monday-Friday D4 mock boards and remediation (see course syllabi)
13 Friday Didactic 2nd Q/Fall term ends
Dec 14-Jan 6 Saturday-Sunday Winter recess D1/D2
17 Friday Clinic ends D3/D4
Dec 18-Jan 5 Wednesday-Sunday Winter recess D3/D4

Spring Semester 2025

January
6 Monday Spring term/3rd Q begins; Classes, labs, and clinic resume
Jan 17-20 Fid-Sun ADEX Exam D4
20 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February
Feb 22-23 Sat-Sun ADEX Retake Exam D4
March
7 Friday 3rd Q ends
8-16 Saturday-Sunday Spring recess; No classes, labs or clinics
17 Monday 4th Q begins
TBD TBD CRDTS Exam
April
11 Friday Nebraska Dental Assoc. Annual Meeting; No clinic
18 Friday Good Friday
25 Friday Senior Picnic; No clinics
May
2 Friday Didactic 4th Q/Spring term ends
3-18 Saturday-Sunday Term break new D2
9 Friday Clinic ends
10 Sat White Coat Ceremony
15 Thursday Senior Award Ceremony; No classes, labs or clinics
16 Friday Masters Hooding-Commencement and School of Dentistry Commencement; No classes, labs or clinics
17 Saturday Spring Degree Conferral Date; Undergraduate Commencement