ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021
New Mexico Highlands University FACULTY ACADEMIC CALENDAR – 2020-2021
Faculty contractual obligations for the Academic Year 2020-2021 begin on August 5, 2020, and end on May 18, 2021. Please be reminded that attendance at Professional Development activities and Commencement is mandatory.
During periods when classes are not in session, but the University is open, faculty are not required to keep office hours but must be available and must provide contact information to their department as to where they may be reached during this time for department/college/school meetings, committee meetings, etc.
| Fall 2020 | |
| August 12 | New Faculty Orientation- Virtual |
| August 13-14 | Faculty Development – Virtual |
| August 17-18 | Advisement and Department Meetings – Virtual |
| August 19 | Classes Begin – Distance (Hybrid) |
| September 7 | Labor Day (university closed) |
| October 12-13 | Classes not in session (Fall break) |
| November 25 | Fall Recess (university open/classes not in session) |
| November 26 – 28 | Fall Recess (university closed) |
| December 15 | Semester ends – classes not in session |
| Dec 23, 2020-Jan 1, 2021 | Winter Break (university closed) |
| Spring 2021 | |
| January 4-13 | University open – classes not in session |
| January 14,15, 19 | Faculty Advisement – must be available on campus |
| January 18 | Martin Luther King, Jr. (university closed) |
| January 20 | Classes Begin |
| March 15-20 | Spring Break – classes not in session |
| April 2 – 3 | Spring Recess (university closed) |
| May 15 | Commencement |
| May 18 | Semester ends – classes not in session |