CPSC Calendar

Saturday, May 16, 2026

• 

  Commencement

  8:30 am

  Memorial Stadium

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  All Day

  • Other

Monday, May 25, 2026

• 

  Memorial Day Holiday

  All Day

  • Other

Thursday, June 11, 2026

• 

  Summer Horticulture Field Day

  8:00 am

  Rader Family Farms

  • Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, June 19, 2026

• 

  Juneteenth

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

• 

  Weed Science Field Research Tour

  All Day

  TBD

  • Social/Informal Event

Friday, July 3, 2026

• 

  Independence Day (observed)

  All Day

  • Other

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

• 

  Orr Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center Field Day

  8:30 am - 12:00 pm

  Orr Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center, 37804 State Highway 104, Baylis, IL 62314

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

• 

  Monmouth Field Day

  8:30 - 11:30 am

  Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center, 321 210th Ave., Monmouth IL 61462

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• 

  Crop Physiology Field Day

  All Day

  Crop Sciences Research and Education Center

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

• 

  Alma Mater Plots, the next era of long-term university research

  All Day

  Crop Sciences Research and Education Center, 4202 S. First St., Champaign, IL 61822

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, August 24, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  your class

  • Other

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

• 

  1st International Miscanthus Summit

  Recurring

  All Day

  Illinois Conference Center, 1900 South 1st Street, Champaign, IL

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, August 27, 2026

• 

  1st International Miscanthus Summit

  Recurring

  All Day

  Illinois Conference Center, 1900 South 1st Street, Champaign, IL

  • Conference/Workshop

Friday, August 28, 2026

• 

  1st International Miscanthus Summit

  Recurring

  All Day

  Illinois Conference Center, 1900 South 1st Street, Champaign, IL

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, August 29, 2026

• 

  1st International Miscanthus Summit

  Recurring

  All Day

  Illinois Conference Center, 1900 South 1st Street, Champaign, IL

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, September 7, 2026

• 

  Labor Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• 

  Fall break begins

  8:30 am

  Swanlund Administration Building

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, November 26, 2026

• 

  Thanksgiving Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, November 27, 2026

• 

  Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Monday, November 30, 2026

• 

  Instruction resumes

  All Day

  I-Hotel

  • Other

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• 

  Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Friday, December 11, 2026

• 

  Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, December 18, 2026

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

  All Day

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, December 24, 2026

• 

  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, December 25, 2026

• 

  Christmas Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Monday, December 28, 2026

• 

  Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, December 29, 2026

• 

  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Wednesday, December 30, 2026

• 

  Gift Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Thursday, December 31, 2026

• 

  President Designated Holiday

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, January 1, 2027

• 

  New Year's Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Friday, January 15, 2027

• 

  Winter Session Final Exams Begin

  8:30 am

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 18, 2027

• 

  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  All Day

  holiday

  • Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2027

• 

  First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

  All Day

  • Other

Saturday, March 13, 2027

• 

  Spring Vacation Begins

  1:00 pm

  • Other

Monday, March 22, 2027

• 

  Instruction resumes

  7:00 am

  • Other