Fisk University

Opening Convocation
2022-08-11 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Fisk Memorial Chapel, 1000 17th ave north, Nashville, TN, 37208, United States

Last day to add courses
2022-08-23 08:00 - 17:00 | TN
after this date, students will be financially responsible for all attempted hours, regardless of individual course withdrawals made.

Labor Day
2022-09-05 08:00 - 17:00 | TN
University closed for students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

Last day to drop classes with "WD"(withdrawn) mark.
2022-09-06 08:00 - 17:00 | TN

Senior Audits Due in the Registrar's Office
2022-09-06 08:00 - 17:00 | TN

Science and Nursing Dual Track Monthly Zoom Sessions
2022-09-06 19:00 - 20:00 | TN

Constitution Day
2022-09-17 08:00 - 17:00 | TN

Fisk Gymnastics Team appearance on Jennifer Hudson Show
2022-09-19 14:00 - 15:00 | TN
Catch the Fisk University Gymnastics team on the Jennifer Hudson Show, Monday at 2 PM (CDT) on CW. The gymnasts sit down with the two-time Grammy award winner and discuss being part of the first HBCU gymnastics team and how a video of the first practice amassed over 1 million views on social media!

Mid-Semester Evaluations
2022-09-26 08:00 - 2022-09-30 17:00 | TN

Jubilee Day Convocation
2022-10-06 10:00 - 12:00 | TN

Registration for Spring 2023 Semester
2022-10-07 08:00 - 2022-11-05 17:00 | TN

Fall Break
2022-10-10 08:00 - 2022-10-11 17:00 | TN
No classes. university closed.

Senior Exit/Major Field Examination Period
2022-10-17 08:00 - 2022-11-04 17:00 | TN
Students should check with their Department Chairs for information on exact dates.

Last day to Drop course with a grade of WP/WF
2022-11-01 08:00 - 17:00 | TN
The last day to drop a course with a grade of WP (Withdrawn Passing) or WF (Withdrawn Failing)

Last day for student to file for degree for May 2023 Commencement and December 2022 completion date
2022-11-01 08:00 - 17:00 | TN

Homecoming Week
2022-11-06 08:00 - 2022-11-12 17:00 | TN

Last day to submit work for completion of "I" grade from the Previous Semester
2022-11-07 08:00 - 17:00 | TN
Last day to submit work for completion of “I”(Incomplete) grade from the previous semester.

Click here to read the full Incomplete Grade Policy

Decembermester Registration Dates (Online Classes Only)
2022-11-07 08:00 - 2022-11-19 17:00 | TN

Thanksgiving Recess
2022-11-23 08:00 - 2022-11-25 17:00 | TN

Last day of Instruction
2022-11-29 08:00 - 17:00 | TN

Final Examination Period
2022-11-30 08:00 - 2022-12-06 17:00 | TN
Final Examination Period for all Registered students.

Living-Learning Centers Close
2022-12-07 08:00 - 17:00 | TN
Living-Learning Centers Closed at 5:00; Cafeteria after lunch.

Decembermester Begins (Online Courses Only)
2022-12-12 08:00 - 2022-12-29 17:00 | TN

Winter Holiday Break
2022-12-12 08:00 - 2023-01-02 17:00 | TN
University Closed for faculty, staff, and administration

Last day to add/drop Courses for Decembermester
2022-12-15 08:00 - 17:00 | TN

Decembermester Final Examinations
2022-12-29 08:00 - 17:00 | TN

MLK Joint Day of Service
2023-01-14 10:00 - 16:30 | TN
“Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Volunteers from American Baptist College, Belmont, Fisk, Lipscomb, Meharry, Nashville State, Tennessee State University, Trevecca, and Vanderbilt, as well as other area colleges and universities, will join in honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by volunteering together for the 12th Annual MLK Joint Day of service!
Register NOW!
Schedule

10:00 – 11:15 AM:
Event Sign-In/Registration and Lunch

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM:
General Program with Video

12:30 PM:
Depart for Service Sites

1:00 – 3:30 PM:
Service at Community Partner Sites

4:00 – 4:30 PM:
Closing Reflection and Prize Drawings

For more information, contact Lakiesha Hunt(servicelearning@fisk.edu), 615-329-8894.

Phi Beta Kappa and the W.E.B. Dubois Honors Program present Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman visiting scholar
2023-01-30 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-01-31 15:00 - 17:00 | TN
More About Our Visiting Scholar:
Gabrielle Foreman holds the Paterno Chair of Liberal Arts and is a Professor of English, African American Studios and History at Penn State University.
Professor Foreman is a poet’s daughter and interdisciplinary scholar raised between the South Side of Chicago and Venice Beach, California. She is the founding faculty director of the award-winning Colored Conventions Project housed in Penn State’s Center for Digital Black Research/#DigBik, which she launched and co-directs with Shirley Moody-Turner. #DiaBlk is made up of undergraduate researchers, graduate student leaders, librarians, satellite faculty, and arts and community partners who bring the buried history of early Black organizing to digital life.
Professor Foreman is known for her long-standing commitment to working in collectives and to institution and community building. For more than a decade, she’s partnered with renowned dance educator Lynnette Overby and poet Glenis Remond on performances that bring Black history alive on the stage; Foreman is the author of five books and editions. Most recently, The Colored Conventions Movement: Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century and Praise Songs for Dave the Potter: Art and Poetry for David Drake.
In 2022, she served as the Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American Antiquarian Society, working on a new book on the founding families of early Black activism. Professor Foreman is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow.

Office of Career Planning and Development Fashion Show
2023-02-06 15:00 - 16:00 | TN
