October 2025 Newsletter

Falcon Family Day 2025
Pre-Registration Information for Spring and Summer 2026
Final Exam Information Fall 2025
Exam-A-Grams
Important Dates to Remember

Falcon Family Day 2025

Falcon Family Day will take place on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. Family Day is the perfect time to reconnect with your student, explore where your student calls home and meet other families. Each person who registers for Family Day will receive lunch, a welcome bag, tickets for games and prizes, access to athletic events and a chance to take part in scheduled events along with self-guided opportunities to explore campus and the city of Montevallo.

Falcon Family Day is open to families, friends and UM students. Online registration will remain open until 5 p.m. CST on Oct. 12, 2025. For more information about Falcon Family Day or to register online, visit montevallo.edu/falcon-family-day.

Pre-Registration Information for Spring and Summer 2026

The pre-registration period is set aside for currently enrolled students. Enrolled students must meet with their advisor before pre-registration to plan their upcoming schedule. Students should contact their advisors to schedule appointments. Students will not be able to register via Banner Self-Service until their advisor has cleared them to register. Students with a declared major who have not been assigned an advisor should contact the departmental office of their major. Students without a declared major should contact the general studies advisor in the Falcon Success Center in the library by calling (205) 665-6092. Students must follow the procedures listed below to complete the pre-registration process.

1 – Check your student account for any HOLDS. You will not be able to register if you have a hold on your account. Holds are applied to a student’s account for a variety of reasons including student conduct sanctions, health forms/test results and unpaid fees. Remind your student to check their account a few weeks before registration begins to see if a hold has been applied to their account. This can be seen by going into Banner Self-Service. Until a hold is removed, students cannot register for classes or drop/add classes after they register.
2 – Meet with your academic advisor to plan your schedule.
3 – Your advisor will enter a PIN number that allows you to register for classes.
4 – Register for classes (according to the schedule below) by logging into Banner Self-Service via the Student Resources link at the bottom of the montevallo.edu webpage. For detailed instructions about the registration process, visit the Registrar’s webpage: montevallo.edu/about-um/administration/registrars-office/registration-information/banner-self-service-registration-instructions/.

Pre-registration Schedule for Spring and Summer 2026 Classes
Nov. 3 – Spring and summer registration begins for graduate students
Nov. 5 – Spring and summer registration begins for seniors
Nov. 7 – Spring and summer registration begins for juniors
Nov. 11 – Spring and summer registration begins for sophomores
Nov. 13 – Spring and summer registration begins for freshmen

Students are responsible for understanding the registration process for any classes that are added and/or dropped from their schedule.

Final Exam Information Fall 2025

The final exam schedule is based on regularly scheduled class meeting times. All course syllabi must include the scheduled date and time for final exams.

• Hybrid courses’ final exam times will correlate to the class’s on-campus meetings.
• Flexible (synchronous) courses’ final exam times will correlate to schedule class times.
• Online (synchronous or hybrid) courses’ final exam times will correlate to schedule class times.
• Online (asynchronous) classes consult the course syllabus or instructor.
• Classes schedule at any time other than shown below — consult the course syllabus or instructor.

Petitioning to Reschedule a Final Exam

• Students may petition to their major College Dean to reschedule exams if the following circumstances occur:
  • A student has 3 or more exams scheduled on the same day.
  • A student has 2 exams scheduled at the same time.
• Students wishing to reschedule one or more final exams due to one of the reasons above must submit to their major College Dean documentation of their schedule.
• The petition must be approved no later than the last regular day of classes. The rescheduled exam must be administered during one of the provisional exam times as listed in the schedule below.
• Exams for on campus courses have higher priority than online exams regardless of level.
• For all instances not covered above, the student’s major College Dean will consult with professors/instructors and decide which final should be rescheduled.

Final Grade Submission deadlines:

Grades for graduation candidates must be submitted via Banner Self Service no later than 3 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 10. Graduation candidates must be allowed to reschedule their final exams prior to this deadline.

Grades for all other students must be submitted via Banner Self Service no later than 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 15.

Exam-A-Grams

The Housing & Residence Life Office offers a special gift program during final exam week for all of our students living on campus. This program offers parents a great opportunity to show support for their students by sending them an “Exam-A-Gram” care package full of sweet and savory treats.

The Exam-A-Gram will be hand delivered to your student and can include a note from you! The cost is $45 per order. To order an Exam-A-Gram for your student, go to https://commerce.cashnet.com/montevalloadv?itemcode=ADV-EG. The link to order Exam-A-Grams will go live on Oct. 2. Orders are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31. If you have any questions, you may contact the Housing & Residence Life Office at 205-665-6235 or housing@montevallo.edu.

Important Dates to Remember

Oct. 9 – Founders’ Day
Oct. 13 – Fall Break (No classes)
Oct. 14 – Mid-Semester week begins
Oct. 23 – Last day for course/semester withdrawal for fall registration
Nov. 3 – Spring and summer 2026 registration begins for currently enrolled graduate students
Nov. 5 – Spring and summer 2026 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate students
Nov. 11 – Veterans Day (University closed)
Nov. 26 – Halls close at 8 a.m. for Thanksgiving holidays (except Brooke Hall, College Creek, College Park, Lund Hall and Peck Hall)
Nov. 26-28 – Thanksgiving holidays (University closed)
Nov. 30 – Halls reopen at 2 p.m.
Dec. 1 – Classes resume from Thanksgiving holidays
Dec. 4-5 – Classes meet as scheduled. No exams or quizzes (with the exception of make-up exams) may be administered and no other graded assignments may be due.
Dec. 8-12 – Final examinations for fall courses
Dec. 12 – Fall Commencement/halls close at 5 p.m. for students not graduating and 7 p.m. for graduates (except Brooke Hall, College Creek, College Park, Lund Hall and Peck Hall)
Dec. 19 – Winter holidays begin at 5 p.m. (University closed – will reopen Jan. 2, 2026)
Jan. 2 – University reopens from Winter holidays
Jan. 7 – Classes begin/payment deadline for spring semester
Jan. 7-13 – Drop/Add period for spring registration
Jan. 13 – Last day for refund for dropped spring course(s)
Jan. 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day (University closed)
Feb. 11-14 – College Night and Homecoming activities
Feb. 13 – No classes
March 2 – Mid-Semester week begins
March 10 – Last day for course or semester withdrawal for spring registration
March 20 – Spring Break for students and faculty begin at 5 p.m.
March 30 – Classes resume at 8 a.m.
April 6 – Fall 2026 registration begins for currently enrolled and returning graduate students.
April 8 – Fall 2026 registration begins for currently enrolled and returning undergraduate students.
April 27-May 1 – Final examinations for spring courses
May 2 – Spring Commencement (TBA)