Mid-Term Exams - Fall 2024
2024-10-03 - 2024-10-09
Fall 2024 Mid-term examinations

New Orleans Black Theatre Season: Do Birds Fly in The Ghetto, by Trinese Duplessis
2024-10-04 - 2024-10-06 | Georges Auditorium
Dillard University celebrates its 90th Anniversary of the first HBCU theatre degree program, with the first annual New Orleans Black Theater Season.

New Orleans Black Theater Season will feature productions by local artists, writers, and directors beginning Thursday, September 5, and continuing through October.

Below is the theater schedule:

Anne and Emmett, by Janet Langhart Cohen

Directed by Tommye Myrick

Voices in the Dark Repertory Company

Fri. Sept. 13 – Sun. Sept. 15

Fri. Sept. 20 – Sun. Sept. 22

Dillard University, Cook Performing Arts Center

Do Birds Fly in The Ghetto, by Trinese Duplessis

T. Duplessis Entertainment, LLC

Fri. Oct. 4 – Sun. Oct. 6

Dillard University, Georges Auditorium

Gem of the Ocean, by August Wilson

Directed by Ray Vrazel

Voices in the Dark Repertory Company

Fri. Oct. 11 – Sun. Oct. 13

Fri. Oct. 18 – Sun. Oct. 20

HONORING DARRYL REEVES Master Blacksmith, New Orleans, LA
2024-10-09 14:00 (America/Chicago)
HONORING DARRYL REEVES
Master Blacksmith, New Orleans, LA
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 2 pm
Dillard University, Will Alexander Library
Address: 2601 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70126
Ambassador: Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy, Conrad Hilton Endowed Chair, Professor of English, Dillard University, Poet Laureate
Partnering Organization: Dillard University
Tradition Bearer: New Orleans native, who’s shop remains in the 7th Ward, Darryl Reeves is a Master Blacksmith is a third-generation metal worker and owner of Andrew’s Welding & Blacksmith Shop in New Orleans’ Seventh Ward,Possessing centuries-old knowledge and creative ability, with over 50 years of service to his craft here and around the world, Reeves has restored the ornate gates of the Presbytère, the massive gate at the Chalmette National Cemetery, the fabrication of the fence of the Cabildo. In 2012, he cofounded the New Orleans Master Crafts Guild, with Jonn Hankins who manages the program and Jeffrey Poree (Master Plasterer); this program includes apprenticeship training, ground-level networks, and reviving building trades for a new generation.
Reeves addresses the need for skilled laborers to maintain New Orleans’ historic architecture adorned by iron fences and gates. Reeves is the most celebrated architectural blacksmith in the Gulf South, according to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Most recently, Darryl Reeves forged a metal masterpiece for Disney’s Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. Darryl Reeves Shop is at 1873 Agriculture Street in New Orleans 7th Ward.
The Event: Mona Lisa Saloy will recognize Darryl Reeves as a Louisiana Tradition Bearer in a ceremony at Dillard University.

Founders’ Day Convocation - No Classes 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
2024-10-10 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Dillard University Founders’ Day Convocation, 11 a.m. No class 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

New Orleans Black Theatre Season: Gem of the Ocean, by August Wilson
2024-10-11 - 2024-10-13 | Georges Auditorium
Dillard University celebrates its 90th Anniversary of the first HBCU theatre degree program, with the first annual New Orleans Black Theater Season.

New Orleans Black Theater Season will feature productions by local artists, writers, and directors beginning Thursday, September 5, and continuing through October.

Below is the theater schedule:

Anne and Emmett, by Janet Langhart Cohen

Directed by Tommye Myrick

Voices in the Dark Repertory Company

Fri. Sept. 13 – Sun. Sept. 15

Fri. Sept. 20 – Sun. Sept. 22

Dillard University, Cook Performing Arts Center

Do Birds Fly in The Ghetto, by Trinese Duplessis

T. Duplessis Entertainment, LLC

Fri. Oct. 4 – Sun. Oct. 6

Dillard University, Georges Auditorium

Gem of the Ocean, by August Wilson

Directed by Ray Vrazel

Voices in the Dark Repertory Company

Fri. Oct. 11 – Sun. Oct. 13

Friday, October 11 Tickets >>>
Saturday, October 12 Tickets >>>
Sunday, October 13 Tickets >>>
Wednesday, October 16 Tickets >>>
Friday, October 18 Tickets >>>
Saturday, October 19 Tickets >>>
Sunday, October 20 Tickets >>>

Fri. Oct. 18 – Sun. Oct. 20

Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson
2024-10-11 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Cook Theater, Samuel DuBois Cook Fine Arts & Communications Complex
Friday, October 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM CDT
Purchase Tickets Here >>

Mid-Term Grades Due at 12 p.m.
2024-10-14 12:00 (America/Chicago)

Job Fair and Graduate Fair
2024-10-16 - 2024-10-17
Job Fair and Graduate Fair – Oct 16 and 17

New Orleans Black Theatre Season: Gem of the Ocean, by August Wilson
2024-10-18 - 2024-10-20 | Cook Theater, Samuel DuBois Cook Fine Arts & Communications Complex
Dillard University celebrates its 90th Anniversary of the first HBCU theatre degree program, with the first annual New Orleans Black Theater Season.

New Orleans Black Theater Season will feature productions by local artists, writers, and directors beginning Thursday, September 5, and continuing through October.

Dillard University, Georges Auditorium

Gem of the Ocean, by August Wilson
Purchase Tickets HERE:

Friday, October 11 Tickets >>>
Saturday, October 12 Tickets >>>
Sunday, October 13 Tickets >>>
Tuesday, October 15 Tickets >>>
Wednesday, October 16 Tickets >>>
Friday, October 18 Tickets >>>
Saturday, October 19 Tickets >>>
Sunday, October 20 Tickets >>>

Directed by Ray Vrazel

Voices in the Dark Repertory Company

Fri. Oct. 11 – Sun. Oct. 13

Fri. Oct. 18 – Sun. Oct. 20

Join Team Dillard University for the UNCF 5K Run/Walk for Education on October 19!
2024-10-19 07:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
October 19, 8 a.m. – noon

GET INVOLVED!
Corporate & Small Business Sponsorship
~ Register to Walk, Run, Roll, or Cycle Sponsor or Form a Team
~ Donate: Text UNCF33 WALK to 41444~ Join a Volunteer Committee
Register Today! >>>

Students Withdrawn for Non-Attendance and Removed from Housing
2024-10-23
Students withdrawn for non-attendance and removed from Housing.

Graduation Application Filing Begins for Fall 2024 Prospective Graduates
2024-10-23
Graduation application filing begins for Fall 2024 prospective graduates.

Winter 2024 and Spring 2025 registration (myDU opens)
2024-10-28
Winter 2024 and Spring 2025 registration (myDU opens) – October 28, 2024

Homecoming Week!
2024-11-03 - 2024-11-11
For full schedule and registration information, visit dillard.edu/homecoming

Homecoming week is November 3 – 11, 2024
Visit www.dillard.edu/homecoming for updates.

Last day to Withdraw with “W” Grade
2024-11-08
Last day to withdraw from Fall 2024 courses and the University with “W” grade.

Ortique Lecture
2024-11-08 19:00 (America/Chicago)
Ortique Lecture – 7 p.m.

Assessment of the Course Experience Survey
2024-11-18 - 2024-11-22
Assessment of the course experience survey administered.

Fall 2024 Community Service Hours Due
2024-11-22 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Fall 2024 community service hours due in the University Chaplain’s office.

Life After Dillard Requirements Due
2024-11-22 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Life After Dillard requirements due in the Career and Professional Development office for Fall 2024 degree conferral.

Thanksgiving Break, No Classes
2024-11-25 - 2024-12-01
Thanksgiving break. No classes. November 24 – December 1, 2024

Classes resume
2024-12-02 08:00 (America/Chicago)
Classes resume after Thanksgiving Holiday – December 2, 2024

DU Day
2024-12-03
DU Day of Giving

Last Day of Fall 2024 Classes, Last Day to Withdraw with "WF"
2024-12-05 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Last day of class.
Last day to withdraw from courses and the University with a grade of “WF” *does not count towards GPA*

Study Day
2024-12-06 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Study Day – December 6, 2024

Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment Meetings
2024-12-11 08:00 - 2024-12-12 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Institutional effectiveness and assessment meetings and submissions for faculty.

Final grades due at Noon
2024-12-16 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Final grades due at 12 p.m.

Degree Conferral for Graduates
2024-12-16 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Degree conferral for Fall 2024 graduates.

Winter Term Begins
2024-12-16 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)

Last Day to Remove Holds for Spring 2025
2024-12-17
Last day for students to remove holds for Spring 2025
