STEM Events
Upcoming STEM Events:
Gavilan and STEM Upcoming Events
Click Here to View the Summer Semester 2026 Calendar
Click Here to View the Fall Semester 2026 Calendar
August 2026
8/16/26 - Last Day of Summer Instruction (4 & 5 Week Classes)
8/20/26- MESA Student Success Conference 9am-1:30pm
STEM Academy Orientation from 1-2:30pm
8/21/26- Final grades available for 8 week classes that started June 15, 2026
Final grades available for 4 week classes that started July 13, 2026
8/24/26- First Day of Fall Semester
Bienvenida/Welcome Week
Hollister and Gilroy Campus 11am-1pm
8/25/26- Bienvenida/Welcome Week
Hollister Campus ASGC Game Truck 11am-1pm and Gilroy Campus Game Day with Rocky 11am-1pm
8/26/26- Bienvenida/Welcome Week
Hollister Campus Game Day with Rocky 11am-1pm and Gilroy Campus ASGC Game Truck 11am-1pm
8/27/26- Bienvenida/Welcome Week
Hollister Campus and Gilroy Campus Coffee & Art 11am-1pm
8/28/26- Final grades available for 5 week classes that started July 13, 2026
September 2026
9/4/26- Last Day to Add a Semester-Length Course
Unless open entry or late start class
9/4/26- Final grades available for 10 week classes that started June 15, 2026
9/7/26- Last Day to Drop a Semester-Length Course with a Refund & "NRS" Deadline
Short term classses must be dropped before the 20% point.
9/7/26- Labor Day Holiday
Campuses are closed. No day or evening classes
9/17/26- UC TAG Workshop and Open Lab
Meet in MA 115 from 12pm-2pm. Bring a laptop or rent one of ours!
9/17/26- CSUMB Representative, 1-1 Appointment
Contact Daisy Jimenez-Lopez at djimenez@gavilan.edu for more information.
9/18/26- STEM Club Games
Contact any STEM Club Members for more information. Will be located in front of Math building.
9/24/26- UC TAG Workshop and Open Lab
Meet in Li 126 from 12pm-2pm. Bring a laptop or rent one of ours!
9/29/26- Fall Club Day
Meet in Student Center. Time TBA.
October 2026
10/1/26- CADAA and FAFSA 2027-2028 Application Opens
Deadline is March 2, 2027.
10/7/26 - Health Fair
Meet us in the Library and Math Building. See Student Health Services for more information.
10/15/26- CSUMB Representative, 1-1 Appointment
Contact Daisy Jimenez-Lopez at djimenez@gavilan.edu for more information.
10/16/26 - 10/18/26- Advanced Physics Society (APS) Conference
Contact Rachel Nguyen at rnguyen@gavilan.edu if you have any questions.
10/17/26- UCD Pre-Health Conference
Contact Rachel Nguyen at rnguyen@gavilan.edu if you have any questions.
10/23/26- Deadline to Submit a Petition for ADT e-verficiation
Students transferring to a CSU in spring 2027, meet with a counselor to submit a grauation petition. Make a counseling appointment here.
10/24/26- Conference for Engineering
Contact Rachel Nguyen at rnguyen@gavilan.edu if you have any questions.
10/27/26 - 11/1/26- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineering (SHPE) Conference
Contact Rachel Nguyen at rnguyen@gavilan.edu if you have any questions.
10/28/26 - 11/1/26- Society of the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference
Contact Rachel Nguyen at rnguyen@gavilan.edu if you have any questions.
November 2026
11/3/26 - 11/8/26- Society of Women in Engineering (SWE) Conference
Contact Rachel Nguyen at rnguyen@gavilan.edu if you have any questions.
11/5/26- CSUMB Representative, 1-1 Appointment
Contact Daisy Jimenez-Lopez at djimenez@gavilan.edu for more information.
11/11/26- Veteran's Day Holiday
Campuses are closed. No day or evening classes.
11/13/26- "W" Deadline for Semester-Length Courses
Short term classses must be dropped before the 75% point.
11/19/26- CSUMB Representative, 1-1 Appointment
Contact Daisy Jimenez-Lopez at djimenez@gavilan.edu for more information.
11/26/26 & 11/27/26- Thanksgiving Holiday
No day or evening classes. Saturday and Sunday classes WILL meet on 11/28/26 and 11/29/26
11/30/26- First Day to File Official Transcript Request and IGETC Certification
UC transfers for spring 2027, send both transcripts and IGETC certification, even if completing partial IGETC.
December 2026
12/3/26- CSUMB Representative, 1-1 Appointment
Contact Daisy Jimenez-Lopez at djimenez@gavilan.edu for more information.
12/4/26- Deadline to Submit Fall 2026 Graduation Petition AND Deadline for Selecting Grading Option for semester-long courses
Meet with a counselor to submit a grauation petition. Make a counseling appointment here. Last day to select Pass/No Pass grade option. Click here to download the form and submit to Admissions and Records Office.
12/7/26 -12/11/26- Final Exams
Last day to select Pass/No Pass grade option. Click here to download the form and submit to Admissions and Records Office.
12/11/26- Last Day of Fall 2026 Semester
12/22/26- Final Fall 2026 Grades Available Online
1/15/27- Official Fall 2026 Transcripts Available
***External Events*
UC Davis PreHealth Conference on 10/18/25
SUMMA Pre-Health Conference 2/7/26
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