First Year Information

The Spring Digital Scholarship Workshop Series offers engaging hands-on tutorials designed to build skills and explore new ideas in areas like GIS (Geographic Information Systems), data analysis, basic photo editing, AI media tools and other topics in artificial intelligence, like prompt…

The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is recruiting volunteers to assist at our Community Resource Center’s Healthy Choice Food Market. The GCFB Community Resource Center`s Healthy Choice Food Market is a choice food market which allows neighbors to select their own food instead of receiving a pre-packed…

The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will be offering a two-day conference which will introduce you to many of the key concepts in entrepreneurship, especially as it pertains to STEM fields. Throughout the weekend, you will learn about how to identify a problem and brainstorm a solution,…

First year students who started at CWRU in the fall 2025 semester must declare their major by March 31, so it’s a good idea to get started on this process now. Note: If you started at CWRU this Spring, you can declare beginning on April 1, and must declare by Oct. 31. How to declare: Visit the…

Join us at the upcoming CWRU Spring 2026 Career Fair and Grad School Expo on Friday, Feb. 27, and use your transferable skills to make a meaningful impact! This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on volunteering experience, support the Center for Career Success team and engage with recruiters and…

The Office of Undergraduate Admission seeks outstanding Case Western Reserve University undergraduate students to become Virtual Spartan Ambassadors for the spring 2026 semester. As a Virtual Spartan Ambassador, you will virtually connect with admitted students to be a source of support about all…

You can make changes to your schedule for full-semester courses through the drop/add period which concludes Friday, Jan. 23, at 11:59 p.m. ET. While it is possible to change classes through the end of the drop/add period, you are strongly encouraged to finalize your schedule early. Please note…

Your first semester went by more quickly than we could have imagined! The semester was full of exciting changes and opportunities. Take time to celebrate your success and achievements! Winter break is a well-deserved time to rest and recharge. You put in the work. You deserve the time off. An…

Friday, Dec. 5, is the deadline for first-year undergraduates to withdraw from individual courses, elect the pass/no pass (P/NP) grading option for one course or withdraw entirely from the fall 2025 semester. Note that you may continue to process these requests in SIS (if you qualify - see below)…

Final exams officially begin on Tuesday, Dec. 9, and end on Wednesday, Dec. 17, with final grades due by 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 19. Be sure to double check your final exam schedule in the Student Information System (SIS) in the “Academics” tile. It is also helpful to confirm details such as exam…