Academic calendar
Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 24, 2026 – Dec 21, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Semester 2026Relevant now
- Spring Semester 2027
- Summer Semester Session I 2027
- Summer Semester Session II 2027
Campus language
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Showing 9 of 9 terms
A
- Alex Tech
- The ubiquitous shorthand name for Alexandria Technical & Community College.
F
- Foundation Hall
- The primary on-campus student housing apartment complex.
L
- Legends
- The main campus cafeteria, officially named Legends Cafe.
P
- PAS
- Professional Agricultural Students, an organization for students in agriculture programs.
- PTK
- Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges.
S
- SGA
- Student Government Association, the representative body for the student population.
- SkillsUSA
- A professional organization for students in technical, skilled, and service occupations.
T
- The Cafe
- Common student shorthand for the Legends Cafe dining area.
- The Foundation
- Shorthand for Foundation Hall, the student housing complex.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Campus Store
- The official name for the college bookstore where students purchase textbooks and gear.
- CTC
- The Customized Training Center, used for specialized industry and workforce training.
- D2L
- Desire2Learn (Brightspace), the online learning management system where students access course materials and grades.
- eServices
- The online portal used for course registration, checking financial aid, and paying tuition.
- good_ways_caf
- Good Ways Café
- good_ways_market
- Good Ways Market
- Health and Sciences
- The building dedicated to nursing, medical coding, and other health-related programs.
- LEC
- The Law Enforcement Center, housing the college's renowned police training programs.
- Main
- The Main Building, which contains the majority of classrooms, labs, and administrative offices.
- StarID
- A unique username used across all Minnesota State colleges and universities for logging into email, WiFi, and computers.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 24, 2026 – Dec 21, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 9 approved campus terms and 10 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.