Academic calendar
Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 20, 2026 – Dec 14, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Semester 2026Relevant now
- Winter Semester 2027
Campus language
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Showing 9 of 9 terms
5
- 5101
- Numerical shorthand for the Fifty-One O One student-run restaurant.
D
- Dual
- A term used to describe a student's status as being simultaneously enrolled in high school and college.
F
- Fifty-One O One
- The student-run full-service restaurant operated by the HFC Culinary Arts program.
P
- PTK
- Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year college students.
S
- SkillsUSA
- A professional organization for students in technical and manufacturing fields, central to the HFEC-AM experience.
- Skylight Cafe
- The main cafeteria located in the Student Center (Building L) serving daily meals and snacks.
- Student Council
- The student leadership body for the Early College program.
T
- The Early College
- The common shorthand used by students to refer to the Henry Ford Early College program.
- The Main
- Refers to the Henry Ford College Main Campus to distinguish it from the East Campus or M-TEC locations.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- ASCC
- The Andrew A. Mazzara Administrative Service and Conference Center.
- Building L
- The Student Center and Library building, a common hub for HFEC students.
- culinary_wellness_caf
- Culinary Wellness Café
- fifty_one_o_one_restaurant
- Fifty-One O One Restaurant
- HawkMail
- The official student email system used for all school communications.
- HFC ID
- The mandatory student identification card required for access to labs, the library, and campus events.
- HFC Portal
- The centralized login page for accessing HawkMail, Self-Service, and Canvas.
- M-TEC
- The Michigan Technical Education Center, where most Advanced Manufacturing labs and classes are held.
- Self-Service
- The online portal used by students to check grades, schedules, and financial accounts.
- skylight_caf
- Skylight Café
- SMART Bus
- The public transit system (Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation) that serves the campus.
- The Welcome Center
- The primary building for student services, including registration and financial aid.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 20, 2026 – Dec 14, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 9 approved campus terms and 12 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.