Academic calendar
St Mary's College School Year 2026 runs Jan 22, 2026 – Dec 4, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- St Mary's College School Year 2026Relevant now
Campus language
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A
- ASG
- Associated Students Government, the primary student representative body.
- Assumption
- Assumption Hall, which historically housed the Honors and Science Living Learning Communities (LLC).
C
- CAB
- Campus Activities Board, responsible for organizing major student events and entertainment.
D
- Dante's
- The cafe located in Dante Hall, popular for coffee and quick snacks.
G
- Gaels
- The collective name for the students, alumni, and athletic teams of the college.
I
- Integral
- The Integral Program, a specific liberal arts major based entirely on the Great Books curriculum.
J
- J-Term
- A common student shorthand for January Term.
- Jan Term
- The intensive one-month January Term where students take a single immersive, often non-major course.
- Justin
- Justin Hall, a traditional residence hall often housing first-year students.
K
- KSMC
- The student-run campus radio station (89.5 FM).
L
- Late Night
- The Late Night Dining Program offered in the evenings at the main dining hall for students studying late.
- Louis
- Cafe Louis, a dining venue located in the Joseph L. Alioto Recreation Center.
M
- Mitty
- Mitty Hall, a common first-year residence hall.
O
- Oliver
- Shorthand for Oliver Hall, the primary student dining hall.
R
- RHA
- Residence Hall Association, the student organization representing those living in campus housing.
S
- Seminar
- Collegiate Seminar, the college's signature Great Books core curriculum discussion classes.
- SMC
- The standard official acronym for Saint Mary's College of California.
- Splinters
- A historical student nickname for Assumption Hall, referencing its original wooden 'temporary' construction.
T
- The Caf
- Oliver Hall, the main campus dining commons.
- The Courts
- The cluster of first-year residence halls (including Avery, Beaudel, Benilde, and others) arranged around central courtyards.
- The Townhouses
- The Upper and Lower Townhouse apartments typically reserved for upperclassmen.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Brousseau
- Brousseau Hall, the main campus science building established in 2000.
- college_tuckshop
- College Tuckshop
- County Connection
- The public transit bus system (Route 6) that connects the campus to the Orinda BART station.
- Dante
- Dante Hall, a primary academic building housing humanities and business classrooms.
- Filippi
- Filippi Academic Hall, the newest academic building on campus, primarily housing the School of Education.
- Flex Dollars
- Stored-value currency on the OneCard used for purchases at various campus dining venues.
- Galileo
- Galileo Hall, one of the main three-story academic classroom buildings.
- Jan Term Lottery
- The high-demand registration process for popular Jan Term travel courses and on-campus electives.
- OneCard
- The multi-purpose student ID card used for building access, meal swipes, and Flex Dollars.
- SMC Alerts
- The campus emergency notification system used for safety updates and weather closures.
- St. Albert
- St. Albert Hall Library, the college's main research library.
- The Brickpile
- A historical nickname for the college's former Oakland campus, still used in campus lore and heritage discussions.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- St Mary's College School Year 2026 runs Jan 22, 2026 – Dec 4, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 21 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.