Academic calendar
Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 14, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Semester 2026Relevant now
- Fall 2026 1st 8-week Session
- Fall 2026 12-week Session
- Fall 2026 2nd 8-week Session
- Winter Semester 2027
- Summer Session 1 2027
- Summer Semester 2027
- Summer Session 2 2027
Campus language
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Showing 6 of 6 terms
C
- CAB
- Campus Activities Board, the student-led group that plans campus events and entertainment.
F
- Fifty-One O One
- The student-run restaurant located in the Culinary Arts Center (Building M).
P
- PTK
- Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges.
S
- SGA
- Student Government Association, the representative body for the student population.
- Skylight Cafe
- The main cafeteria and food court located in the Student Center (Building M).
T
- The Ford
- A common local shorthand used by students and community members to refer to Henry Ford College.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- ASCC
- The Andrew A. Mazzara Administrative Service & Conference Center (Building L).
- culinary_wellness_cafe
- Culinary Wellness Cafe
- fifty_one_o_one_restaurant
- Fifty-One O One Restaurant
- Hawk ID
- The official student identification card required for library services and campus events.
- HawkMail
- The official student email system used for all college communications.
- HFC Online
- The college's learning management system (Moodle) used for online and hybrid course materials.
- LRC
- The Learning Resource Center, which houses the campus library (Building Library).
- M-TEC
- The Michigan Technical Education Center, an off-campus facility on Schaefer Road for workforce training.
- Self-Service
- The online portal where students register for classes, check grades, and manage financial accounts.
- skylight_caf
- Skylight Café
- SMART
- The regional bus system (Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation) that provides transit to the campus.
- T-Building
- The Technology Building, housing industrial and technical programs (Building T).
- Welcome Center
- The central hub for student services including admissions, financial aid, and registration (Building WC).
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 14, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 6 approved campus terms and 13 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.