Academic calendar
Fall 2026 1st 8-Weeks runs Aug 17, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Full Summer 2026
- Summer II 2026
- Fall 2026 1st 8-WeeksRelevant now
- Fall 2026 Full Term
- Fall 2026 2nd 8-Weeks
- Spring 2027 1st 8-Weeks
- Spring 2027 Full Term
- Spring 2027 2nd 8-Weeks
- Summer I 2027
- Full Summer 2027
- Summer II 2027
Campus language
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A
- Ace
- Ace the Warhawk, the official mascot of the university.
B
- Bayou Village
- Upperclassman apartment-style housing located on the bayou side of campus.
C
- CAB
- Campus Activities Board, the group responsible for planning student events
F
- Flex
- Flex Dollars, a declining balance account tied to meal plans for use at on-campus dining.
M
- Masur
- Masur Hall, a traditional-style residence hall
O
- Ouachita
- Ouachita Hall, a female-only residence hall
P
- POD
- Provisions on Demand, the small convenience stores located around campus
- PREP
- Preview, Registration, and Enrollment Program, the mandatory orientation for new students
R
- RSO
- Recognized Student Organization, any officially registered campus club or group.
S
- Schulze
- Schulze Dining Hall, the main all-you-care-to-eat cafeteria on campus
- SGA
- Student Government Association, the representative body for students
T
- Talons Out
- The official hand sign and spirit slogan of the ULM Warhawks
- The Bayou
- Bayou DeSiard, the scenic waterway that flows directly through the campus
- The Caf
- The common student shorthand for Schulze Dining Hall
- The Commons
- University Commons, a suite-style residential facility.
- The Grove
- The designated tailgating area used during football season and campus festivals
- The Hub
- The central food court area housing fast-food options like Chick-fil-A and Starbucks.
- The SUB
- The Student Union Building, which houses the retail food court
- The Suites
- Refers to either University Suites or Bayou Suites, which offer suite-style living arrangements.
- The Village
- Bayou Village Apartments, on-campus apartment living for upperclassmen
U
- UC
- University Commons, a suite-style residential complex
V
- VAPA
- The School of Visual and Performing Arts
W
- Warhawk Express
- A cash-free declining balance account on the student ID used for on-campus and select off-campus purchases.
- Warhawk Village
- A privately operated apartment community for students located near Brown Stadium.
- Warhawks
- The official mascot and collective name for ULM students
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Banner
- The system used for official course registration and financial aid management
- CWID
- Campus Wide ID, the unique 8-digit identification number assigned to every student.
- FlightPath
- The university's custom advising and degree-tracking software portal
- Hanna
- Hanna Hall, which contains the ULM Museum of Natural History
- Kitty DeGree
- Kitty DeGree Hall, the primary building for the School of Nursing.
- Moodle
- The online learning management system used for course assignments and grades
- myULM
- The central web portal used to access email, Moodle, and Banner with a single login.
- Sandel
- Sandel Hall, the central hub for the bookstore, admissions, and registrar
- Strauss
- Strauss Hall, primarily used for education and psychology classes
- Stubbs
- Stubbs Hall, housing various liberal arts departments
- Sugar
- Sugar Hall, the home of the ULM School of Pharmacy.
- Walker
- Walker Hall, home to the College of Business and Social Sciences
- Warhawk Express
- A prepaid account on the student ID used for laundry, printing, and dining
- Warhawk ID
- The official multi-purpose identification card for students
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall 2026 1st 8-Weeks runs Aug 17, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 25 approved campus terms and 14 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.