Important Dates and Deadlines
Fall 2017 Dates and Deadlines
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Aug 9 | University Fall Convocation (for Faculty and Staff) COSM Fall Convocation, 1:30 pm Nurs./Chem. Bldg. Room 1207 |
| Aug 14 | Classes Begin |
| Aug 14-17 | Drop/Add |
| Sept 11 | Deadline for COSM Fall Newsletter submissions |
| Sept 4 | Labor Day Holiday – Administrative Offices closed – No Classes |
| Sept 11 | COSM Research Grant Proposal Deadline |
| Sept 15 | Deadline for Dean to notify faculty due for pre and post tenure review |
| Sept TBA | COUR Travel Grant Applications Due by 5 pm |
| Oct 12 | Promotion and tenure recommendations due to COSM Dean’s Office Deadline for faculty notification of unit-level recommendation for promotion and tenure |
| Oct 14 | Homecoming, Classes canceled beginning at 2 pm on Friday, October 13th |
| Oct 19 | Appeals of unit-level promotion and tenure recommendations due to COSM Dean’s Office |
| Oct 22 | COSM Promotion and Tenure Committee meets and is instructed by the Dean Promotion and Tenure materials to be made available to COSM Promotion and Tenure Committee |
| Nov 3-5 | Fall Family Weekend |
| Nov 13 | COSM Promotion and Tenure Committee recommendations, to include results of appeals of unit-level recommendations due to Dean |
| Nov 20-24 | Thanksgiving Holidays for students, Residence Hall open – Administrative Offices open Nov 20-22, closed Nov 23-24 for Thanksgiving Holidays |
| Nov 26 | Deadline for faculty notification of college-level promotion and tenure recommendation |
| Nov 29 | Appeals of college-level Promotion and Tenure recommendations due to COSM Dean’s Office |
| Dec 1 | Promotion and Tenure recommendations due to Provost’s Office |
| Dec 1 | Last day of classes |
| Dec 4-7 | Final exams |
| Dec 8 | Commencement at Paulson Stadium, 1 pm |
| Dec 9 | Winter break for students begins |
| Dec 25-Jan 1 | Winter Break – Administrative offices closed |
*NOTE: In the event the established deadline falls on a weekend or academic holiday, the date will be extended to the Monday immediately following that date.
Spring 2018 Dates and Deadlines
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Jan 1 | New Year’s Day Holiday – Administrative Offices Closed – No classes |
| Jan 8 | Spring Classes Begin |
| Jan 8-11 | Drop/Add |
| Jan 14 | Post-Tenure Candidates Provide Portfolio to Chairs or Directors/Chairs or Directors then submit Portfolio to Post-Tenure Review Committee |
| Jan 15 | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – Administrative Offices Closed – No Classes |
| Jan 28 | Post-Tenure Review Committee Recommendation to Chairs/Directors/Directors to Candidate Post-Tenure Candidate Response Due Within 7 Days |
| Feb 1 | Deadline for COSM Spring Newsletter submissions |
| Feb 1 | Pre-Tenure Candidates Provide Portfolio to Chairs/Directors |
| Feb 14 | Chairs/Directors Post-Tenure Review Recommendations Due to Dean |
| Week of Feb 18 | COSM Post-Tenure Committee Meets and is Instructed by the Dean/Post-Tenure Material to be Made Available to COSM Post-Tenure Committee |
| Feb TBA | Deadline for Undergraduate Research Grant Applications (Info under the “Funding” tab) |
| March 1 | COSM Post-Tenure Committee Recommendations Due to Dean/ Chairs or Directors Pre-Tenure Recommendations Due to Dean |
| March 8 | Dean’s Recommendations for Post-Tenure Review Due to Candidate/Candidate Response and/or Appeal Due within 7 Days to Provost |
| March 9 | Deadline for COSM Awards of Excellence & Staff Award of Excellence Nominations |
| March 15 | Post-Tenure Recommendations Due to Provost’s Office; Candidate Response Due Within 7 days |
| March 12-16 | Spring Break |
| March 26 | Deadline for COSM Awards of Excellence Application Materials & Staff Award of Excellence Endorsement Forms |
| March 31 | Deadline for Chair’s Faculty Annual Reviews |
| Apr 15 | Dean’s Pre-Tenure Report Due to Provost/Chairs or Directors Notification to Candidate; Candidate Response Due Within 7 days |
| Apr 27 | Last Day of Classes |
| Apr 30 – May 4 | Final Exams |
| May 4 | Graduate Commencement (1 pm, Hanner Fieldhouse) |
| May 5 | Undergraduate Commencement (9 am, Paulson Stadium) |
*NOTE: In the event the established deadline falls on a weekend or academic holiday, the date will be extended to the Monday immediately following that date.
Last updated: 6/21/2017