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Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Calendar - School of Graduate Studies
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Calendar, 2017-2018
August 2017 (Fall Semester)
| Tues/Wed 1-2 |
Orientation for new students and Registration for all students-completed |
August 2017
| Monday 7 |
Classes begin for Fall semester and Student fees due or within 2 weeks prior to this date |
| Saturday 12 |
Summer Commencement |
September 2017
| Monday 4 |
Labor Day holiday observed |
October 2017
| Monday 9 |
Columbus Day observed |
November 2017
| Friday 10 |
Final date to submit request for Dissertation/Thesis Defense and Final Examination to graduate at Fall graduation* |
| Friday 17 |
Final date to circulate announcement for M.S. or Ph.D. and Final Examination for Fall graduation to Graduate Faculty.* |
| Tuesday 21 |
Registration packets due for Spring Semester |
| Thurs/Friday 23-24 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
| Monday 27 |
Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Fall graduation. * |
| Monday 27 |
Classes resume |
December 2017
| Friday 15 |
Final date for submission of approved Dissertation/Thesis Defense Final Examination Report for Fall awarding of degrees.* |
| Friday 22 |
Fall Semester Ends *Commencement, May 2018 |
| Mon/Tues 25-26 |
Christmas holiday |
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January 2018 (Spring Semester)
| Mon/Tues 1-2 |
New Year’s holiday |
| Wednesday 3 |
Classes begin for Spring semester and Fees due or within 2 weeks prior of this date |
| Monday 15 |
Martin Luther King Jr’s. birthday observed |
February 2018
| Monday 12 |
Mardi Gras holiday |
March 2018
April 2018
| Monday 2 |
Easter Holiday |
| Friday 20 |
Final date to submit request for Dissertation/Thesis Defense and Final Examination to graduate at Spring Commencement. Final date to circulate announcement of M.S. or Ph.D. Final Examination for Spring Commencement to Graduate Faculty |
| Monday 23 |
Registration packets due to Graduate School Office for Summer term |
| Thursday 26 |
Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Spring Commencement |
| Friday 27 |
Graduate Research Day |
May 2018
| Friday 11 |
Final date for submission of approved theses, dissertations and committee-examination reports for Spring Commencement. |
| Friday 25 |
Spring Semester ends |
| Saturday 26 |
Commencement (December and May graduates) |
| Monday 28 |
Memorial Day holiday |
May 2018 (Summer Semester)
| Tuesday 29 |
Summer semester begins and Fees due or within 2 weeks prior to this date |
June 2018
| Friday 22 |
Final date to submit request for Dissertatin/Thesis Defense and Final Examination to graduate at Summer Commencement. Final date to cirulate announcement of M.S. Ph.D. Final Examination for Summer Commencement to Graduate Faculty. |
July 2018
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Independence Day Holiday |
| Friday 6 |
| Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Summer Commencement |
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| Friday 20 |
Final date for submission of approved theses and dissertations and committee-examination reports for Summer Commencement. |
| Friday 27 |
Summer term ends and Registration packets due to Graduate Student Office for Fall semester |
| Tuesday 31 |
IDP forms due in Graduate School Office |
August 2018
| Monday 6 |
Fall Semester begin |
| Saturday 11 |
Commencement - for August graduates |
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