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Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Academic Calendar - School of Graduate Studies
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Calendar, 2018-2019
July 2018 (Fall Semester)
| Tuesday 31 |
Orientation for new students |
August 2018
| Wednesday 1 |
Orientation for new students/Registration for all students-completed |
| Monday 6 |
Classes begin for Fall semester and Student fees due or within 2 weeks prior to this date |
| Saturday 11 |
Summer Commencement |
September 2018
| Monday 3 |
Labor Day holiday observed |
November 2018
| Friday 9 |
Final date to submit request for Dissertation/Thesis Defense and Final Examination to graduate at Fall graduation* |
| Friday 9 |
Final date to circulate announcement for M.S. or Ph.D. and Final Examination for Fall graduation to Graduate Faculty.* |
| Monday 19 |
Registration packets due for Spring Semester |
| Thurs/Friday 22-23 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
| Monday 26 |
Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Fall graduation. * |
| Monday 26 |
Classes resume |
December 2018
| Friday 14 |
Final date for submission of approved Dissertation/Thesis Defense Final Examination Report for Fall awarding of degrees.* |
| Friday 21 |
Fall Semester Ends *Commencement, May 2019 |
| Mon-Wed 24-26 |
Christmas holiday |
| Monday 31 |
New Year’s holiday |
January 2019 (Spring Semester)
| Monday 1 |
New Year’s holiday |
| Wednesday 2 |
Classes begin for Spring semester and Fees due or within 2 weeks prior of this date |
| Monday 21 |
Martin Luther King Jr’s. birthday observed |
March 2019
| Monday 4 |
Mardi Gras holiday |
April 2019
| Thursday 11 |
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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
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| Friday/Monday 19-22 |
Easter Holiday |
| Tuesday 23 |
Registration packets due to Graduate School Office for Summer term |
| Thursday 25 |
Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Spring Commencement |
| Friday 26 |
Graduate Research Day |
May 2019
| Friday 10 |
Final date for submission of approved theses, dissertations and committee-examination reports for Spring Commencement. |
| Friday 24 |
Spring Semester ends |
| Saturday 25 |
Commencement (December and May graduates) |
| Monday 27 |
Memorial Day holiday |
June 2019(Summer Semester)
| Monday 3 |
Summer semester begins and Fees due or within 2 weeks prior to this date |
| Friday 21 |
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.
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July 2019
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Independence Day Holiday |
| Friday 5 |
| Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Summer Commencement |
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| Friday 19 |
Final date for submission of approved theses and dissertations and committee-examination reports for Summer Commencement. |
| Friday 26 |
Summer term ends and Registration packets due to Graduate Student Office for Fall semester |
| Wednesday 31 |
IDP forms due in Graduate School Office |
August 2019
| Monday 5 |
Fall Semester begin |
| Saturday 10 |
Commencement - for August graduates |
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