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Catalog 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Calendar - School of Graduate Studies
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Calendar, 2015-2016
July 2015
| Tues/Wed 28-29 |
Orientation for new students |
| Friday 31 |
Summer Term Ends |
August 2015
| Monday 3 |
Classes begin for Fall semester |
| Saturday 8 |
Summer Commencement |
September 2015
| Monday 7 |
Labor Day holiday observed |
October 2015
| Monday 12 |
Columbus Day observed |
November 2015
| Friday 6 |
Final date to submit request for dissertation/Thesis Defense and Final Examination to graduate at Fall graduation |
| Friday 20 |
Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Fall Graduation |
| Monday 23 |
Final date to Register Spring Semester |
| Thurs/Friday 26-27 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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December 2015
| Friday 4 |
Final date for submission of approved Dissertation/Thesis Defense Final Examination Report for Fall awarding of degrees |
| Friday 18 |
Fall Semester Ends |
| Thurs/Friday 24-25 |
Christmas holiday |
| Thursday 31 |
New Year’s holiday |
January 2016 (Spring Semester)
| Friday 1 |
New Year’s holiday |
| Monday 4 |
Semester begins |
| Monday 18 |
Martin Luther King Jr’s. birthday observed |
February 2016
| Monday 8 |
Mardi Gras holiday |
March 2016
April 2016
| Friday 15 |
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. |
| Friday 29 |
Final date to convene M.S.or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Spring Commencement |
May 2016
| Monday 2 |
Final Day to Register for Summer Session |
| Friday 6 |
Graduate Research Day |
| Friday 13 |
Final date for submission of approved theses, dissertations and committee-examination reports for Spring Commencement. |
| Friday 27 |
Spring Semester Ends |
| Saturday 28 |
Commencement (December and May Graduates) |
| Tuesday 31 |
Summer Term Begins |
May 2016 (Summer Semester)
| Tuesday 31 |
Summer semester begins |
| Friday 24 |
Final date to submit request for Dissertation/Thesis defense and Dissertations and committee-examination reports for Summer Commencement. |
July 2016
| Friday 1 |
Final date to submit request for Dissertation/Thesis Defense and Dissertations and committee-examination reports for Summer Commencements. |
| Monday 4 |
Independence Day observed |
| Friday 15 |
Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. Defense to graduate at Summer commencement |
| Friday 29 |
Final date for submission of approved theses and dissertations and committee-examination reports for Summer commencement |
August 2015
| Friday 5 |
Summer Term Ends |
| Monday 8 |
Fall Semester begin |
| Saturday 13 |
Commencement for August graduates |
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