Graduate College Calendar

Fall 2023

Date	Activity or Event
August 7-18	Fall Intersession (Considered part of the fall semester for admission, registration, grading, and graduation purposes.)
August 14	Teaching Assistant Orientation (mandatory for students hired as Graduate Teaching Assistants)
August 15	Graduate Student Orientation (optional for any new graduate student)
August 21	Classes Begin
August 25	Deadline to Apply for Graduation (Students planning to complete their degree in December 2022)
September 4	Labor Day Holiday (no classes and offices closed)
October 12-13	Fall Holiday (no classes)
October 31	Deadline to have name listed in the Fall Commencement program
November 3	3MT - Three Minute Thesis competition
November 20	Thesis deadline: Last day to submit approved thesis to the Graduate College. All assignments and quizzes must be completed in Blackboard. Date on front pages of thesis should be December 2023.
November 20	Seminar deadline: Last day to submit acceptance sheet of approved research project to the Graduate College. (Does not apply to all programs. Check with program advisor to determine if form is needed.)
November 18-26	Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes and offices closed November 22-26)
December 7	Last day of classes
December 7	Deadline for submission of Comprehensive Examination results to the Graduate College
December 8	Study Day (no classes)
December 9-14	Final exams
December 15	Commencement
January 12	Final submission of all requirements for FA23 thesis

Date	Activity or Event
January 8-12	Winter Intersession (Considered part of the spring semester for admission, registration, grading, and graduation purposes.)
January 12	Graduate Student Orientation (optional for any new graduate student)
January 15	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no classes and offices closed)
January 16	Classes Begin
January 19	Deadline to Apply for Graduation (Students planning to complete their degree in May 2023)
February 19	President’s Day (no classes and offices closed)
March 9-17	Spring Break (no classes)
March 29	Spring Holiday (no classes - offices closed)
March 31	Deadline to have name listed in the Spring Commencement program
April 15	Thesis deadline: Last day to submit approved thesis to the Graduate College. All assignments and quizzes must be completed in Blackboard. Date on front pages of thesis should be May 2024.
April 15	Seminar Report Form deadline: Last day to submit to the Graduate College. (Does not apply to all programs. Check with program advisor to determine if form is needed.)
tba	EIDF -Einhellig Interdisciplinary Forum
May 2	Last day of classes
May 2	Deadline for submission of Comprehensive Examination results to the Graduate College
May 3	Study Day (no classes)
May 4-9	Final exams
May 10	Commencement
June 3	Final submission of all requirements for SP24 thesis

Summer 2024

Date	Activity or Event
May 13 - May 31	Summer Intersession (Considered part of the summer session for admission, registration, grading, and graduation purposes.)
May 27	Memorial Day Holiday (no intersession classes)
June 3	Classes Begin
June 7	Deadline to Apply for Graduation (Students planning to complete their degree in August 2023)
June 19	Juneteenth National Independence Day (no classes, offices closed)
July 4	Independence Day Holiday (no classes, offices closed)
July 17	Thesis deadline: Last day to submit approved thesis to the Graduate College. All assignments and quizzes must be completed in Blackboard
July 17	Seminar Report Form deadline: Last day to submit to the Graduate College. (Does not apply to all programs. Check with program advisor to determine if form is needed.)
July 24	Last day of classes
July 24	Deadline for submission of Comprehensive Examination results to the Graduate College
July 25-26	Final exams
August 1	Date for summer graduation conferral
August 23	Final submission of all requirements for SU24 thesis