College and Campus Events, Dates, and Deadlines
* Some dates may be revised; deviations from the schedule below will be announced via email
August 17 |
Learning Symposium, 8:30am-1:30pm Olmsted |
August 20 |
Summer term ends |
August 22 |
A&S Department Chairs’ Retreat, 8:00am - 12:00pm, SCB 301 |
August 23 |
A&S New Faculty Orientation, 8:30-12:00pm, CS 301 |
August 23 |
New First Year & Transfer Student Move-In |
August 24 |
Department meetings with EFRs, 11:15am-12:15pm |
August 25 |
Summer term final grades due by 10:00am |
August 28 |
First Day of Fall Semester |
September 1 |
Nominations for the Stalnaker Lecturer and Distinguished Engagement Award are due |
September 1 | Travel Grant Applications are due (1st deadline) |
September 3 | Deadline to add a full-term course by 11:59pm |
September 4 | Labor Day (university closed) |
September 10 | Deadline to drop a full-term course without a "W" |
September 22 | Spring 2024 schedules due to Dean's office |
September 22 | All Faculty and Staff Meeting, 2:00-4:00pm, Cowles Library Reading Room |
September 29 | Spring 2024 schedules are due to the Registrar's office |
September 30 | Admissions: Fall Saturday Visit Day |
October 1 | Last day to submit proposal for new travel seminar to A&S Curriculum Committee for J- term 2025 |
October 2 | Department recommendations for 2023 P&T Candidate due to Dean by 8:00am |
October 2 | Intent to apply for promotion to professor in Fall 2024 due to Dean/Chair |
October 6 | Admissions: Campus Preview Day |
October 6-8 | Parents and Family Weekend |
October 12 | 2023 Stalnaker Lecture, 6:00pm, Sheslow Auditorium |
October 13 | Spring 2024 schedule of classes available |
October 16-17 | Fall Break (classes do not meet) |
October 18 |
Fall semester midpoint |
October 19-20 | Admissions: Campus Half-Day Preview Days |
October 23 | Fall semester midterm grades due by 10:00am |
October 23 | Deadline to which field-of-study changes must be made to be considered for spring registration |
October 27 | Faculty Development Grant applications are due to Dean’s Office |
October 27 | Last day to drop with a W |
October 29 | Last day to drop a full-term course with a “W” |
October 30 | Spring 2024 registration begins |
October 30 |
Last day to submit proposal to A&S Cabinet for new major/degree/certificate or to remove a degree/certificate (Chair must inform Provost before submitting form) |
November 1 | Sabbatical Applications due to the Dean |
November 1 | Admissions: Campus preview day |
November 1 | Second-year faculty review due to the department Chair |
November 4 | Admissions: Fall Saturday Visit Day |
November 10 | Admissions: Campus Preview Day |
November 13 | Field-of-study restrictions removed from set of restricted courses |
November 15 | Second-year faculty reviews due to the Dean |
November 15 | Spring 2024 registration opens for non-degree-seeking students |
November 17 | All Faculty and Staff Meeting, 2:00-4:00pm, Cowles Library Reading Room |
November 22-24 | Thanksgiving break (university closed) |
November 27 | Classes resume |
December 1 | Travel Grant Applications are due (2nd deadline) |
December 1 | Course Release Applications for 2024-2025 are due |
December 8 | Day free for study |
December 8 | Last day to submit AOI proposal to University Curriculum Committee for Spring 2024 |
December 8 | All Faculty and Staff Social (location and time TBD) |
December 11-15 | Final evaluation period |
December 15 | End of fall semester |
December 16 | December commencement ceremony |
December 20 | Fall semester final grades due by 10:00am |
December 22 | Winter Break begins (university closed) |
January 2 | Campus reopens after winter break |
January 3 | J-term begins |
January 15 | Martin Luther King, Jr Day (university closed, classes do not meet) |
January 16 | PARs/PAEs/PAHEs are due to Department Chairs by 8:00am |
January 26 | End of J-term |
January 29 | Start of Spring 2024 semester |
January 29 | Last day to submit proposal to A&S curriculum committee for new course, course change, course removal for inclusion in fall 2024 course schedule and catalog |
February 7 | J-term final grades due by 10:00am |
February 9 | Summer and Fall 2024 schedules are due to the Dean's Office |
February 15 | First, third, fourth and fifth-year tenure-track faculty reviews due to the Dean |
February 15 | Tenured faculty evaluations due to the Dean |
February 15 | Nominations for A&S Outstanding Teacher of Year Award are due |
February 16 | All Faculty and Staff Meeting, 2:00-4:00pm, Cowles Library Reading Room |
March 1 | Admissions: Spring Admitted Student Day |
March 1 | Travel Grant Applications are due (3rd deadline) |
March 11-15 | Spring Break (classes do not meet) |
March 11 |
Summer and Fall 2024 schedules of classes available |
March 18 | Last day to submit proposal to A&S Cabinet changes to an existing major/minor/concentration program |
March 22 | Spring semester midpoint |
March 22 | Admissions: Spring Admitted Student Day |
March 27 | Midterm grades due by 10:00am |
April 1 | Student Award forms for Honors Convocation due to Dean’s office |
April 1 | Deadline by which field-of-study changes must be made to be considered for summer/fall/J-term registration |
April 4 | Last day to submit AOI proposal to University Curriculum Committee for Fall 2024 |
April 5 | Admissions: Spring Admitted Student Days |
April 8 | Summer and Fall 2024 registration opens for degree-seeking students |
April 11 | DUCURS |
April 12 | Case Statements due to the Dean |
April 12, 13 | Admissions: Spring Admitted Student Days |
April 15 | Last day to submit proposal to A&S curriculum committee for new course, course change, course removal for inclusion in spring 2025 course schedule and fall 2025 catalog |
April 18 | Honors and Awards Ceremony, Sheslow 6:00pm |
April 20 | Admissions: Spring Admitted Student Days |
April 22 | Field-of-study restrictions removed from set of restricted courses |
April 24 | Summer and Fall 2024 registration opens for non-degree-seeking students |
April 24 |
Wait list automation begins |
April 24-27 | Drake Relays |
April 26 | Undergraduate classes dismissed at 1:50pm |
May 10 | Day free for study |
May 10 | All Faculty and Staff Meeting and Social, 2:00-4:00pm, Cowles Library Reading Room |
May 13-17 |
Final evaluation period |
May 15 | Start of Summer semester |
May 17 | End of Spring 2024 semester |
May 19 | Spring Commencement Ceremony |
May 22 | Spring 2024 final grades due by 10:00am |
May 27 | Memorial Day (university closed) |