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Dates to Remember

Dates to Remember 2022-2023

Aug || Sept || Oct || Nov || Dec || Jan || Feb || Mar || Apr || May || June || July

August

August 26

  • August 2022 Degrees Conferred

August 30

  • Incoming Graduate Student Orientation
  • Returning graduate student meeting
  • Add/Drop period begins

August 31

  • First day of classes
September

September 1

September 2

  • Language Exam

September 5

  • Labor Day- No Classes/ Offices Closed

September 12

  • Last Day for Add/Drop
October

October 13-16

  • Fall Break 

October TBD

  • Written comprehensive exams

October 24

  • Registration for Spring 2021 begins
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November

November 4

November 8

  • Election Day- Offices Closed/ Classes in session
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November 18

November 23-27

  • Thankgiving Break
December

December 2

December 9

  • Last Day of Classes

December 12-20

  • Final Exams
2020
January

January 3

  • Final Grades Due

January 25

  • First day of spring classes
  • Deadline for 6th Year Fellowship Applications
  • MA  Comitteess due to Prof. Levitan, Graduate Director (Remember, the committee that you write down here has to be used for all forms going forward)

February

February 

  • Open House

February 1

March

March 11-19

  • Spring Break
April

April 1

  • Deadline for establishing comprehensive qualifying committee for doctoral students taking these exams next fall (2022)
  •  Last day to submit application for summer stipend, due by the first Monday in April.  Note: For students taking the doctoral comprehensive examinations in the Fall 2023 this application must include tentative reading lists for your comprehensive examination fields

April 7

  • Last day for doctoral students in 4th year of graduate study to submit names of dissertation advisers and tentative dissertation topics (with MA year as "first year", then 2nd year is course work, 3rd year, 1st term is course work, 3rd year, 2nd term is comprehensive examination)
  • If the time to complete your dissertation expires between December and May, the deadline to request an extension is on or before April 11th

April 15

  • Master's Portfolio Approval Pages must be submitted to the OGSR for review by this date

April 21

April 30

May

May TBA

  • Research portfolio defense

May 5

  • End of Classes

May 8-16

  • Final Examinations 

May 18-20

  • Commencement weekend

TBA

  • Apprenticeship Programs End for the Year (Reves, Swem, and CW usually end earlier than the Institute)
June
July

July 7

July 21

July 29