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Fall 2023

AUGUST 2023

August 17

  • Graduate School New Student Orientation

August 21

  • Fall Semester Begins
  • Late Registration fee begins

August 25

  • Deadline for receipt of Graduate Scholarship Program (GSP) Applications for Fall 2023

SEPTEMBER 2023

September 1

  • Last day to submit paperwork to the Registration Office to drop a semester length course to be eligible for a credit/refund; change credit/audit status; and to withdraw from the university with a full refund
  • Last day to be admitted as a Nondeclared Graduate Student for Fall 2023

September 3

  • Last day for students to drop a full-term course with a full refund through SalukiNet

September 4

  • HOLIDAY — Labor Day

September 5

  • Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – Meet and Greet

September 7

  • Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – How to format and submit thesis or other final paper
  • Graduate School Workshop for new Graduate Assistants

September 11

  • Last day to begin an assistantship for fall semester and still receive a tuition waiver

September 13

  • Workshop for Directors of Graduate Studies

September 15

  • Deadline to apply for IL residency for Fall 2023
  • Deadline to apply for December 2023 graduation

September 20

  • Fellowships Workshop – How to apply for external fellowships

September 26

  • Graduate School Fair – Recruiting

September 27

  • Coop PhD Annual In-Person Meeting at SIUC

OCTOBER 2023

October 9

  • Fellowship Recipients Award Ceremony

October 10

  • Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – Graduate Student Mental Health

October 13

  • Willis Swartz Award nominations due
  • Outstanding Dissertation and Outstanding Thesis Award nominations due

October 25

  • Funding Workshop – How to pay for graduate school

October 27

  • Last day to submit paperwork to the Registration office related to the last-day-to-drop or for a withdrawal from the University (no refund; resulting in a W grade)

October 29

  • Last day for students to drop a full-term course (no refund; resulting in a W grade) online using using SalukiNet

NOVEMBER 2023

November 7

  • Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – Graduate Students Sharing Their Research

November 10

November 11

  • HOLIDAY - Veterans Day is Saturday this year. SIU won’t have administrative closure.

November 15

  • Deadline for receipt of Graduate School Tuition Scholarship Applications for Spring semester 2024
  • Fellowships Workshop – How to apply for SIUC fellowships

November 17

November 23-24

  • HOLIDAY - Thanksgiving

DECEMBER 2023

December 1

  • Last day to add a full-term course with instructor approval through the Graduate Registration Office
  • GA Re-Employment Notification: Units must notify a Graduate Assistant of a decision to re-employ or not re-employ as a Graduate Assistant for the following Spring 2024
  • Deadline for Spring 2024 Graduate Assistantship contracts due to Graduate School

December 5

  • Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – End of Semester, Winter Holiday Party

December 11-15

  • Final Exams

December 15

  • Semester Ends

December 16

  • Commencement

December 18

  • Winter Intersession Begins

December 25 - January 1

  • Campus Holiday & Administrative Closure

JANUARY 2024

January 12

  • Graduate Student New Student Orientation

January 14

  • Winter Intersession Ends

January 15

  • Monday – SIU closed - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

SPRING 2024

JANUARY 2024

January 16

  • First day of Spring 2024 semester
  • Late registration begins

January 19

  • Doctoral and Morris Graduate Fellowship nominations due to Graduate School

January 26

  • Master’s Fellowship nominations due to Graduate School
  • Graduate Dean’s Fellowship applications and nominations due to Graduate School
  • PROMPT assistantship applications and nominations due to Graduate School
  • Last day to be admitted to the Spring 2024 semester
  • Last day to submit paperwork to the Registration Office to drop a semester length course to be eligible for a credit/refund; change credit/audit status; and to withdraw from the university with a full refund

January 28

  • Last day for students to drop a full-term course with a full refund

January 31

  • Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – How to format and submit thesis or other final paper

FEBRUARY 2024

February 1

  • Native American Scholarship applications due
  • Graduate School 3MT Competition (Tentative)

February 6

  • Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – topic to be determined

February 8

  • Workshop for Directors of Graduate Studies

February 9

  • Deadline to apply for May 2024 graduation

February 15

  • Deadline to apply for IL residency for Spring 2024
  • Coop PhD Spring Meeting – Virtual – hosted by SIUC (Tentative)

MARCH 2024

March 5

  • Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – topic to be determined

March 15

  • Dissertation Research Assistantship Award (DRA) nominations due to Colleges

March 29

  • Dissertation Research Assistantship Award (DRA) nominations due to Graduate School
  • Last day to submit paperwork to the Registration office related to the last-day-to-drop or for a withdrawal from the University (no refund; resulting in a W grade)

March 31

  • Last day for students to drop a full-term course (no refund; resulting in a W grade) online using SalukiNet

APRIL 2024

April 2

  • Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – topic to be determined.

April 5

April 12

  • Deadline to make final submission of research paper/thesis/dissertation/capstone report for May 2024 graduation

April 15

  • Deadline for receipt of Graduate School tuition Scholarship Applications for Summer Semester 2024

April 26

  • Last day to add a full-term course with instructor approval through the Graduate Registration Office

MAY 2024

May 1

  • Deadline for Summer 2024 Graduate Assistantship contracts to be submitted

May 6-10

  • Final Exam Week, various events of support