Dates and Deadlines | Graduate School | SIU

Spring 2019

JANUARY 2019

January 5

• Deadline for receipt of Graduate Scholarship Program (GSP) applications for spring semester

January 14

• Spring Semester Begins!

January 18

• Morris Fellowship nominations due to Graduate School
• Doctoral Fellowship nominations due to Graduate School

January 21

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - University Closed

January 25

• Master’s Fellowship nominations due to Graduate School
• Graduate Dean’s Fellowship nominations due to Graduate School
• PROMPT nominations due to Graduate School
• 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 27

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

FEBRUARY 2019

February 5-6

• ETD Workshop held in SSB 150/160, 5 - 6 p.m.

February 8

• Deadline to apply for May 2019 Graduation
• Morris Fellowship announcements
• Doctoral Fellowship announcements

February 14

• Deadline to apply for IL residency for Spring 2019

February 15

• Master’s Fellowship announcements

February 19

• SIU Job/Grad Fair held in SC Ballrooms, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

February 22

• Graduate Dean’s Fellowship announcements
• PROMPT announcements

February 27

• "You're Admitted, Now What" event held in SSB 150/160, 3 - 5 p.m.

March 2019

March TBA

• "Day of Giving", All day

March 9-17

• Spring Vacation

March 22

• Dissertation Research Assistantship Award (DRA) nominations due to Dean’s office

March 29

• Last day to submit paperwork to the Registration office related to the last-day-to-drop or for a withdrawal from the University.

March 31

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

April 2019

April 3

• Summer and Fall 2019 registration open for doctoral students

April 4

• Summer and Fall 2019 registration open for master's students with the following schedule...
  • Last names beginning with H - O beginning time 7:45 a.m.
  • Last names beginning with P - Z beginning time 10:45 a.m.
  • Last names beginning with A - G beginning time 1:45 p.m.

April 5

• Deadline for Initial Submission for Format Check for Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations to Graduate School for May Graduation
• Dissertation Research Assistantship Award (DRA) nominations from Dean’s due to Graduate School

April 8

• "SIU Student Creative Activities and Research Forum" held in SC Ballrooms, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

April 12

• Deadline for Final Submission for Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations to Graduate School for May Graduation
• Deadline to submit Oral Defense and Approval forms with all signatures for May graduation

April 15

• Graduate Scholarship Program (GSP) fall name list due to Graduate School
• Deadline for receipt of Graduate School Tuition Scholarship applications for summer semester

April 17

• GS Life Balance Workshop held in SSB 150, 1 - 3 p.m.

April 19

• Dissertation Research Assistantship Award (DRA) announcements

April 26

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

May 2019

May 1

• Graduate Assistant re-employment notification: Departments must notify graduate assistants of a decision to re-employ or not to re-employ as a graduate assistant for the following fall and   spring semester
• Deadline for receipt of graduate assistantship notice of appointments for summer semester
• Deadline for receipt of Graduate Scholarship Program (GSP) applications for summer semester

May 6-10

• Final Exam Event SSB 3rd floor in front of the Graduate School, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

May 11

• Graduate School Commencement

May 15

• ETD Workshop held in SSB 150, 5 - 6 p.m.

May 27

• Memorial Day Holiday - University Closed