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Fall 2018

August 2018

August 14

  • ITA Testing at the CTE from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

August 15

  • Graduate School Meet-n-Greet, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Student Services Building Pavilion.
  • CIE's "World of Welcome" event to be held in Guyon Auditorium, 4:45 - 7 p.m., https://cie.siu.edu/aboutus/contact-us/

August 16

August 20

  • Fall Semester Begins!

August 25

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

August 31

  • 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

September 2018

September 2

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

September 3

  • Labor Day - University Closed

September 5

  • Graduate School Fellowship Reception to be held at the Morris Library, 4 - 6 p.m.

September 14

September 19

  • DoGS Workshop held in SSB 150/160, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

September 20

  • Deadline to apply for IL residency for Fall 2018
  • DoGS Workshop held in SSB 150/160, 1:30 - 2 p.m.

October 2018

October 2-3

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

October 10

  • SIU Job/Grad Fair held in SC Ballrooms, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  • GS Funding Workshop held in SSB 150/160, 1 - 3 p.m.

October 28

  • Last day to withdraw from the university
  • Last day to drop a course online using SalukiNet

November 2018

November 2

November 9

November 14

  • Research Ethics Workshops held in SSB 150/160, 10 a.m - 12 p.m.

November 15

  • Deadline to submit Graduate Tuition Scholarship Application for Spring 2019

November 17-25

  • Thanksgiving Vacation - Students

December 2018

December 1

  • Deadline date for Spring 2019 Graduate Assistantship contract due to Graduate School
  • Graduate Assistant Re-Employment Notification: Departments must notify Graduate Assistants of decision to re-employ or not to re-employ for the following Spring Semesters

December 10-14

  • Finals Week

December 10-14

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

December 15

December 17, 2018 - January 13, 2019

  • Holiday Break - Students

December 25, 2018 - January 1, 2019

  • Campus Holiday

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

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 withdraw 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 5

April 8

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

April 12

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

May 15

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

May 27

  • Memorial Day Holiday - University Closed

Summer 2019

JUNE 2018

June 11

  • Summer Semester Begins!

June 21

  • 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

June 22

  • Deadline to Apply for graduation
  • Last day to submit paperwork to the registration office to change credit/audit on a full-term course or to withdraw from the university with a full refund

June 23

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

June 24

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

June 29

  • Format check deadline for thesis/dissertation/research paper

JULY 2019

July 1

  • Deadline for receipt of graduate assistantship notice of appointments for fall semester

July 4

  • Independence Day holiday

July 6

July 10

  • Deadline to apply for IL residency for Summer 2019

July 11

  • Deadline to apply for IL residency

July 12

  • Last day to withdraw from the university

July 14

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

July 15

  • Deadline for receipt of Graduate School Tuition Scholarship applications for fall semester

July 26

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

August 2-3

  • Finals Week