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Summer 2018

JUNE 2018

June 11

  • Summer Semester Begins!

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 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 2018

July 1

  • Fall 2018 Graduate Assistantship contracts to Graduate School for processing

July 4

  • Independence Day holiday

July 6

July 11

  • Deadline to apply for IL residency

July 15

  • Deadline to submit Graduate Scholarship Program forms to Graduate School for Fall 2018

August 2-3

  • Finals Week

Fall 2018

August 2018

August 15

  • Graduate School welcome party 11:30-1:30 at pavilion outside Student Services Building.

August 20

  • Fall Semester Begins!

August 25

  • Deadline to submit Graduate Scholarship Program forms to Graduate School for Fall 2018

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 14

September 20

  • Deadline to apply for IL residency for Fall 2018

October 2018

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 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 15

December 17, 2018 - January 13, 2019

  • Holiday Break - Students

December 25, 2018 - January 1, 2019

  • Campus Holiday

Spring 2018

JANUARY 2018

January 15

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day University Closed

January 19

  • Doctoral and Morris Graduate Fellowship nominations due to Graduate School

January 26

  • 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
  • Master's Fellowship nominations due to Graduate School
  • Graduate Dean's Fellowship applications and department nominations due to Graduate School
  • Native American Scholarship applications due to Graduate School
  • PROMPT Fellowship Program applications due to Graduate School

January 28

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

January 29

  • Outstanding Dissertation Award nominations due to Dean of the Graduate School

FEBRUARY 2018

February 9

  • Deadline to Apply for graduation

February 15

  • Deadline to apply for IL residency

March 2018

March 10

  • Deadline to submit Outstanding Dissertation Award nominations to Graduate School

March 10-18

  • Spring Break - Students

March 23

  • Deadline to submit Dissertation Research Assistantship Award Nominations to Colleges

March 30

  • Last day to drop or withdraw from the university

April 2018

Early April

  • Advanced Registration Begins for Summer 2018 and Fall 2018

April 1

  • Last day to drop a course online using SalukiNet

April 6

  • Deadline for format check for Thesis Dissertation, Research Paper
  • Deadline to submit Dissertation Research Assistantship Award Nominations to Graduate School

April 13

May 2018

May 1

  • Deadline to submit Graduate Scholarship Program forms to Graduate School for Summer 2018
  • Summer 2018 Graduate Assistantship contracts to Graduate School for processing
  • Graduate Assistant Re-Employment Notification: Departments must notify Graduate Assistants of decision to re-employ or not to re-employ for the following Fall and Spring Semesters

May 7-11

  • Finals Week

May 12

May 28

  • Memorial Day Holiday - University Closed