Academic Calendar – Fall 2014
(Faculty Dates ONLY)
Name
ID
Duration
Full
[1] 15 wks
Mini-Semester 1 [6] 7.5 wks
Mini-Semester 2 [7] 7.5 wks
AUGUST 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
SEPTEMBER 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
28
29
30
24
25
26
27
OCTOBER 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Begin
End
Aug 18, 2014
Aug 18, 2014
Oct 13, 2014
Dec 8, 2014
Oct 7, 2014
Dec 8, 2014
Color Key
First Day of Class
NA Deadline
Mid-Term Grades Due
Promotion/Tenure
Last Day of Class
Final Exams
Final Grades Due
Pre/Post-Tenure
1
1
4
5–6
7–8
11 – 12
13 – 15
18
18 – 22
21 – 22
25
27
Faculty Return to Work
New Faculty Orientation (tentative)
College and Department meetings
Faculty and Staff Training days
Faculty and Staff Training days
Fall Institute
New Student Welcome & Advisement and Registration
First Day of Classes [1] [6]
Late registration & drop/add
Instructor approved even course exchanges [6]
NA Deadline @ 9:00 am [6]
NA Deadline @ 9:00 am [1]
1
Labor Day Holiday (School Closed)
2–5
2
11
Instructor approved even course exchanges [1]
Faculty Senate Meeting @ 4:00 pm
Mid-Term: Grades due by 5:00 pm [6]
12
Mid-Term: Last day to drop/withdraw w/o Academic Penalty [6]
1
Deans notify faculty members who are eligible for promotion/tenure
in writing.
Advising for Spring 2015
Last Day of Classes [6]
Faculty Senate Meeting @ 4:00 pm
Final Exams [6]
Mid-Term: Grades due @ 5:00 pm [1]
Fall Break (No Classes)
Mid-Term: Last day to drop/withdraw w/o academic penalty [1]
First Day of Classes [7]
Late registration & drop/add [7]
Final Grades due by 5:00 pm [6]
Instructor approved even course exchanges [7]
NA Deadline @ 9:00 am [7]
The applicant delivers completed portfolio and letter of application to
department chair. The department chair prepares a letter to the Dean
affirming or objecting to the promotion.
1 – 31
7
7
8
8
9 – 10
13
13
13 –15
15
20 – 21
20
21
Academic Calendar – Fall 2014
(Faculty Dates ONLY)
Name
ID
Duration
Begin
Full
[1] 15 wks
Mini-Semester 1 [6] 7.5 wks
Mini-Semester 2 [7] 7.5 wks
Aug 18, 2014 Dec 8, 2014
Aug 18, 2014 Oct 7, 2014
Oct 13, 2014 Dec 8, 2014
3
NOVEMBER 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
3
4
5
6
11
18
20
25
25
26
27 – 28
1
DECEMBER 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
8
9
9 – 12
10
12
13
16
17
25 – 31
Last updated: 3/12/2014
End
Color Key
First Day of Class
NA Deadline
Mid-Term Grades Due
Promotion/Tenure
Last Day of Class
Final Exams
Final Grades Due
Pre/Post-Tenure
The dean transmits each applicant’s portfolio, along with the
department chair’s recommendation to the personnel committee of the
college.
PAWS registration begins for Spring 2015
Faculty Senate Meeting @ 4:00 pm
Mid-Term: Grades due by 5:00 pm [7]
Mid-Term: Last day to drop/withdraw w/o academic penalty [7]
The Deans shall notify faculty members that they have been scheduled
for Post-Tenure review. A copy of the notification shall be sent to the
appropriate department chair (if applicable), the chair of the unit’s
Post-Tenure Review Committee, and to the VPAA
General Faculty Meeting
Founders’ Day
Faculty Senate Meeting @ 4:00 pm
Last day for students before Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Break (No Classes)
Thanksgiving Holiday (No Classes, School Closed)
The personnel committee returns each portfolio to the dean with
written recommendation and justification. The personnel committee
communicates to each applicant its decision and its rationale.
Last day of Classes [1] [7]
Mini-Semester Final Exams ONLY [7]
Final Exams [1]
Graduating Senior grades due by 9:00 am [1] [7]
Commencement Rehearsal in Tiger Arena @ 9:00 am
Commencement in Tiger Arena @ 10:00 am
The dean, with the support of the personnel committee, transmits
positive recommendations, with the accompanying portfolio, to the
VPAA. The dean returns applications and portfolios to applicants who
are not positively recommended for promotion/tenure. In instances
where the dean overrides or vetoes the recommendations of the
personnel committee, the dean provides written rationale to the
committee and to the VPAA. The dean notifies applicants who are
positively recommended.
Final Grades due by 5:00 pm [1] [7]
Winter Holidays (School Closed)