Key Academic Affairs Dates
Note: If a deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, it is due the next business day.
Note: Dates and/or details are subject to change.
The official responsibilities of a full-time faculty member for the regular academic year begin with the first day of orientation in the fall and extend through spring commencement.
| August 14-August 15 | New Faculty Orientation |
| August 16 | Fall Academic Workshop |
| August 17 | College and departmental meetings (contact your dean’s office or department chair for details) |
| August 18 | Faculty and staff welcome event (picnic) |
| August 20 | Convocation |
| August 21 | Academic Day |
| August 23 | First day of classes for fall term |
| August 31 | Faculty Activity Report (FAR) deadline via Faculty 180 |
| September 1 | Promotion increases effective for newly promoted faculty (does not include merit increases or equity increases)
Sabbatical applications for the 2024-25 academic year due to faculty member’s department chair or program director. (20.30.70 A) |
| September 4 | Labor Day (no classes) |
| September 26 | Progress reports (formerly early term grades) due in Navigate by 11:59 PM |
| October 1 | Tenure and/or promotion application due to faculty member’s department chair, or dean if applicable (20.30.40 D)
Sabbatical applications for the 2024-25 academic year due to the dean’s office. (20.30.70 A) |
| October 15 | Sabbatical reports from faculty gone the prior spring due to their dean’s office (20.30.70 A) |
| October 12-October 13 | Fall break (no classes) |
| October 16 | Advising begins |
| October 24 | Faculty annual performance reviews due in Faculty180 |
| October 30 | Self-service registration for spring 2024 begins |
| November 1 | Department reports for all tenure and/or promotion candidates due to dean of the college, who refers it to the college’s Professional Standards Committee (PSC) (20.30.40 D)
Sabbatical nominations for next academic year due to Provost (20.30.70 A) |
| November 15 | Sabbatical reports from the prior spring due to Provost (20.30.70 A) |
| November 20-November 24 | Thanksgiving holiday (no classes) |
| December 1 | College Professional Standards Committee (PSC) tenure and/or promotion reports due to dean of college (20.30.40 D)
Provost sabbatical request decisions announced to dean and faculty member (20.30.70 A) |
| December 8 | Last meeting day of classes |
| December 9 | Reading day |
| December 11-December 15 | Final exams |
| December 15 | Faculty emeriti nominations due to provost’s office |
| December 15 | Deadline to notify full-time faculty in their second year of academic service of non-reappointment (20.30.80 A) |
| January 15 | College dean provides a list to the Provost of faculty members who are eligible for review during the next academic year (20.30.30 A) College dean notifies tenure track faculty who will enter their sixth academic year in the next academic year that they will be considered for tenure (20.30.40 D) |
| January 15 | Martin Luther King holiday (no classes) |
| January 16 | First day of classes for spring term |
| February 1 | Toast to Scholarship |
| February 1 | Dean’s tenure and/or promotion report and recommendation due to Provost, who refers it to the University Promotion and Tenure Committee (UPTC) (20.30.40 D) |
| February 14 | Dossiers for faculty undergoing second- and fourth-year reviews due to college’s Professional Standards Committee (PSC). For second-year faculty in colleges whose PSC does not examine dossiers, dossiers should be submitted to dean of the college |
| February 20 | Progress reports (formerly early term grades) due in Navigate by 11:59 PM |
| February 28 | Contract renewals for full-time faculty due to Provost |
| March 1 | University Promotion and Tenure Committee (UPTC) reports due to Provost for all tenure and/or promotion candidates (20.30.40 D) Deadline to notify full-time faculty in their first year of academic service of non-reappointment (20.30.80 A) |
| March 11- March 15 | Spring break (no classes) |
| March 15 | Provost’s report and recommendations for tenure and/or promotion candidates due to President (20.30.40 D) Sabbatical reports for faculty gone the previous fall due to their dean’s office (20.30.70 A) |
| March 25 | Advising for fall 2024 begins |
| April 1 | President’s report and recommendations due for all tenure and/or promotion candidates (20.30.40 D) |
| April 8 | Self Service Registration for fall 2024 begins Undergraduate classes cancelled for Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) in morning and eclipse viewing in afternoon. |
| April 11 | Celebration of Innovations in Teaching and Learning (CITL) |
| April 15 | Deadline for tenure-track faculty undergoing second- and fourth-year reviews to receive formative feedback from the dean of the college and other groups involved in the review per college policy. Sabbatical reports from previous fall due to Provost (20.30.70 A) |
| April 29 | Last day of classes |
| April 30 | Reading day |
| May 1-May 7 | Final examinations |
| April 30 | Provost provides written notice of the Board’s decision to faculty candidates for tenure and/or promotion by this date |
| May 9 | Grades due to Registration and Records by 10 a.m. |
| May 11 | Commencement The official responsibilities of a full-time faculty member for the regular academic year begin with the first day of orientation in the fall and extend through spring commencement. All faculty members are expected to be present in the academic regalia at spring commencement. (20.20.50) |
| May 15 | Notice of resignation from full-time faculty members due to college dean and Provost (20.30.80 B) |