Fall Semester 2023
August 28, 2023: Fall Term Begins
September 4, 2023: Labor Day (University Closed)
September 15, 2023: Application for degree/graduation due
October 10, 2023: Last day to change your graduation term
October 10, 2023: Last day for thesis students to submit request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)
October 10, 2023: Last day for doctoral students to submit request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)
October 31, 2023: Last possible day for oral defenses for this term’s graduates
November 10, 2023: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)
November 10, 2023: Last day to submit post-defense version of thesis/dissertation. Submit work through ProQuest ETD Administrator.
November 15, 2023: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due.
November 22, 2023: Thanksgiving Break Begins (no classes on Wednesday)
November 27, 2023: Thanksgiving Break Ends, Classes Resume
December 9, 2023: Fall Term Ends
December 11-16, 2023: Final Examinations
December 16, 2023: Fall Graduate Commencement
Spring Semester 2024
January 15, 2024: Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday (university closed)
January 16, 2024: Spring Term Begins
February 14, 2024: Application for degree/graduation due
March 8, 2024: Last day to change your graduation term
March 8, 2024: Last day for thesis students to submit the request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)
March 8, 2024: Last day for doctoral students to submit the request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)
March 10-17, 2024: Spring Recess
March 18, 2024: Spring Recess Ends, Classes Resume
March 29, 2024: Last possible day for oral defenses for this term’s graduates
April 5, 2024: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)
April 5, 2024: Last day to submit post-defense version of your thesis/dissertation. Submit work through ProQuest ETD Administrator.
April 15, 2024: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due.
May 2, 2024: Spring Term Ends.
May 4, 6-10, 2024: Final Examinations
May 10, 2024: Spring Graduate Commencement
Summer Semester 2024
June 5, 2024: Application for degree/graduation due. There is no August commencement - August graduates are invited to the December commencement.
June 7, 2024: Last day to change your graduation term
June 7, 2024: Last day for thesis students to submit request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)
June 7, 2024: Last day for doctoral students to submit request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)
June 17, 2024: Summer Term Begins
June 19, 2024: Juneteenth (university closed)
June 28, 2024: Last possible day for oral defenses for this term’s graduates
July 4, 2024: Independence Day (university closed)
July 5, 2024: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)
July 5, 2024: Last day to submit post-defense version of your thesis/dissertation. Submit through ProQuest ETD Administrator.
July 15, 2024: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due.
August 11, 2024: Summer Term Ends
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