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Regular Events
- Faculty and Staff Orientation Week - one week prior to start of fall semester
- Promotion and Tenure Workshop - early Fall semester
- Family Weekend - Weekend in October
- Make a Difference Day - Student participation in a nationwide volunteer day on a Saturday in October
- Faculty Awards and Celebration of Scholarship – early December
- New Student Orientation - Sessions held May through July
- Commencement
- Celebration of Student Research, Creative Works, and Academic Service Learning - mid-April
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Sabbatical Leave
- September 15 - Applications to department head.
- September 29 - Departmental judgments and rankings to College Advisory Council (CAC) and dean (and approved applications to Office of Graduate Education and Research).
- October 6 - Appeals of department decisions must be received by CAC.
- October 21 - CAC and dean judgments and rankings to Faculty Review Committee (FRC).
- October 28 - Appeals of CAC and dean decisions must be received by FRC
- November 11 - FRC judgments and rankings to Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success.
- November 18 - Announcement of sabbaticals by Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success.
- November 29 - Final adjustment date for accommodated sabbaticals.
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Other
Deadlines
Curriculum Changes
- See specific dates at Committee on Undergraduate Programs and Graduate Programs Committee Web sites.