The Graduate School Academic Calendar 2016-2017
07/20/2016 Graduate School - Fall 2016 open enrollment/change period begins
07/22/2016 Graduate School - Dissertation submission deadline for August graduation
08/01/2016 Graduate School - Deadline for all students (except internationals) to waive student health insurance coverage
08/17/2016 Graduate School - Deadline for all students to pay Fall charges or make arrangements with the Office of Student Accounts
08/19/2016 Graduate School - International Graduate Student Orientation (10 A.M. to 12 P.M.)
08/22/2016 Graduate School - Orientation for new Graduate School students (10 A.M. to 12 P.M)
08/24/2016 Graduate School - Fall 2016 classes begin
08/31/2016 Graduate School - Fall registration on YES ends at 11:59 P.M.
09/05/2016 Graduate School - Deadline for international students health insurance waiver
09/07/2016 Graduate School - Last day to add a class, drop a class with no entry on the record, or register for pass/fail status
10/13 – 10/14/2016 Graduate School - Fall break
10/24/2016 Graduate School - Deadline to submit Intent to Graduate form for December graduation
10/27/2016 Graduate School - Spring 2017 registration windows open
11/18/2016 Graduate School - Registration ends for Spring 2017 classes
11/19 – 11/27/2016 Graduate School - Thanksgiving holiday
12/05/2016 Graduate School - Open enrollment for Spring 2017 begins
12/09/2016 Graduate School - Fall classes end
12/17/2016 Graduate School - Degree conferral date for December graduates
12/17/2016 Graduate School - Fall 2016 semester ends
01/03/2017 Graduate School - Deadline for students to pay Spring tuition and fee charges or make payment arrangements with the Office of Student Accounts
01/03/2017 Graduate School - Deadline to waive the student health insurance for first-time students in the Spring semester
01/09/2017 Graduate School - First day of Spring classes
01/16/2017 Graduate School - Spring 2017 open enrollment period ends at 11:59 P.M.
01/16/2017 Graduate School - No class in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
01/23/2017 Graduate School - Last day to add a class, drop a class with no entry on the record, or register for pass/fail status
03/04 – 3/12/2017 Graduate School - Spring holiday
03/31/2017 Graduate School - Commencement event: Deadline to rent regalia for May 2017 Commencement ceremony
04/24/2017 Graduate School - Spring classes end
05/06/2017 Graduate School - Deadline for submission of Spring semester grades by 11:59 P.M.
05/12/2017 Graduate School - Commencement
08/11/2017 Graduate School - Graduation for August graduates