Dates & Deadlines

Spring 2019 Spring 2019
Summer 2019 Summer 2018
Fall 2019 Fall 2018

Schedule for all Professional Development Workshops	Please see grad.illinoisstate.edu/students/workshops/
January	Probation/dismissal information from Graduate Coordinators
January 18	Degree Audit , Application for Completion of Degree or Certificate and $50.00 fee for May grads
January 21	Proposal Approval Form for thesis/dissertation completion for May graduation
February 5	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting 9:00 am Moulton 102C
February 8	Symposium Registration Closes
February 12	Graduate Council Meeting 9:00 am (McCormick 250F)
February 13	Graduate Coordinators’ Meeting 2:00 pm (Schroeder 236)
February 13	Inform Symposium staff if your department plans to host oral presentations on the day of the Symposium or the Saturday after. Email symposium@ilstu.edu
March 1	Diversity Tuition Waiver application deadline for summer semester
10 business days prior to planned defense date	Right to Defend deadline for students completing their Thesis/Dissertation/or MFA for May graduation
March 15	Ada Belle Clark Welsh Scholarship application deadline
March 15	Ora Bretall Scholarship application deadline semester
March 15	Donald F. McHenry Fellowship application deadline
March 15	Illinois State Foundation Fellowship application deadline
March	Graduate Council Election ballot sent to full graduate faculty members
March	Graduate Council Election closes
March 19	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting 9:00 am Moulton 102C
March	Open House, Bone Student Center
March 25	Last date for oral defense of a Dissertation for May graduation
March 26	Graduate Council Meeting 9:00 am (McCormick 250F)
March 27	Graduate Coordinators’ Meeting 2:00 pm (Schroeder 236)
April 1	Final Deposit of Dissertation for students completing their degree in May
April 4	Commencement Data Form due for doctoral students participating in Commencement
April 5	University Research Symposium – two different sessions 9:00 – 11:00 am and 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Brown Ballroom, Bone Student Center
April 15	Last date for oral defense of a Thesis for May graduation
April 16	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting 9:00 am Moulton 102C
April 22	Final Deposit of Thesis or MFA Supportive Statement for students completing their degree in May
April 23	Graduate Council Meeting 9:00 am (McCormick 250F)
April 25	Graduate Assistant Course Load Waiver Requests due for summer semester
April 24	Graduate Coordinators’ Meeting 2:00 pm (Schroeder 236)
April 28	Graduation Announcement Form for doctoral student wanting to announce degree completion in the media
April 29	Master’s Comprehensive Exam results due
April 29	Incomplete grades from previous semesters need to be cleared for students planning to graduate in May
May	Probation/dismissal information from Graduate Coordinators
June 1	Graduate Recruitment Assistance Program application deadline

Schedule for all Professional Development Workshops	Please see grad.illinoisstate.edu/students/workshops/
January 18	Application for Completion of Degree or Certificate and $50.00 fee for August grads
May 17	Degree Audit
May 20	Proposal Approval Form for thesis/dissertation completion for August graduation
10 business days prior to planned defense date	Right to Defend deadline for students completing their Thesis/Dissertation/or MFA for May graduation
May 31	Symposium Project/Presentation Assistance Grant application deadline
July 1	Diversity Tuition Waiver application deadline for fall semester
July 15	Last date for oral defense of a Dissertation for August graduation
July 22	Last date for oral defense of a Thesis for August graduation
July 22	Last date for oral defense of an MFA Supportive Statement for August graduation
July 22	Final Deposit of Dissertation for students completing their degree in August
July 29	Final Deposit of Thesis for students completing their degree in August
July 29	Final Deposit of MFA Supportive Statement for students completing their degree in August
August 5	Incomplete grades from previous semesters need to be cleared for students planning to graduate in August
August 12	Master’s Comprehensive Exam results due for students that took the exam in the summer term

Schedule for all Professional Development Workshops	Please see grad.illinoisstate.edu/students/workshops/
July 1	Diversity Tuition Waiver application deadline for fall semester
July 25	Graduate Assistant Course Load Waiver Requests due for fall semester
August 1	McNair Book Scholarship application deadline
August 23	Degree Audit, Application for Completion of Degree or Certificate and $50.00 fee for Dec grads
August 26	Proposal Approval Form for thesis/dissertation completion for December graduation
10 business days prior to planned defense date	Right to Defend deadline for students completing their Thesis/Dissertation/or MFA f or May graduation
September TBA	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting 9:00 am Moulton 102C
September 15	Lela Winegarner Scholarship application deadline
September 15	Ora Bretall Scholarship application deadline
September TBA	James L. Fisher Outstanding Thesis Award nominations due in the Graduate School
September TBA	Graduate Council Meeting 9:00 am (McCormick 250F)
September TBA	Graduate Coordinators’ Meeting 2:00 pm
September TBA	Dissertation Completion Grant application deadline
October 1	Diversity Tuition Waiver application deadline for spring semester
October 1	Graduate Faculty Membership Nomination deadline
10 business days prior to planned defense date	Right to Defend deadline for students completing their Thesis/Dissertation/or MFA for May graduation
October TBA	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting 9:00 am (Moulton 102C)
October TBA	Graduate Council Meeting 9:00 am (McCormick 250F)
October TBA	Graduate Coordinators’ Meeting 2:00 pm
November 4	Last date for oral defense of a Dissertation for December graduation
November 11	Final Deposit of Dissertation for students completing their degree in December
November TBA	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting 9:00 am (Moulton 102C)
November TBA	Clarence W. Sorensen Dissertation Award submissions due
November 18	Last date for oral defense of a Thesis for December graduation
November 18	Last date for oral defense of an MFA Supportive Statement for December graduation
November TBA	Graduate Council Meeting 9:00 am (McCormick 250F)
November TBA	Fall Information Session for Undergraduates - Bone Student Center
November TBA	Graduate Coordinator’s Meeting 2:00 pm
November 18	Commencement Data Form due for doctoral students participating in Commencement
November 22	Final Deposit of Thesis for students completing their degree in December
November 22	Final Deposit of MFA Supportive Statemen t for students completing their degree in December
November 30	Graduation Announcement Form for doctoral student wanting to announce degree completion in the media
December 1	Symposium Registration Opens
December 2	Master’s Comprehensive Exam results due
December 14	Graduate Assistant Course Load Waiver Requests due for spring semester
December (After grades post)	Probation/dismissal information from Graduate Coordinators