Dates & Deadlines

Spring 2021 Spring 2021
Summer 2021 Summer 2021
Fall 2021 Fall 2021

January 1	Diversity Tuition Waiver application deadline for spring semester
January 11	Symposium Registration Opens
January 15	Degree Audit , Application for Completion of Degree or Certificate and $40.00 fee for May grads
January 19	Proposal Approval Form for thesis/dissertation completion for May graduation
January 27	Graduate Council Meeting (Virtual meeting) 12:00 pm
January 28	Graduate Faculty Meeting 2 - 3 pm (Virtual meeting)
February 4	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting (Virtual meeting) 9:00am
February 10	Graduate Council Meeting (Virtual meeting) 12:00 pm
February 12	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 3	Symposium Registration Closes
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 22	Graduate Council Election ballot sent to full graduate faculty members
April 1	Graduate Council Election closes
March 4	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting (Virtual meeting) 9:00 am
March	Open House, Bone Student Center
March 24	Graduate Council Meeting (Virtual meeting) 12:00 pm
March 29	Last date for oral defense of a Dissertation for May graduation
April 5	Commencement Data Form due for doctoral students participating in Commencement
April 5	Final Deposit of Dissertation for students completing their degree in May
April 9	Online University Research Symposium
April 12	Last date for oral defense of a Thesis for May graduation
April 19	Final Deposit of Thesis or MFA Supportive Statement for students completing their degree in May
April 21	Graduate Faculty Meeting 2 - 3 pm (Virtual meeting)
April 22	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting (Virtual meeting) 9:00 am
April 25	Graduate Assistant Course Load Waiver Requests due for summer semester
Two weeks prior to graduation date	Graduation Announcement Form for doctoral student wanting to announce degree completion in the media
April 26	Master’s Comprehensive Exam results due
April 28	Graduate Council Meeting (Virtual meeting) 12:00 pm
May 1	Diversity Tuition Waiver application deadline for summer semester
May	Probation/dismissal information from Graduate Coordinators

January 17	Application for Completion of Degree or Certificate and $40.00 fee for August grads
May 21	Degree Audit
May 21	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. (must be approved at least 7 business days before defense is held)
May 31	Symposium Project/Presentation Assistance Grant application deadline
July 19	Last date for oral defense of a Dissertation for August graduation
July 26	Last date for oral defense of a Thesis for August graduation
July 26	Last date for oral defense of an MFA Supportive Statement for August graduation
July 26	Final Deposit of Dissertation for students completing their degree in August
July 26	Master’s Comprehensive Exam results due for students that took the exam in the summer term (submit results to grad.degree.audit @ilstu.edu
August 1	Diversity Tuition Waiver application deadline for fall semester
August 2	Final Deposit of Thesis for students completing their degree in August
August 2	Final Deposit of MFA Supportive Statement for students completing their degree in August

July 24	Graduate Assistant Course Load Waiver Requests due for fall semester
August 1	Diversity Tuition Waiver application deadline for fall semester
August 1	McNair Book Scholarship application deadline
August 20	Degree Audit, Application for Completion of Degree or Certificate and $50.00 fee for Dec grads
August 23	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 (must be approved at least 7 business days before defense is held)
September	Graduate Faculty Meeting 2 - 3 pm (Virtual meeting) TBD
September 15	Lela Winegarner Scholarship application deadline
September 15	Ora Bretall Scholarship application deadline
September 17	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting 9:00 am (Virtual meeting)
September 23	Graduate Council Meeting 12:00 pm (Virtual meeting)
September 28	James L. Fisher Outstanding Thesis Award nominations due in the Graduate School
September 28	Dissertation Completion Grant application deadline
October 1	Graduate Faculty Membership Nomination deadline
October	Graduate Coordinator Meetings (Virtual meeting)
10 business days prior to planned defense date	Right to Defend deadline for students completing their Thesis/Dissertation/or MFA for May graduation (must be approved at least 7 business days before defense is held)
October	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting TBD
October	Graduate Council Meeting TBD
November 1	Last date for oral defense of a Dissertation for December graduation
November	Graduate Curriculum Committee Meeting TBD
November 8	Final Deposit of Dissertation for students completing their degree in December
November 8	Last date for oral defense of a Thesis for December graduation
November 8	Last date for oral defense of an MFA Supportive Statement for December graduation
November	Fall Information Session for Undergraduates - Bone Student Center
November	Graduate Council Meeting TBD
November 15	Final Deposit of of thesis for students completing their degree in December
November 15	Final Deposit of MFA Supportive Statement for students completing their degree in December
November 18	Commencement Data Form due for doctoral students participating in Commencement
November	Graduate Faculty Meeting TBD
November	Clarence W. Sorensen Dissertation Award submissions due
November 29	Master’s Comprehensive Exam results due
November 30	Graduation Announcement Form for doctoral student wanting to announce degree completion in the media
December 14	Graduate Assistant Course Load Waiver Requests due for spring semester
December (After grades post)	Probation/dismissal information from Graduate Coordinators