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JANUARY 2008

• All international applicants are encouraged to have complete applications 6-8 months from the Fall semester. 

• Psychology department deadline for all majors, including Cognitive Studies, applications for Fall semester 2008. Applicants should submit completed application materials to the Graduate School office at least 6 weeks prior to this deadline.

• Application for degree must be completed and on filed at the Graduate School for students expecting to graduate in May 2008.
• Application for admission to candidacy must be completed and turned in by this date to the Graduate School office for students expecting to graduate in May 2008.

• Deadline for seven copies of each college’s nominations for the four UA-wide graduate student teaching and research awards to be delivered to the Graduate School.

• Spring semester 2008 classes begin.

• Late registration/add/drop for Spring 2008 semester.

• Departments notified about the nomination deadline for Graduate Student Research and Travel Awards.
• Deadline for seven copies of each college’s nominations for the four UA-wide graduate student teaching and research awards to be delivered to the Graduate School.

• Recommended date for submitting completed application materials to the Graduate School office for graduate programs in Speech Language Pathology, MBA, and Social Work.

• Final deadline for submitting application materials to School Psychology program at the College of Education.

• Holiday-Martin Luther King’s Birthday observed.

• Last Day of late registration , Last Day to add a course.

• Deadline for departmental nominations for Graduate Council Research/Creative Activity Fellowship.

• Deadline for departmental nominations for Graduate Council Fellowships, Round 1.

• Thesis/Dissertation Seminar. 2:00-2:50 p.m. at 110 Bidgood Hall

• Last day to register or add a course for Spring semester 2008.  
• Last day for certification of Academic Common Market Scholarship for Spring 2008 Semester.

• Announcement of Graduate Council Regular Fellowship competition (Round 1).
• Competition for the National Alumni Association Graduate Scholarship announced.

• Announcement of awards for Graduate Council Research/Creative Activity Fellowships.

• Last day for students receiving GA Health Insurance benefits to register at the Student Health Center

• Thesis/Dissertation Seminar. 10:00-10:50 p.m. at 110 Bidgood Hall.
• Last day to remove two-week incomplete grade.  
• Tentative deadline for Graduate Student Research and Travel Awards.

FEBRUARY 2008

• School of Social Work deadline for priority consideration of Master of Social Work applications for Fall semester 2008.

• Deadline for departmental nominations for Regular Graduate Council Fellowship (Round 1).

• Graduate School Seminar-“How to Apply to Graduate School”-2:00 p.m. at 102 Rose Administration. Contact Carl Williams at 348-5921 for more information.
• Last Day to remove a four-week incomplete grad.

• Deadline for departmental nominations for Graduate Council Research/Creative Activity Fellowship.

• Tentative date for Regular Graduate Council Fellowship awards to be announced (Round 1).

• Tentative date for departments to begin submitting nominations for Regular Graduate Council Fellowship (Round 2). 

• Masters of Business Administration Program deadline for priority consideration of MBA applications for Fall 2008 semester. 

• Applicants should submit completed application materials to Graduate School office at least 6 weeks prior to the deadline.

• Graduate Council Meeting-3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.-110 AIME building
• Tentative date for nominations to be submitted by departments for Regular Graduate Council Fellowships (Round 2). 

• Deadline for Last Lecture Nominations.

MARCH 2008

• Deadline to submit an approved title card (available at the Graduate School office or on the Graduate School website) with the exact title (TYPED) of the thesis/dissertation for students expecting to graduate in May.
• Deadline to receive official transcripts for those students graduating in May who are transferring credit. No Exceptions!

• Deadlines to apply for transfer of graduate credit earned at another institution. Official transcript from the institution must be on file at the Graduate School. (Applicable to prospective May graduates)
• Tentative date for Regular Grad Council Fellowships to be announced (Round 2)
• Graduate School Seminar-“How to Apply to Graduate School”-2:00 p.m. at 102 Rose Administration. Contact Carl Williams at 348-5921 for more information.
• Deadline for departmental nominations for Graduate council Fellowships (Round 2).

• Departments are asked to begin the nomination process for National Alumni Association License Tag Fellowships.
• Tentative date for announcement for last round of Regular Graduate Council Fellowships (Round 3)
• Application deadline for summer semester 2008 admission to the Speech-Language Pathology graduate program.
• Completed applications should be submitted to the Graduate School office.
• Graduate Assistant administration workshop I

• Foreign Language Examinations if required by student’s department.

• Holidays- Spring Break (Graduate School Office Closed).

• Faculty/student advising for Summer, and Fall 2008 begins.

• Classes resume at 7 a.m.

• Theses/Dissertations due to the Graduate School office for students graduating in May 2008, Successfully, defended and edited. No Exceptions

• Last Day to drop a course

• Tentative date for nominations to be submitted by departments for Regular Graduate Council Fellowships (Round 3)

• Last day to drop a course with a grade of "W".

• Graduate Assistant administration workshop II
• Last day to report results of comprehensive examination for students writing theses/dissertations.

APRIL 2008

• All degree candidates must pay a $40 diploma fee to the Office of Student Receivables any time during the month of April in order to participate in May commencement.

• Counselor Education department deadline for the Summer and Fall 2008 semesters.  Applicants should submit completed application materials to the Graduate School office at least 6 weeks prior to this deadline.

• Deadline for departmental nominations for Graduate Council Fellowships, Round 3.

• Criminal Justice department deadline for submitting applications for admission to Fall semester 2008. 

• Graduate School Diversity Day 10:00-2:00 Ferguson Center

• Applicants should submit completed application materials to the Graduate School office at least 6 weeks prior to this deadline.

• Communicative Disorders departmental deadline for submitting applications for admission to Fall 2008 semester.

• Tentative nomination deadline for national alumni association ? Tag Fellowship 

• Graduate Assistant administration workshop III.

• Tentative date for announcement of Regular Graduate Council Fellowships awards (Round 3).

• Deadline for international applicants currently in the U.S. to have complete applications for Fall admission (unless the department has an earlier deadline)

• Honors Week 2008 (Classes proceed as scheduled)

• Honors Day-Classes dismissed after 10 a.m.

• Last day to report results of comprehensive exams for May graduating students NOT writing theses and dissertations.
• Graduate Council Meeting-3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.-205 Gorgas Library.

• Last day for all tests.

MAY 2008

•  Last Lecture,6:00 p.m., Location TBA.

• Spring semester 2008 classes end.

• Deadline for departments to submit tuition requests forms for Graduate Assistants for summer semester.
• Spring semester 2008 classes end.

• Graduate School Seminar-“How to Apply to Graduate School”-2:00 p.m. at 102 Rose Administration. Contact Carl Williams at 348-5921 for more information.

• Interim term

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