FISCAL AND ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR

2015-2016

June

1st - Deadline for eligible faculty members notify their Chairs of candidacy for promotion and/or tenure and forward list of external references

30th – Deadline for faculty to submit request for deferred payment option to HR

July

1st– Start of new Fiscal Year

3rd – Independence Day Holiday, no classes

15th – Deadline to e-mail annual performance evaluations to department faculty members. Tenure-appraisals should also be electronically transmitted for tenure-earning faculty members.

15th – Strategic plan and results should be completed for 2014-15

31st – Commencement – 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

August

If not using the FAIR SAVE system for departmental faculty scholarship reporting, Dean’s office responsible for submittingCollege Scholarship Report to Academic Affairs (submit to Marianne Jaffee)

3rd -- ALC and GALC improvement plans are finalizedand implemented for the coming academic year.

3rd – Academic year appointments begin for 9-month faculty

4th – Final grades for Summer B & C terms posted toMyWings

Grades are due from Faculty by 10:00

10th – 13th – New Faculty Orientation

24th – Classes Begin

28th - Remind faculty of the need to have Summer FAR completed and signed by Friday September 4th.

End August – AA sends out applications for faculty development grants.

September

1st – Deadline to submit Request to Plan New Program proposals (Phase 1:

For programs doing ALC and GALC assessment on academic year or summer graduation year cycles, chairs hold department meetings to discuss ALC assessment results from the prior year. Results and interpretation are finalized in TracDat (as Results and Evaluation), as are specific improvement plans (as Actions Taken and Follow-up).

Vita/scholarship data should be continually updated into the FAIR SAVE system.

7th– Labor Day, no classes

TBD– Fall Convocation (Lazzara Hall 10:00 am)

Mid-September – Strategic Plan (actions) modified (alterations, additions, deletions) where appropriate for 2015-2016 in TracDat.

14th – Candidates for promotion and tenure submit dossiers to Chairs

Chair adds external letters to dossier(P&T Timeline 2015-16)

25th – Due date for submission of departmental letters of recommendation for promotion and tenure candidates; Chair provides a copy to the candidate(s) who may, within five days, respond in writing to the letters (P&TTimeline 2015-16)

October

Early October – Deadline for AA development grants (teaching, research, and proposal development).

9th (APPROX)– Completed applications for one semester full pay sabbaticals with recommendations from the Chair and Dean are due in the Office of Academic Affairs by 5:00 p.m.

9th(APPROX) – Completed applications for two semester half pay sabbaticals are due in the College Dean’s Office by 5:00 p.m.

Mid-October – Deadline to apply for Transformational Learning Opportunity grants in Undergraduate Studies.

November

11th – Veteran’s Day, no classes

26th - 28th Thanksgiving Holiday, no classes

December

4th – Classes end for fall term

5th through 11th – Final Exams

11th – Commencement

10 a.m. College of Computing, Engineering and Construction

College of Arts and Sciences

2 p.m. College of Education and Human Services

Brooks College of Health

Coggin College of Business

15th – Final grades due in MyWings by 10:00 a.m.

January, 2016

For programs doing ALC/GALC assessment on a calendar year cycle, chairs hold department meetings to discuss assessment results from the prior calendar year. Results and interpretation are finalized in TracDat (as Results and Evaluation), as are specific improvement plans (as Actions Taken and Follow-Up).

6th – Spring Classes begin

12th – Remind faculty of the need to have Fall FARs completed and signed by Friday January 22nd

18th – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, no classes

30th– ALC / GALC fall data, results and evaluation are recorded in TracDat.

February

1st – Deadline to submit (Full) New Program Proposal (Phase II:

March

1st–Completed ALCs/GALCs for the prior assessment year are due in TracDat.

14th – 20th – Spring Break

April

Per the Contract, no later than the 1st–tentative written teaching assignments for the next academic year need to be provided to returning faculty members

8th – Notify faculty members who are eligible for promotion and tenure.

19th– Classes end

23rd – 29th – Final exams

29th – Commencement

9 a.m. Brooks College of Health

College of Education and Human Services

12:30 p.m. Coggin College of Business

College of Arts and Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Art, Economics, English, Fine Arts, French Studies, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Studies, Music, Philosophy, Ethics, Religious Studies and Spanish)

4 p.m. College of Computing Engineering and Construction

College of Arts and Sciences (Anthropology, Communication, Criminal Justice, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology)

29th – End of academic year contract for nine-month faculty

May

3rd – Final grades due in MyWings by 10:00 a.m.

11th – Summer A and C, 8 and 10 week terms begin

30th – Memorial Day Holiday, no classes

31st– ALC / GALC spring data, results and evaluation are recorded in TracDat.

June

1st – Deadline for submission of faculty annual reports to the Chair

1st – Remind faculty of the need to have Spring FARs completed and signed by Friday June 5th

17th – Summer A classes end

20th – Summer B classes begin

21st – Final grades due in MyWings by 10:00 a.m.

30th – End of 2014-15 Fiscal Year

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