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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