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Graduate College Calendar


Jan 7	Graduate Assistant Appointment Start Date
Jan 14	Classes Begin
Jan 18	Open House for New Graduate Students and Graduate Assistants
Jan 21	Martin Luther King Holiday
Jan 25	Deadline to Submit AZ Residency Petition for Spring 2013
Feb 8	Applications for Doctoral Candidacy Due for May Graduation
Feb 8	Applications for May Graduation Due in Graduate College*
Feb 22	Deadline to File Residency Reclassification Appeal for Spring 2013
Mar 18-22	Spring Break
Apr 12	Last Date to Submit Dissertation Defense Scheduling Form for May Graduation
Apr 19	Last Day to Submit Electronic Theses and Dissertations for Format Check: Email attachment only.
Apr 29	Graduate Student Awards Reception
Apr 26	Last Day to Hold Dissertation Defense for Spring Semester
May 3	Classes End
May 6-9	Finals
May 8	Final Approved Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Submission Due
May 10	Graduate Assistant Appointment End Date
May 10-11	Commencement

*Graduation application must include all signatures and attachments to be considered complete.


May 13	Twelve-week Summer Session Classes Begin
May 27	Memorial Day Holiday
June 3	Ten-week and First Five-week Summer Sessions Classes Begin
July 2	First Five-Week Summer Session Classes End
June 7	Applications for August Graduation Due in Graduate College*
July 4	Independence Day Holiday
July 8	Second Five-Week Summer Session Classes Begin
July 19	Last Day to Submit Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) for Format Check: Email attachment only.
August 2	Final Approved Copies of Theses and Dissertations Due
August 6	Classes End

*Graduation application must include all signatures and attachments to be considered complete.

**Dissertation Defenses are not held during the Summer Term. Please contact Tina Sutton with any questions.


Aug 19	Academic Year Graduate Assistant Appointment Start Date
Aug 27	Orientation for New Graduate Students and Graduate Assistants
Aug 28	Classes Begin
Sept 2	Labor Day Holiday
Sept 6	Deadline to Submit AZ Residency Petition for Fall 2013
Sept 6	Applications for Doctoral Candidacy Due for December Graduation
Sept 6	Applications for December Graduation Due in Graduate College*
Oct 4	Deadline to File Residency Reclassification Appeal
Nov 11	Veteran’s Day Holiday
Nov 20	Last Date to Submit Dissertation Defense Scheduling Form for December Graduation
Nov 20	Last Day to Submit Electronic Theses and Dissertations for Format Check: Email attachment only.
Nov 28-29	Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec 4	Last Day to Hold Dissertation Defense for Fall Semester
Dec 11	Classes End
Dec 13, 16-18	Finals
Dec 17	Final Approved Electronic Copies of Theses and Dissertations Due
Dec 18	Fall-only Graduate Assistant Appointment End Date
Dec 19	Commencement
Dec 20	Winter Classes Begin

*Graduation application must include all signatures and attachments to be considered complete.