Arts & Sciences Deadline Calendar

2026-27 Arts & Sciences Calendar of Events and Due Dates

  • All dates are for the College of Arts & Sciences. For the university timeline, please see the websites provided below.

Fall 2026

September 10 – List of anticipated promotion and tenure candidates due to the Dean’s office

September 15 – Fall Welcome & Celebration, Walter Hall Rotunda

September 24 – College Faculty and Staff Conversation

October 1 – CAS Graduate Student Conference Travel Fund deadlines October 1 (for travel starting in December, January or February)

October 10 – Homecoming Donuts with the Dean, 8-9:30 am Howard Hall Park

October 12 – Faculty annual evaluations & workload assignments due to Dean’s office

October 21 – Emeriti nominations due to the Dean’s office (retirement July-December)

October 31 – Graduate Student Research Fund Proposals due to the Dean’s office

November 15 – Undergraduate, graduate program and certificate assessment updates due to the Dean’s office

November 15 – Faculty Fellowship Leave reports for previous year due to Dean’s office

TBA – Dean’s Lecture Series

Spring 2027

January 2 – CAS Graduate Student Conference Travel Fund deadlines October 1 (for travel starting in March, April, May)

January 11 - Promotion and Tenure dossiers due to Dean’s office

January 25 - Faculty Fellowship Leave (FFL) proposals due to Dean’s office

March 1 - CAS Graduate Student Conference Travel Fund deadlines March 1 (for travel starting in June, July or August)

March 31 – Graduate Student Research Fund Proposals due to the Dean’s office

April 15 – Emeriti nominations due to the Dean’s office (retirement January-June)

April TBA – Spring Gala 

TBA – College Faculty and Staff Conversation

TBA – Dean’s Lecture Series

Summer 2027

July 1 - CAS Graduate Student Conference Travel Fund deadlines March 1 (for travel starting in September, October, November)

For more due dates and information on university processes, please see these websites: