Faculty Dates and Deadlines for the 2008 - 2009 Academic Year

N.B. In addition to what is shown below, and the listing of pre-semester dates and events presented in the Dean's memorandum at the very beginning of the Summer Memo, there are other documents containing important date/deadline information for the upcoming academic year. These are: UMW Calendar ; UMW Grant Application Deadline ; Faculty Evaluation and Salary Adjustment Calendar ; Promotion and Tenure Calendar.

Fall 2008

Activity	Date(s)
Honor Convocation	Thursday, August 21
Classes Begin	Monday, August 25
Textbook orders for upcoming Spring semester sent to Bookstore	Friday, October 10
Advising Period	Wednesday, October 15 - Friday, October 24
Mid-semester Deficiency Reports and verified final class rolls due in the Office of the Registrar by 12:00 noon	Thursday, October 16
Evaluation of courses by students (see note below)	Wednesday, November 12 - Friday, December 5
Final Exams	Monday, December 8 - Friday, December 12
Grades for all students due in the Office of the Registrar by 12:00 noon	Wednesday, December 17
END-OF-SEMESTER COURSE EVALUATIONS (November 12 - December 5) All courses in Group B departments (HEPE, HISP, HYAS, MATH, MDFL, MUSC, PHYS, PSIA, PSYC, SOAN, THDN) are scheduled for evaluation. In addition, all courses taught by tenure track faculty and by adjunct faculty, regardless of departmental affiliation, are scheduled for evaluation.

Activity	Date(s)
Classes Begin	Monday, January 12
Mid-semester Deficiency Reports and verified final class rolls due in the Office of the Registrar by 12:00 noon	Thursday, Feb 26
Advising Period	Monday, March 9 - Friday, March 20
Textbook orders for upcoming Summer Session sent to Bookstore	Friday, March 13
Evaluation of courses by students (see note below)	Monday, April 6 - Friday, April 24
Textbook orders for upcoming Fall semester sent to Bookstore	Friday, April 10
Final Examinations	Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1
Grades for Seniors due in the Office of the Registrar by 12:00 noon	Monday, May 4
Grades for non-Seniors due in Office of the Registrar by 12:00 noon	Thursday, May 7
Commencement	Saturday, May 9
END-OF-SEMESTER COURSE EVALUATIONS (April 6 - April 24) All courses in Group A departments (ARTH, BIOL, BUAD, CHEM, CLPR, CPSC, ECON, EDUC, ENLS, ESGE, GEOG) are scheduled for evaluation. In addition, all courses taught by tenure track faculty and by adjunct faculty, regardless of departmental affiliation, are scheduled for evaluation.