Important Dates
Please contact Hannah Landsman for exact dates and deadlines.
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| Key Deadlines | College/Dept | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Fall Language Exam Requests | History Dept. | Early September |
| Small Dept. Awards Applications | History Dept. | Mid October |
| University Awards Applications | History Dept. / Graduate College | Early October (for History Dept.); Check with Grad College for deadline |
| Add/Drop Courses in XE | Graduate College | Early September |
| Intent to Graduate | Graduate College | Early September |
| Electronic Dissertation Submission | Graduate College | Early November |
| Grades Due | Graduate College | Mid December |
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Events/Dates
| Department Orientation | Mid August |
| New TA Orientation | Mid August |
| Grad College Orientation | Mid August |
| MAT Exams | Late August |
| Brown Bag speaker sign-ups (Fall)- email Jon Connolly if interested (jsc1@uic.edu) | Wednesday, 12:00-1:00 pm, UH 950 |
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Events/Dates
| Online registration for Fall closes (second Friday of classes) | Early September |
| Fall 2021 Intent to Graduate forms due | Early September |
| Fall 2021 Language Exam Request Forms due | Early September |
| Fall 2021 UPASS Opt-Out deadline | Mid September |
| Fall 2021 CampusCare Waiver Requests due | Mid September |
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Events/Dates
| OctoberFall 2021 Intent to Graduate forms due | Early October |
| Grad College Awards application due to Dept. of History | Early October |
| Annual Ethics Training (mandatory for all graduate employees) | Early October |
| Small Dept. Awards applications due | Mid October |
| Fall Exams | Late October |
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Events/Dates
| Spring course registration begins | Early November |
| Fall 2021 deadline to submit dissertations to ETD | Early November |
| Spring Allocated Waiver Request Forms due | Mid November |
| Spring TA offer letters issued | November |
| Small Dept. Award winners announced | November |
| TA Evaluations distributed to students | November |
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| Spring allocated waivers announced | December |
| Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award nominations due to dept. | Early December (to History Dept.); Mid December (to Grad College) |
| Fall 2021 grades due | Mid December |
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| Key Deadlines | College/Dept | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Large History Dept. Awards Applications | History Dept. | Early March |
| Graduate College Awards Application | Graduate College | March |
| TA Applications for Upcoming AY (Post-HDA, ABD Instructor, Online, etc.) | History Dept. | Mid March |
| Allocated Waivers | History Dept. | Early March (Summer session), Early April (Fall semester) |
| Add/Drop Courses in XE Registration | Graduate College | Late January |
| U-Pass Opt-Out Form | Graduate College | Late January |
| Intent to Graduate | Graduate College | Late January |
| Electronic Dissertation Submission | Graduate College | Mid March |
| Grades Due | Graduate College | Mid May |
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| MAT Exams | Mid January |
| Online registration for Spring closes | Late January (second Friday of classes) |
| Brown Bag speaker sign-ups | January |
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Events/Dates
| Spring Language Exam Request Forms due | Late February |
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Events/Dates
| Summer Allocated Waiver Request Forms due | Early March |
| Graduate College Awards applications and nomination requests due | Dean's Scholar Fellowship - Early March; Award for Graduate Research, Provost's Graduate Internship Award, Access to Excellence Retention Fellowship - Mid March |
| Large History Dept. Awards (waiver-bearing) applications due | Early March |
| TA Applications for following AY due | Mid March |
| Spring Preliminary and Comprehensive Exams | Late March (week of Spring break) |
| Admitted Students Visiting Day | March |
| Call for exams for upcoming AY | (Fall and Spring following) Due early June |
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Events/Dates
| Fall Allocated Waiver Request Forms due | Early April |
| Large History Dept. Award winners announced | April |
| Spring language exams | Early April |
| Summer and Fall course registration begins | April |
| Annual Sexual Misconduct Prevention Training | April |
| Graduate College Award winners announced | April |
| Summer TA offers issued | April |
| Gilbert Osofsky Lecture | Late April |
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Events/Dates
| Fall TA offers issued | May |
| Summer allocated waivers announced | May |
| Fall allocated waivers announced | May |