Upcoming Deadlines

  • Curriculum due to the Graduate School by the 2nd Thursday of each month (Excluding Summer)

Fall 2025

  • Full Graduate Faculty Membership Application due: September 19th @ 5:00pm
  • Graduate Faculty Scholarship Fund Application due: September 26th @ 5:00pm 
    • (For Travel that occurs between October 16th - February 20th)
  • Final draft for theses & dissertations - Fall 2025 Deadline: Friday, November 21st
  • Graduation Commencement: December 12th @ 5:00pm

Spring 2026

  • Graduate Student Research Symposium: Friday, April  2026
  • Final draft for thesis & dissertations-Spring 2026 Deadline: Friday, April 17th 
  • Graduation Commencement: Friday, May 8th @ 5pm
  • Graduate Faculty Scholarship: Friday, May 15th at 3pm
    • (For travel that occurs between July 1st and October 15th)

Summer 2026

  • Dissertations and Theses due by: July 10th 
    • (No Graduate ceremony for summer semester)

Graduate Executive Committee Overview

The Graduate Executive Committee advises the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Research on matters related to graduate education. its work includes:

  • Graduate curriculum (new programs, course changes, revisions).
  • Policies and procedures for recruitment, admissions, progression, retention, and graduation.
  • The Graduate Student Research Symposium.
  • Thesis and dissertation guidelines.
  • Graduate assistantships.
  • Graduate faculty status.
  • Other issues related to graduate-level programs.

The Associate Provost oversees graduate programs in collaboration with academic deans, department heads, graduate program directors, and the Graduate Executive Committee. Together, they make recommendations to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Committee Membership

  • One graduate faculty representative from each department offering a graduate degree program.
  • One graduate faculty representative for all affiliated departments (departments that teach graduate courses but do not offer graduate programs).
  • Two at-large members.

All members must hold current graduate faculty status.

Committee Work

The committee meets during the academic year to review:

  • Proposals for curriculum changes.
  • New or revised graduate courses.
  • New degree programs.

Once approved, proposals are then forwarded to the Academic Committee for review, then to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee.

For additional details, please see the following resources:

Graduate Executive Committee Bylaws (updated 2-18-2021)

Graduate Executive Committee Meeting Dates and Deadlines (subject to change)

Graduate Executive Committee Members 2024-2025

Sub-Committees Membership

Graduate Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Graduate Course Repeat Policy

Graduate Dismissal & Readmission Policy