Spring Term 2008
January 2 ................................. Spring Term Begins
January 7-11............................. Proposal and Dissertation Defense Week
January 11................................ Deadline: Dissertation Defense for April Degree
January 12-19........................... Oxford UK Seminars and Research
January 21-February 15........... Campus Reading & Research
February 15............................... Deadline: Proposal/Dissertation for March Defense
February 18-29.......................... Campus Reading & Research
March 3-7.................................. POW/Cores 1 & 3
March 10-14.............................. Cores 2 & 4
March 11................................... Deadline: Error Free Dissertation for April Degree Day
March 17-20.............................. Proposal/Dissertation Defense Week
March 20................................... Deadline: Proposal Defense for September Degree Day
March 21................................... Good Friday/Office Closed
March 24-28.............................. Field Research
March 28................................... Proposal/Dissertation Deadline for April Defense
March 31-April 4........................ Field Research
April 7-11................................... Core 5
April 9-11................................... Core 7/Graduate Colloquy
April 11...................................... Board of Regents Meeting
April 12 ..................................... Degree Day
April 14-18................................. Cores 2 & 6
April 21 ..................................... Deadline: Revised Proposal for September Degree Day
April 21-25 ................................ POW (TT)
April 28-May 2........................... Proposal/Dissertation Defense Week
April 30 ..................................... Spring Term Ends
Summer Term 2008
May 1........................................ Summer Term Begins
May 5-16................................... Campus Reading & Research
May 16...................................... Deadline: Proposal/Dissertation for June Defense
May 19-23 ................................ Field Research
May 26...................................... Memorial Day/Office Closed
May 26-30 ................................ Campus Reading & Research
June 2-6 ................................... Proposal/Dissertation Defense Week
June 9-13 ................................. POW/Cores 1 & 3
June 16-20 ............................... Cores 2 & 4
June 20 ..................................... Deadline: Dissertation Defense for September Degree
June 20 ..................................... Board of Regents Meeting
June 20-21 ............................... Congregation Meeting
June 21 ..................................... Society of Scholars Forum
June 23-July 3........................... Campus Reading & Research
July 4......................................... Independence Day/Office Closed
July 7-11 ................................... Campus Reading & Research
July 14-18 ................................. POW/Cores 1 & 5
July 21-25 ................................. Cores 2 & 6
July 28-August 1....................... Library of Congress Research
August 4-15 .............................. Campus Reading and Research
August 18 ................................. Deadline: April 21, 2008 Error Free Dissertation for Sept,Degree
August 18-22 ............................ POW (TT)
August 22 ................................. Summer Term Ends
Fall Term 2008
August 25 ................................. Fall Term Begins
August 25-29 ............................ Campus Reading & Research
September 1.............................. Labor Day/Office Closed
September 1-5.......................... Campus Reading & Research
September 5.............................. Deadline: Proposal/Dissertation for October Defense
September 8-12........................ POW/Cores 1 & 3
September 15-19 ..................... Core 2 & 5
September 17-19...................... Core 7/Graduate Colloquy
September 19 ........................... Board of Regents Meeting
September 20 ........................... Degree Day
September 22-October 3 ......... Campus Reading & Research
October 6-10 ............................ Proposal/Dissertation Defense Week
October 10 ............................... Deadline: Proposal Defense for April Degree
October 13-17 .......................... Field Research
October 20-24 .......................... Cores 2 & 4
October 27-31 .......................... Core 6
November 3-7 .......................... Campus Reading and Research
November 7 ............................. Deadline: Proposal/Dissertation for December Defense
November 10 ........................... Deadline: Revised Proposal for April Degree Day
November 10-14 ...................... Library of Congress Research
November 17-21 ...................... Campus Reading & Research
November 24-28 ...................... POW (TT)
November 27 ........................... Thanksgiving/Office Closed
December 1-5 .......................... Campus Reading & Research
December 8-12 ........................ Proposal/Dissertation Defense Week
December 12 ........................... Fall Term Ends
December 15-19 ...................... Campus Reading & Research
December 25-January 1........... Christmas Break/Office Closed
Deadlines
September 7, 2007; November 9, 2007; February 15, 2008; May 16; 2008;
September 5, 2008.................... Submit Proposal/Dissertation for Defense
October 12, 2007; March 20, 2008; October 10, 2008;
November 7, 2008.................... Proposal Defense/6 Months Prior to Degree Day
November 12, 2007; April 21, 2008
November 10, 2008.................. Revised Proposal Due to Graduate Research Council
January 11, 2008
June 20, 2008 ........................... Dissertation Defense/90 Days Prior to Degree Day
August 24, 2007; March 11, 2008
August 18, 2008 ....................... Error Free Dissertation to Graduate Research Council
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