Department Chair Calendar: Important Dates
Monthly Items:
Budget Review
Approve Student Worker Time Cards (as applicable)
Reconcile Purchasing Card Invoices
Department Chair Meetings
| August 5-8 | New Faculty Orientation |
| September 1 | Sabbatical Requests are due |
| September 12 | Fall 2025 Course Syllabi and 4th Hour Compliance Forms Due |
| September 15 | Spring department chair release requests due |
| September 25 | Request sent for Spring 2025 courses |
| September 25 | New course proposals for Spring are due (for courses needing APC approval) |
| October 9 | Spring Course Offerings Due |
| October 15 | Required SLO docs for Spring are due (for courses with SLOs needing APC approval) |
| October 20 | Second year and tenure review student summaries due |
| October 21 | Midterm Grades Due |
| October 23 | Final Edits of Spring Courses |
| November 5 | Department letter for second year and tenure reviews due |
| November 17 | Updated List of Majors and Minors available |
| December 1 | Promotion requests due to Dean of the College |
| Mid December | Review results announced |
| December 22 | Fall Semester grades due |
| Early January | Review Senior Majors and Minors |
| Begin Academic Bulletin edits | |
| January 8-9, 12-13 | Senior Comps (written) |
| January 14-16 | Senior Comps (oral) |
| January 31 | Promotion to Professor materials due |
| Late January | Biennial Faculty Salary Reviews due to Department Chairs |
| Summer intern proposals due | |
| Early February | Academic Staff Annual Review Materials Submitted to Supervisors |
| Initiate first-year advisory review discussions with new tenure- track faculty | |
| January 30 | Spring 2026 Course Syllabi and 4th Hour Compliance Forms Due |
| February 1 | Fall department chair course release requests due |
| February 12 | Request for Fall Courses |
| February 12 | New course proposals for Fall are due (for courses needing APC approval) |
| February 16 | Senior Comp Grades Due |
| Mid February | Meet with Division Chairs about salary recommendations |
| Biennial Department Assessment Meetings begin | |
| Late February | Salary Review Recommendations to Div. Chair & Dean |
| Copy Salary Recommendations to Individual Faculty | |
| Early March | Academic Staff Review Materials & Conversation Summaries due |
| March 5 | Fall Course Offerings Due |
| March 5 | Required SLO docs for Fall are due (for courses with SLOs needing APC approval) |
| March 16 | Fourth-year review student summaries due |
| March 17 | Midterm Grades Due |
| March 19 | Final Edits of Fall Courses |
| March 23 | Macintosh Award Recommendations due |
| March 27 | Names of Recipients for Awards Chapel due |
| March 30 | Updated List of Majors and Minors available |
| Early April | Staff Salary Review Recommendations due |
| April 1 | Department letter for fourth-year reviews due |
| April 6 | Senior Comp Retake Grades Due |
| April 30 | Awards Chapel |
| Early May | Academic Calendar Listings Due |
| May 1 | Academic Bulletin edits due |
| May 11 | Senior grades due |
| May 15 | First-Year advisory review summary due to Dean of the College |
| Mid May | Review and Promotion Announcements |
| May 18 | Underclassmen grades due |
| August 4-7 | New Faculty Orientation (new faculty attendance required) |