May 2023 Graduation
January 16, 2023: Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday (university closed)
January 17, 2023: Spring term begins
February 14, 2023: Application for spring 2023 degree due.
February 14, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for first half sessions
March 7, 2023: Last day to defer your graduation date for the current semester
March 7, 2023: Last day for thesis students to submit request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)
March 7, 2023: Last day for doctoral students to submit request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)
March 14, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for full sessions
March 15, 2023: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due
March 28, 2023: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)
March 31, 2023: Last day to submit post-defense version of thesis/dissertation. Submit work through ProQuest ETD Administrator
April 12, 2023: Last day to make up a grade of Incomplete from the fall 2022 session
April 17, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for second half sessions
May 5, 2023: Last day to submit comprehensive exam results (master's students) examination report form (PDF)
May 12, 2023: Spring term ends
August 2023 Graduation
There is no August commencement. August graduates are invited to the December commencement.
June 5, 2023: Application for summer 2023 degree due.
June 9, 2023: Last day to defer your graduation date for the current semester
June 9, 2023: Last day for thesis students to submit request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)
June 9, 2023: Last day for doctoral students to submit request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)
June 19, 2023: Juneteenth (university closed)
June 20, 2023: Summer Term Begins
June 30, 2023: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)
July 4, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 1st half sessions
July 4, 2023: Independence Day (university closed)
July 7, 2023: Last day to submit post-defense version of your thesis/dissertation. Submit through ProQuest ETD Administrator.
July 15, 2023: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due
July 18, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for full sessions
July 31, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 2nd half sessions
August 4, 2023: Last day to submit comprehensive exam results (master’s students) examination report form.
August 13, 2023: Summer term ends