Academic Affairs Calendar for Dean's Offices

Fall Semester

Month

Week

Dean's Offices

Helpful Links

September

4

Late September - Majors Fair

Majors Fair

September

5

Late September - Budget requests submitted to the Office of the Provost (contingent on budget availability)  

Late September - Dean's Office sends summary of reassigned time for fall semester to the Office of the Provost, emails the reassigned time letters to faculty, and uploads them to Workday. Early reporting of reassigned time for winter and spring/summer semesters is welcome but not required until winter semester.

Reassigned Time

October

6

Early October - Dean's Office compiles a list of faculty that will be seeking tenure and/or promotion throughout the academic year to submit to the Office of the Provost.

 

October

8

Mid-October - Mid-term grades due from faculty

Mid-October - Award Packets due to the Dean's Office

Mid-October - Fall Break

Faculty Awards

October

9

Late October - Scheduling round one edits due for Spring/Summer

By end of October - Faculty Personnel Actions: Forward all appropriate documents for fall personnel decisions to College Personnel Committee (CPC).

Faculty Personnel Actions Workbook

November

11

Mid-November - Scheduling round one edits due for upcoming Fall and Winter semesters.

 

November

12

By third Friday in November - Faculty Personnel Actions: Dean receives personnel decisions recommendations from CPC.

Faculty Personnel Actions Workbook

November

13

Late November - Round 1, Winter semester adjunct/overload contracts (period activity pay); refer to dates provided by HR.

Thanksgiving Break (Wednesday-Friday)

 

December

14

Early December - Scheduling final round edits due for Spring/Summer

1 - Minor space reconfiguration. Furniture, electrical, telephone, data, repairs and painting. Limited construction facility requests due.

Early December - Staff evaluation process, set goals and complete third employee/supervisory quarterly check-in (if applicable).

Project Request Guidelines

HR Performance Management

December

15

Early December - Round 2, Winter semester adjunct/overload contracts (period activity pay); refer to dates provided by HR.

Early December - Examination Week

 

December 

16

By third Friday in December - Faculty Personnel Actions: Dean deliberates and makes their own personnel decision recommendation to the Provost, following procedures in the Board of Trustees Policies.

15 - College/Library Dean Sabbatical Recommendations are due.

Mid-December - Grades Due from Faculty

Mid-December - Adjunct/Overload estimates for the upcoming year are due to the Office of the Provost. Additional details and deadlines will be provided by the Office of the Provost.

Faculty Personnel Actions Workbook

Sabbatical Website

Winter Semester

Month

Week

Dean's Offices

Helpful Links

January

3

Mid-January - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Recess

Mid-January - Student Niemeyer and Davis Awards Nominations Due to the Dean's Office

Student Awards

January

4

End of January - Colleges hold faculty governance elections over the next two months for the following academic year.

 

February

5

Early February - Scheduling final round edits due for upcoming Fall and Winter semesters.

Early February - Deans and Appointing Officers reach out and schedule time with Compensation Analyst to review salary spreadsheets prior to the launch of merit planning and discuss any potential changes during the merit planning.

 

February

6

Second Tuesday in February - Faculty Awards Convocation

Mid-February - Dean's Office sends summary of reassigned time for winter and spring/summer semesters to the Office of the Provost, emails the reassigned times letters to faculty, and uploads them to Workday.

Faculty Awards Convocation

Reassigned Times

February

8

By end of February - Faculty Personnel Actions: Forward all appropriate documents to College Personnel Committee (CPC) for personnel actions.

EAP title changes and promotion requests due to Provost. Other special requests for EAP market or compression adjustments should be submitted by this date. Rationale for the request should be provided. If a promotion, include the new job description and the market data from HR. Requests will be reviewed and a response will be sent to the Appointing Officer. Important deadlines will be shared by the Office of the Provost.

All compensation planning reviews are due to the Office of the Provost.

Late February/Early March - Mid-term Grades Due

Late February/Early March (depends on college) - Unit heads submit written performance summaries and recommended overall ratings for each faculty member to the dean for their review. 
 

Faculty Personnel Actions Workbook

March

9

Spring Break

 

March

12

End of Month - Faculty Personnel Actions: Dean receives recommendation from CPC on personnel actions.

During the Month - Staff evaluation process, update any final quarter goals and engage in annual rating process (if applicable).

Faculty Personnel Actions Workbook

HR Performance Management

April

13

Early April - Major Facilities Requests Due

Early April - Written requests for faculty lines (regular & affiliate) are submitted to the Office of the Provost. Details required for submission will be provided by the Office of the Provost.

Early April - Round 1, Summer Semester adjunct/overload contracts (period activity pay) are completed by HR.

1 - Furniture requests for new faculty/staff. Furniture repair or replacement. Minor furniture changes including electrical, telephone & data. End of year facilities requests using department funds.

Varies- Public disclosure on programs that lead to licensure/certification - information update with Office of the Provost.

Varies - Deans notify the Provost of faculty increase category (satisfactory, exemplary, or less than satisfactory). Note that meetings will not occur with the Provost to discuss categories. Deans will submit faculty category ranks via an exported spreadsheet from Workday. Important deadlines will be shared by the Office of the Provost.

Academic Space Requests Procedures

Project Request Guidelines

 

April

14

Second Monday in April - Student Awards Convocation

Mid-April - Deans upload final merit decisions and relevant documents to Workday.

April or May - Dean's Offices complete and submit salary spreadsheets to the Office of the Provost.

Student Awards Convocation

April

15

Mid-April - Round 2, Summer Semester adjunct/overload contracts (period activity pay); refer to dates provided by HR.

Mid- April - Merit pay information due from Colleges.

Third Friday in April - Faculty Personnel Actions: Dean deliberates and makes their own recommendation to the Provost for personnel actions, following procedures in the Board of Trustees Policies.

 

April

16

End of Semester - Faculty Personnel Actions: Notify unit and candidate of fall personnel actions.

Faculty Personnel Actions Workbook

Spring/Summer Semester

Month

Week

Dean's Offices

Helpful Links

May

2

15 - Major space reconfiguration. Walls, doors, ceiling, flooring, mechanical, electrical, telephone, data, painting, furniture. Changes to classrooms involving layout changes, technology, equipment, furniture and capacity changes. Construction required, facilities requests due.

Project Request Guidelines

May

3

Late May - Staff evaluation process in Workday Begins. Set goals and complete first employee/supervisor quarterly check-in (if applicable).

HR Performance Management

May

4

Late May - Round 1, 2nd 6 weeks Summer semester adjunct and overload contracts (period activity pay); refer to dates provided by HR.

 

June

5

Early June - Submit final Tech Acquisition Quote orders for the fiscal year. Reconcile all accounts for the end of the fiscal year. Refer to frequent updates near end of fiscal year from Business and Finance.

Technology Acquisition

June

6

Early June - Round 2, 2nd 6 weeks Summer semester adjunct and overload contracts (period activity pay); refer to dates provided by HR. 

 

June

7

After Exams - Grades Due from Faculty by noon.

 

June

8

Late June - Submit Tech Acquisition orders for catalog/stock orders. Requisitions for future dated purchases open for new fiscal year. All fiscal year requisitions will be closed. All supplier invoice requests need to be submitted for approval in Workday. All expense reports for the current fiscal year must be submitted. Refer to frequent updates near end of fiscal year from Business and Finance. 

Technology Acquisition

July

9

Early July - Last opportunity to submit invoices with a purchase order number to Accounts Payable for fiscal year. All supplier invoice requests must be fully approved in order to be processed in the current fiscal year.

 

July

10

Mid July - Last opportunity to approve invoices in Workday for fiscal year. Fiscal year purchase orders with remaining balances will be rolled to next fiscal year.

 

August

13

After Exams - Grades Due from Faculty by noon.

6 - First day of Academic Year, 9 month faculty contracts begin

 

August

14

Mid-August - Staff evaluation process, set goals and complete second employee/supervisor quarterly check-in.

HR Performance Management



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