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Graduate Calendar

Deadlines/Events

Fall
2011

Spring
2012

Summer 2012*

New Graduate Student Orientation

22 Aug

n/a

n/a

Graduate Student Colloquium

23 Aug

n/a

n/a

First day of classes

29 Aug

9 Jan

14 May

Thesis/Dissertation Committee Approval form due to TGS

20 Sept

31 Jan

1 June

Last day to withdraw from the university with cancellation of tuition charges and refund * *

16 Sept

27 Jan

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Application For A Graduate Degree form due in TGS

30 Sept

20 Jan

1 June

James Madison Day

 

18 Mar

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Comprehensive examination results due to TGS

Thesis/Research Project/Dissertation due to TGS

18 Nov

18 April

6 July

Incomplete work ("I") grade due to instructor for course work taken previous term(s)

28 Nov

13 April

Incomplete work ("I") grade change due to Office of the Registrar

9 Dec

27 April

Last day of semester classes

9 Dec

27 April

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Final Examinations

12-16 Dec

30 Apr - 4 May

*

Course completion deadline

16 Dec

4 May

3 Aug

Commencement

17 Dec

4 May

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Holidays (classes do not meet)

19-27 Nov

16 Jan
5-9 March

28 May
4 July

As departmental and school deadlines vary for both application review and other materials, please refer to the relevant section of the catalog or contact the department or school.
* Please, refer to the current Summer Schedule of Classes for registration, fee payment, final examination schedules and withdrawal information for the individual summer sessions.
** Please, refer to the Schedule of Classes for registration, fee payment and information that allows for change in class load, but not withdrawal from the university.

News

   AWARDS!

Dr. Anne Stewart is elected to receive the 2012 Outstanding Faculty Award by the  State Council of Higher Education for Virginia!  Read more...

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Justine Schembri, a May 2011 graduate of the ISAT-Malta program is selected to receive the 2012 CSGS (Conference of Southern Graduate Schools*) Master's Thesis Award in Life Sciences.

Jason Kopp, a doctoral student in the Assessment and Measurement Ph.D. program, and graduate of the Psychological Sciences master's program, is selected to receive the 2012 CSGS Master's Thesis Award in Social Sciences, Business and Education.  Read more...

Dr. Sarah Finney, with the Center for Assessment and Research Studes and the Ph.D. progra in Assessment and Measurement is selected to receive the 2012 CSGS Outstanding Mentor Award for her work with master's and doctoral students at JMU.

*The Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (of which JMU is a member) is an organization of over 200 gradaute schools in the following 15 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland. Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

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Dr. Brenda Ryals, faculty in the Communication Sciences and Disorders progam,  is the recipient of the 2012 Jerger Career Award for Research in Audiology. Read more...

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JMU Graduate Student, Sarah DiDimenco,  is Virginia Occupational Therapy Association (VOTA) scholarship award winner ....  more.

Important Dates and Deadlines 

  Summer 2012

June 1  - last day to submit an application to graduate in August

July 6 - comprehensive assessment results and thesis/research project/dissertation due to The Graduate School

August 3 - Course completion deadline for December graduation

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