FISCAL AND ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2015-2016 June 1st - Deadline for eligible faculty members notify their Chairs of candidacy for promotion and/or tenure and forward list of external references 30th – Deadline for faculty to submit request for deferred payment option to HR July 1st – Start of new Fiscal Year 3rd – Independence Day Holiday, no classes 15th – Deadline to e-mail annual performance evaluations to department faculty members. Tenure-appraisals should also be electronically transmitted for tenureearning faculty members. 15th – Strategic plan and results should be completed for 2014-15 31st – Commencement – 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. August If not using the FAIR SAVE system for departmental faculty scholarship reporting, Dean’s office responsible for submitting College Scholarship Report to Academic Affairs (submit to Marianne Jaffee) 3rd -- ALC and GALC improvement plans are finalized and implemented for the coming academic year. 3rd – Academic year appointments begin for 9-month faculty 4th – Final grades for Summer B & C terms posted to MyWings Grades are due from Faculty by 10:00 10th – 13th – New Faculty Orientation 24th – Classes Begin 28th - Remind faculty of the need to have Summer FAR completed and signed by Friday September 4th. End August – AA sends out applications for faculty development grants. 1 2-27-15 FISCAL AND ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2015-2016 September 1st – Deadline to submit Request to Plan New Program proposals (Phase 1: http://www.unf.edu/president/policies_regulations/02AcademicAffairs/General/2_0040P.aspx) For programs doing ALC and GALC assessment on academic year or summer graduation year cycles, chairs hold department meetings to discuss ALC assessment results from the prior year. Results and interpretation are finalized in TracDat (as Results and Evaluation), as are specific improvement plans (as Actions Taken and Follow-up). Vita/scholarship data should be continually updated into the FAIR SAVE system. 7th – Labor Day, no classes TBD – Fall Convocation (Lazzara Hall 10:00 am) Mid-September – Strategic Plan (actions) modified (alterations, additions, deletions) where appropriate for 2015-2016 in TracDat. 14th – Candidates for promotion and tenure submit dossiers to Chairs Chair adds external letters to dossier (P&T Timeline 2015-16) 25th – Due date for submission of departmental letters of recommendation for promotion and tenure candidates; Chair provides a copy to the candidate(s) who may, within five days, respond in writing to the letters (P&T Timeline 2015-16) October Early October – Deadline for AA development grants (teaching, research, and proposal development). 9th (APPROX) – Completed applications for one semester full pay sabbaticals with recommendations from the Chair and Dean are due in the Office of Academic Affairs by 5:00 p.m. 9th (APPROX) – Completed applications for two semester half pay sabbaticals are due in the College Dean’s Office by 5:00 p.m. Mid-October – Deadline to apply for Transformational Learning Opportunity grants in Undergraduate Studies. 2 2-27-15 FISCAL AND ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2015-2016 November 11th – Veteran’s Day, no classes 26th - 28th Thanksgiving Holiday, no classes December 4th – Classes end for fall term 5th through 11th – Final Exams 11th – Commencement 10 a.m. College of Computing, Engineering and Construction College of Arts and Sciences 2 p.m. College of Education and Human Services Brooks College of Health Coggin College of Business 15th – Final grades due in MyWings by 10:00 a.m. January, 2016 For programs doing ALC/GALC assessment on a calendar year cycle, chairs hold department meetings to discuss assessment results from the prior calendar year. Results and interpretation are finalized in TracDat (as Results and Evaluation), as are specific improvement plans (as Actions Taken and FollowUp). 6th – Spring Classes begin 12th – Remind faculty of the need to have Fall FARs completed and signed by Friday January 22nd 18th – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, no classes 30th – ALC / GALC fall data, results and evaluation are recorded in TracDat. February 3 2-27-15 FISCAL AND ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2015-2016 1st – Deadline to submit (Full) New Program Proposal (Phase II: http://www.unf.edu/president/policies_regulations/02AcademicAffairs/General/2_0040P.aspx) March 1st – Completed ALCs/GALCs for the prior assessment year are due in TracDat. 14th – 20th – Spring Break April Per the Contract, no later than the 1st – tentative written teaching assignments for the next academic year need to be provided to returning faculty members 8th – Notify faculty members who are eligible for promotion and tenure. 19th – Classes end 23rd – 29th – Final exams 29th – Commencement 9 a.m. Brooks College of Health College of Education and Human Services 12:30 p.m. Coggin College of Business College of Arts and Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Art, Economics, English, Fine Arts, French Studies, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Studies, Music, Philosophy, Ethics, Religious Studies and Spanish) 4 p.m. College of Computing Engineering and Construction College of Arts and Sciences (Anthropology, Communication, Criminal Justice, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology) 29th – End of academic year contract for nine-month faculty May 3rd – Final grades due in MyWings by 10:00 a.m. 11th – Summer A and C, 8 and 10 week terms begin 4 2-27-15 FISCAL AND ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2015-2016 30th – Memorial Day Holiday, no classes 31st – ALC / GALC spring data, results and evaluation are recorded in TracDat. June 1st – Deadline for submission of faculty annual reports to the Chair 1st – Remind faculty of the need to have Spring FARs completed and signed by Friday June 5th 17th – Summer A classes end 20th – Summer B classes begin 21st – Final grades due in MyWings by 10:00 a.m. 30th – End of 2014-15 Fiscal Year 5 2-27-15