Current Student Guide
Achieve Your Goals
These internal resources from the Graduate School are for current students, faculty and staff. Here you may find forms, documents, meeting minutes and other resources shared by our department. For academic programs, contact information, faculty and staff profiles, news and upcoming events, return to the Graduate School's homepage.
For admission information, visit Graduate Admissions.
Important Dates
NOTE: Deadlines that say “Last day TDS will accept” require that the document make it to the Graduate School/TDS queue by the deadline. This means that the form must be submitted by the student and have routed through all required approvals in order to be received by TDS. Please allow adequate time for approval when submitting this document.
Summer 2026
- June 1, 2026 – First day of Summer 2026 term
- June 19, 2026 – The last day to hold a a final dissertation or thesis defense for Summer 2026 graduates
- June 27, 2026 – Deadline for TDS to receive final thesis or dissertation submissions for Summer 2026 graduation
- June 27, 2026 – The last day TDS will accept thesis or dissertation proposal submissions for Summer 2026 approval
- July 24, 2026 – Deadline to submit master’s/specialist comprehensive examination reports for Summer 2026
- August 7, 2026 – Graduation ceremony for graduate students