| Fall 2008 |
| August 25 - 27 | Monday - Wednesday | Orientation for New Students |
| August 25 | Monday | Graduate School New Student Orientation (Ph.D. Students Only) |
| September 1 | Monday | No classes, Labor Day |
| September 2 | Tuesday | Registration Day for First Specialty Year Students |
| September 3 | Wednesday | Fall term begins, 8:00 a.m. |
| September 5 | Friday | Deadline for graduating Ph.D. students to defend their dissertation for December graduation |
| September 17 | Wednesday | Course registration deadline |
| October 1 | Wednesday | Deadline for Ph.D. dissertations to be considered by the Degree Committees for award of degree in December. Final day to file petitions for Ph.D. degrees to be awarded in December. |
| October 20 | Monday | Deadline for graduating Masters Students to have their Prospectus approved by their Praxis Advisor. |
| November 27 | Wednesday | Thanksgiving recess begins, 5:00 p.m. |
| December 1 | Monday | Thanksgiving recess ends, 8:00 a.m. |
| December 5 | Friday | Graduate School Classes end, 5:20 p.m. (Ph.D. Students Only) |
| December 12 | Friday | YSN Classes end, 5:00 p.m. |
| December 15 | Monday | Final exam week begins, 8:00 a.m. |
| December 19 | Friday | Holiday recess for students begins, 5:00 p.m. |
| Spring 2009 |
| January 12 | Monday | Spring term begins, 8:00 a.m. (all students) |
| January 19 | Monday | No classes, Martin Luther King Day |
| January 27 | Tuesday | Course Registration Deadline |
| February 13 | Friday | Deadline for graduating Ph.D. students to defend their dissertations for May graduation. |
| March 6 | Friday | Spring recess for students begins, 5:00 p.m. |
| March 16 | Monday | Deadline for Ph.D. dissertations to be considered by the Degree Committees for award of degree in May. Final day to file petitions for Ph.D. degrees to be awarded in December. |
| March 23 | Monday | Spring recess ends, 8:00 a.m. |
| March 27 | Friday | Deadline for graduating Masters Students to submit a complete, first draft of their Praxis to their Praxis Advisor. |
| March 31 | Tuesday | Deadline for graduating Doctoral students to schedule their dissertation defense |
| April 24 | Friday | Deadline for graduating Doctoral students to defend their dissertation |
| April 27 | Monday | Graduate School Classes End, 5:20 (Ph.D. Students Only) |
| May 8 | Friday | YSN Classes end, 5:00 p.m. |
| May 11 | Monday | Final exam week begins, 8:00 a.m. |
| May 12 | Tuesday | Graduate School Spring term ends. (Ph.D. Students Only) |
| May 15 | Friday | YSN Spring term ends, 5:00 p.m. |
| May 20 | Wednesday |
3 bound copies of Doctoral Dissertation, 2 bound copies of Masters Thesis, or 1 softbound copy of praxis due to Office of Student Affairs, 12:00 noon |
| May 25 | Monday | University Commencement |
| Summer 2009 |
| May 18 | Monday | Summer term begins for continuing first year GEPN students, 8:00 a.m. |
| May 25 | Monday | No classes, Memorial Day |
| July 3 | Friday | No classes, Independence Day |
| July 31 | Friday | Summer term ends, 5:00 p.m. |
