Footnotes: The English Department Newsletter
Volume 57 | November 26, 2012| Number 11
FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE
Fellowship Payment
Graduate students on fellowship for the Fall semester (8/16/12-12/15/12), will receive their last fellowship payment on 12/16/12.
Congratulations!
*Heather McLeer successfully passed her Special Field exam with distinction on British and Irish Literature Ca. 1880-1940 (Mahaffey, Ch.; Hansen, Saville, Gaedtke) on 11/12/12.
*Maggie Kainulainen successfully passed her Special Field exam Writing Studies/Environmental Criticism (Schaffner, Ch.; Prior, Foote, Markley) on 11/14/12.
Upcoming Events
Jason Vrendenburg is defending his dissertation in 210 English Building on November 30 at 9am -11am
Amy Herb is defending her dissertation in 210 English Building on December 3rd at 2pm - 4pm
Martha Webber is defending her dissertation in 210 English Building on December 7th at 1pm - 3pm
Michael Burns is defending his dissertation in 210 English Building on December 10th at 11am - 1pm
Fall 2012 - Dates to Remember
November 26: Instruction resumes
November 30: Deadline for Graduate Student Academic Services office to receive the final exam
Certificate of Result
December 7: Last day to complete deposit of December doctoral dissertations
December 7: Last day to elect credit/no-credit option for a second half-session course or to change
from credit/no-credit option to a regular grade
December 7: Last day to drop a second half-session course
December 12: Instruction ends
December 13: Reading Day
December 13: Last day to add or drop a second half-session course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 13: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 13: Last day to change a grade of DFR (in a non-thesis course) or I, awarded last spring or
summer to prevent F by rule
December 14: Last day to complete deposit of December master’s theses
Dec 14 – 20: Final examination period
December 21: Last date for receipt of completed petitions in the Graduate College for graduating
students
December 24: December degree conferral (no commencement)
Spring 2013 – Dates to Remember
January 11: Deadline to cancel spring registration
January 14: Instruction begins
January 21: Martin Luther King Day (all-campus holiday)
January 28: Last day to add a first-half session course
January 28: Last day for student to add a semester course without permission
January 28: Deadline to submit forms to elect to audit a course for the semester
February 22: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a first half-session course or to change
from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade
February 22: Last day to drop a first half-session course
March 8: Last day for student to drop a semester course on Web Self-Service
March 11: Second half-session courses begin
March 16-24: Spring Break
March 25: Instruction resumes
April 1: Registration for summer and fall begins. Start times vary. See your time ticket for
your exact enrollment time at UI Integrate Self Service (https://apps.uillinois.edu/selfservice/)
April 5: Last day to add a second half-session course
April 5: Last day to take final exam for May doctoral degree
April 12: Deadline for Graduate Student Academic Services office to receive the final exam
Certificate of Result
April 12: Last day to withdraw from the current term without a grade of W
April 12: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a semester course or to change from
credit-no-credit option to a regular grade
April 12: Last day for student to drop a semester course without a grade of W (without
approval)
April 12: Last day to add name to May degree list. Must use Web Self-Service
April 19: Last day to complete deposit of May doctoral dissertations
April 26: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a second half-session course or to change
from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade
April 26: Last day to drop a second half-session course
April 26: Last day to complete deposit of May master’s theses
May 1: Instruction ends
May 2: Reading Day
May 2: Last day to add or drop a second half-session course with approval (a W is recorded)
May 2: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded)
May 2: Last day to change a grade of DFR (in a non-thesis course) or I, awarded last fall to
prevent F by rule
May 3 -10: Final examination period
May 12: May degree conferral (Commencement)
May 17: Last date for receipt of completed petitions in the Graduate College for graduating
students
