SOE/SPU Calendar of Events
(2008-2009)
Key: Red: Required events - Black: Important events - Blue: Faculty Advancement and Grant Deadlines Plum – Teacher Certification meetings - Green: Coordinator events
September 1 Holiday (Labor Day)
September 4 New Faculty Orientation (8:30–12:30) McKenna Conference Room
September 12 Tenure Application Due in Dean’s Office
September 8-9 SPU Faculty Retreat (Camp Casey on Whidbey Island)
September 16 SOE Faculty/Staff Retreat at Rosary Heights (8:30-3:00)
September 24 Communion, State of University Address & President’s Picinic
September 25 Coordinator Mtg: Elementary/Secondary Orientation (3:00 – 5:00)
September 26 New Student Convocation (3:30) – Royal Brougham - All Faculty
with Regalia
September 29 CLASSES BEGIN
September 30 Opening Convocation (9:30 - All Faculty with Regalia) FFMC
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October 2 Faculty Senate (1:00) Demaray Hall 150
October 3 Graduate Committee (9:15-10:15) Pet 302
Curriculum Committee (10:30-11:30) Pet 302
October 7 Graduate Center Open House (4:30 – 7:00) Gwinn Commons
October 17 Emeriti Status Letter of Request Due in Dean’s Office
October 23 Coordinator Fall Forum (10:00-12:00) Peterson 302
October 15 Day of Common Learning (10:00-3:00) Royal Brougham Pavilion
(Offices closed)
October 21 Diversity Committee (12:00-1:00) Peterson 3rd Flr Conf Room
October 23 Faculty Senate (1:00) DH 150
October 31 Sabbatical/Leave of Absence Applications Due in Dean’s Office
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November 7 Promotion Application File Due in Dean’s Office
Faculty/Staff Team Meeting (9:00-10:00)
Graduate Committee (10:15-11:15)
Foundations Committee (11:15-11:45)
Teacher Education and Certification Committee (TECC)
November 11 HOLIDAY (Veteran’s Day)
November 18 Diversity Committee (12:00-1:00) Peterson 3rd Flr Conf Room
Faculty Senate (1:00) DH 150
November 20 Coordinator Fall Focus (10:00 – 12:00) Peterson 302
Faculty Tea (3:00-4:30) Queen Anne Room,
Upper Gwinn Commons
November 27-28 THANKSGIVING BREAK
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December 5 FACULTY/STAFF CHRISTMAS GATHERING (12:00-2:00)
Important but voluntary
December 8-11 Final Exam or Last Class for Evening Classes
December 9 Last Class for Day Classes
December 10-12 Final Exams for Day Classes
December 19 GRADES DUE
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January 5 CLASSES BEGIN
New Faculty Seminar (10:30 – 12:50)
Faculty Senate (1:00)
January 9 Curriculum Committee (9:00-10:00)
Step Increase Requests Due in Dean’s Office
January 13 Faculty Senate (1:00) DH 150
January 15 Coordinator Winter Forum (10:00 – 12:00) Pet 302
January 19 HOLIDAY (Martin Luther King Day; Evening classes will meet)
January 22 Diversity Committee (12:00-1:00) Peterson 3rd Flr Conf Room
January 24-25 HOMECOMING
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February 3 Graduate Center Open House (4:30 – 7:00) Gwinn Commons
February 6 Faculty/Staff Team Meeting (9:00-10:00)
Graduate Committee (10:15-11:15)
Foundations Committee (11:15-11:45)
Teacher Education and Certification Committee (TECC)
February 12 Coordinator Mtg-New Teacher Interviews (10:00–12:00) Pet 302
Diversity Committee (12:00-1:00) Peterson 3rd Flr Conf Room
Faculty Senate (1:00) DH 150
Marston Lecture (7:30 p.m.)
February 13 THIRD YEAR REVIEW APPLICATIONS DUE IN
DEAN’S OFFICE
February 16 HOLIDAY (President’s Day; Evening classes will meet
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March Palmer Lecture (7:30 p.m.)
March 7 Graduate Committee (9:00-10:00)
Curriculum Committee (10:15-11:15)
Foundations Committee (11:15-11:45)
Teacher Education and Certification Committee (TECC)
March 10 Faculty Senate (1:00 p.m.) DH 150
March 13 Faculty Tea (3:00-4:30)
March 16-19 Final Examination or Last Class for Evening Classes
March 16 Last Class for Day Classes
March 17-19 Final Exams for Day Classes
March 20-29 SPRING BREAK
March 26 Grades Due
March 30 CLASSES BEGIN
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April 4 Faculty/Staff Team Meeting (9:00-10:00)
Graduate Committee (10:15-11:15)
April 7 Faculty Senate (1:00) DH 150
April 9 Emeriti Tea
April 10 Good Friday – Campus closed at noon
John Perkins Lecture Series
April 23 Coordinator Spring Forum (10:00 – 12:00) Pet 302
Diversity Committee (12:00-1:00) Peterson 3rd Flr Conf Room
Faculty Senate (1:00) DH 150
April 30 Walls Lecture
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May 1 Faculty Retirement Dinner (7:00 p.m.)
May 2 Graduate Committee (9:00-10:00)
Curriculum Committee (10:15-11:15)
Foundations Committee (11:15-11:45)
Teacher Education and Certification Committee (TECC)
May 14 Coordinator Spring Focus (10:00 – 12:00) Pet 302
May 15 Weter Faculty Award Application Due in academic Affairs Office
May 21 Diversity Committee (12:00-1:00) Peterson 3rd Flr Conf Room
Emeriti Tea (3:00)
May 25 HOLIDAY (Memorial Day; Evening classes will meet)
May 26 Faculty Senate (1:00) DH 150
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June 5 Last Class for Day Classes
June 8 Faculty In-Service Day (8:30 – 4:30)
June 8-11 Final Examination or Last Class for Evening Classes
June 9-11 Final Exams for Day Classes
June 12 Graduate Hooding Ceremony (8:45-Graduate Faculty Only-
Wear Regalia)
Ivy Cutting (9:30) – All Faculty - Wear academic regalia
SOE FAC/STAFF END-OF-YEAR GATHERING (12:00-2:00)
Important but voluntary
Baccalaureate (7:30)
June 13 Commencement (12:30) – All Faculty - Wear academic regalia
June 22 Grades Due
