gtu extended calendar

GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION

and Member Schools

2015-2016 Extended Calendar

Academic and Administrative

Event Start

Start Year End

TEXTBOOKS: GTU and PSR textbook lists due to GTU Registration Office for

summer and fall

5 31 2015 Friday

Ramadan begins (begins at sunset on 6/18 ) 6 18 2015 Thursday

CFO Meeting, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Dinner Board Room 7 1 2015 Thursday

Independence Day Holiday: GTU Academic and Administrative Offices/GTU Library Closed 7 3 2015 Friday

Eid-Al-Fitr (Ramadan Ends) 7 17 2015 Friday

BIBL: Registration Deadline for August Biblical Hebrew and Greek Language Exams 8 3 2015 Monday

CFO Meeting, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Dinner Board Room 8 5 2015 Wednesday

UCB: Fall, 2015 Semester Begins 8 19 2015 Wednesday

Fall 2015 New Student Orientation/General Registration Period 8 24 2015 - 9 4 2015 Monday-Friday

Fall 2015 Stickers Available for GTU Students/Registered Early 8 24 2015 Monday

BIBL: Biblical Hebrew Exam (see 8/26 for Greek Exam), 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.,

LeConte building exam rooms

8 25 2015 Tuesday

BIBL: Biblical Greek Exam (see 8/25 for Hebrew Exam), 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.,

8 26 2015 Wednesday

GTU Area Assistants Lunch and Orientation, 10:00- 11:30 a.m., HEDCO 8 26 2015 Wednesday

CDF: Faculty Council Meeting, 3:30- 5:00 p.m., Dean's Office 8 26 2015 Wednesday

SAC: Student Advisory Committee Meeting, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Dean's Office 8 26 2015 Wednesday

ETHC: Comprehensive Exam I (History of Western Social and Ethical Thought), 24

hour exam

8 26 2015 Wednesday

UCB: Fall, 2015 Instruction Begins 8 26 2015 Wednesday

GTU Common MA Student Orientation (8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), Dinner Board

8 27 2015 Thursday

GTU Doctoral Student Orientation: 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Dinner Board Room (1st

required session covering the administrative components of the program)

8 28 2015 Friday

GTU Doctoral Program Areas Orientation Meetings, 1:00-3:00 p.m. (see orientation

schedules for locations; IDS meets 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., SPRT meets 6:00-8:30 p.m.;

required)

8 31 2015 Monday

(GTU Dean of Students Office, 4/13/2015

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

Doctoral Student Orientation, 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Dinner Board Room (final

required session presented from the continuing student's perspective)

9 1 2015 Tuesday

Welcome BBQ for all entering students in all programs across consortium, 5:30 -

7:00 p.m. PSR Quad

9 2 2015 Wednesday

Fall, 2015: Deadline to Register and/or Receive Approval of Leave of Absence,

Program Extension, or Part-time Status for Fall semester WITHOUT Late

Registration Fee

9 4 2015 Friday

Fall, 2015: Late Registration Period 9 5 2015 - 9 18 2015 Saturday-Friday

Janmashtami 9 5 2015 Saturday

Labor Day: GTU Administrative Offices/Library Closed 9 7 2015 Monday

UCB: No Classes 9 7 2015 Monday

Intent to Graduate Forms for Fall, 2015 Graduates Due (MA's to GTU Dean's

Office, PhD to Student Affairs Office Manager and Receptionist)

9 8 2015 Tuesday

Fall, 2015: Instruction at GTU Begins 9 8 2015 Tuesday

Course Schedule: 2016-2017 Scheduling forms sent to faculty 9 8 2015 Tuesday

Council of Deans Meeting, 1:00-3:00 p.m., Dean's Office 9 9 2015 Wednesday

Council of Presidents Meeting, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 9 9 2015 Wednesday

Doctoral Council, 3:30- 5:00 p.m., Dean's Office 9 9 2015 Wednesday

PDP: Orientation to Doctoral Council for students planning to propose during the

current year, 10:00am to Noon, Dinner Board Room

9 9 2015 Wednesday

GTU Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., Dinner Board

9 10 2015 Thursday

UCB: Cross-Registration Petition Due by Noon 9 11 2015 Friday

Rosh Hashanah (begins at sunset on 9/13) 9 14 2015 Monday

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross 9 14 2015 Monday

Student Travel Award Applications due in GTU Dean's Office by 5:00 p.m. 9 15 2015 Tuesday

Chan Award Submissions due in GTU Dean's Office by 5:00 p.m. 9 15 2015 Tuesday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

Rostered Faculty Meeting, 1:30-3:00 p.m., Dean's Office 9 16 2015 Wednesday

Deadline to Register for the September Modern Foreign Language Examination 9 16 2015 Wednesday

Student Groups: Deadline for Annual Goals and Budget Requests 9 17 2015 Thursday

Payment for Fall, 2015 Registration must be RECEIVED in the GTU Business

Office (for GTU Students in Doctoral, CJS and CIS MA or Certificate, or

Special Student Status) by 5:00 p.m. to AVOID a late payment fee

9 18 2015 Friday

Fall, 2015: Deadline for Late Registration and/or Approval of Requests for

Leave of Absence, Program Extension, or Part-Time Status, WITH Late Fee

9 18 2015 Friday

Fall, 2015: Deadline for Registered Students to Make Changes in Enrollment

WITHOUT a Fee

9 18 2015 Friday

Fall, 2015: Deadline to Successfully Defend Thesis or Dissertation or complete

MABL oral examination in a GTU degree program WITHOUT Paying Fees

for Fall, 2015

9 18 2015 Friday

Fall, 2015: Deadline to Submit Special Reading Course Form 9 18 2015 Friday

Reception for GTU-MA and Doctoral Students and GTU faculty, 3:30-5:00p.m.,

Location, TBA

9 23 2015 Wednesday

GTU Doctoral Program Area Meetings 9 23 2015 Wednesday

Yom Kippur (begins at sunset on 9/22) 9 23 2015 Tuesday-Wednesday

Fall, 2015: Stickers Due on Library Cards 9 28 2015 Monday

Deadline to Submit Dissertation Proposals to Academic Secretary by noon for

October Doctoral Council

9 28 2015 Monday

Sukkot (begins at sunset on 9/27) 9 28 2015 10 4 2015 Saturday-Sunday

Celebration of the Feast of Saint Jerome (Annual book sale at library entrance) 9 30 2015 Wednesday

Modern Foreign Language Examination, 1:00-4:45 p.m., Dinner Board Room 9 30 2015 Wednesday

Deadline for GTU Common MA Applications for Spring, 2015 10 1 2015 Thursday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

4:00 p.m. Deadline to File Completed and Approved Copies of

Theses/Dissertations or Certification of Oral Examination Forms for MABL

Candidates for GTU Approval of Degree on October 14; Deadline to Submit

Certificate Requests for CJS and CIS Certificate Students

10 1 2015 Thursday

Faculty Library Committee Meeting, 12:45- 1:45 p.m., Dinner Board Room 10 7 2015 Wednesday

Navaratri/Dassehra 10 13 2015 - 10 22 2015 Tuesday-Thursday

CDF: Applications to Core Doctoral Faculty Due 10 15 2015 Thursday

GTU Board of Trustees Committee Meetings: Library Committee 10 15 2015 Thursday

GTU Board of Trustees Committee Meetings: Academic Committee 10 15 2015 Thursday

GTU Board of Trustees Committee Meetings: Advancement Committee 10 15 2015 Thursday

GTU Board of Trustees Committee Meetings: Committee on Trustees 10 15 2015 Thursday

GTU Board of Trustees Committee Meetings: Finance Committee 10 15 2015 Thursday

Course Schedule: 2015-2016 Course Scheduling Forms Due From Faculty to

Member School Deans

10 16 2015 Friday

GTU Board of Trustees Meeting, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Dinner Board Room 10 16 2015 Friday

CDF Meeting, 3:30- 5:00 p.m., Dinner Board Room 10 21 2015 Wednesday

Ashura (begins at sunset on 10/23) 10 24 2015 Saturday

READING WEEK 10 26 2015 10 30 2015 Monday-Friday

November Doctoral Council

10 26 2015 Monday

SPRT: Registration deadline for Christian Spirituality Area Comprehensive

Examination in History of Christian Spirituality.

10 26 2015 Monday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

GTU Distinguished Faculty Lecture, 7:00 p.m., PSR Chapel of the Great

Commission, reception to follow, Bade Museum (location tentative as of 3/22)

11 5 2015 Thursday

Course Schedule: 2015-2016 Course Scheduling Forms due to Consortial

Registrar's Office by 5:00 p.m.

11 9 2015 Monday

Intersession and Spring, 2015: Early Registration 11 9 2015 - 11 20 2015 Monday-Friday

UCB: No Classes 11 11 2015 Wednesday

Diwali 11 11 2015 Wednesday

Fall, 2015: Deadline for Registered Students to Change Enrollment

WITHOUT Special Permission

11 13 2015 Friday

TCHG: Newhall Fellowship Applications due in GTU Dean's Office by 5:00 p.m. 11 13 2015 Friday

Spring, 2015: Early Registration Deadline for Requests for Restricted Courses

to Course Instructors (students must email faculty to indicate interest in

Spring, 2015 restricted courses) to receive PIN Code

11 13 2015 Friday

Doctoral Area Meetings 11 18 2015 Wednesday

AAR-SBL Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA 11 21 2015 11 24 2015 Saturday-Tuesday

AAR-SBL GTU alumni reception at the AAR-SBL annual meeting, time and location,

11 21 2015 Saturday

December Doctoral Council

11 23 2015 Monday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

Thanksgiving Day Holiday: GTU Academic and Administrative Offices/Library Closed at 2:00

11 25 2015 Wednesday

UCB: No Classes 11 25 2015 - 11 27 2015 Wednesday-Friday

Thanksgiving Day Holiday: GTU Academic and Administrative Offices/Library Closed 11 26 2015 11 28 2015 Thursday-Friday

GTU Library Open 11 28 2015 - 11 29 2015 Saturday-Sunday

Advent begins 11 29 2015 12 24 2015 Sunday-Thursday

Course Reserve Lists for Spring, 2015 Due in the Library 11 30 2015 Monday

TEXTBOOKS: GTU and PSR textbook lists due to GTU Registration Office for

intersession and spring

11 30 2015 Monday

12 3 2015 Thursday

UCB: Fall, 2015 Classes Ends 12 4 2015 Friday

Chanukah (begins at sunset on 12/6) 12 7 2015 12 14 2015 Sunday-Monday

Bodhi Day: Buddha's Enlightment 12 8 2015 Tuesday

UCB: Fall, 2015 Last Day of Instruction 12 11 2015 Friday

Deadline for GTU Doctoral Applications for Fall 2015 12 15 2015 Tuesday

GTU Doctoral Program Area Meetings (optional) 12 16 2015 Wednesday

BIBL: Registration Deadline for January Biblical Hebrew and Greek Language Exams 12 18 2015 Friday

Fall, 2015: Deadline to Submit Petition for Incomplete for Fall Semester

Courses

12 18 2015 Friday

Fall, 2015: semester ends at GTU 12 18 2015 Friday

Fall, 2015: semester ends UCB 12 18 2015 Friday

Christmas to New Year's Day Holiday Break: GTU Academic and

Administrative Offices Closed

12 21 2015 1 3 2016 Monday-Sunday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

Eid Malid-ul-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad's Birthday) 12 24 2015 Thursday

Kwanzaa Begins 12 26 2015 - 1 1 2016 Saturday-Friday

Intersession 2016 (General Registration prior to first day of the course) 1 4 2016 - 1 29 2016 Monday-Friday

Fall, 2016: Deadline to Make up an Incomplete from Fall Semester 1 8 2016 Friday

Fall, 2016: Deadline to Submit Course Grades 1 8 2016 Friday

UCB: Spring, 2016 Semester Begins 1 12 2016 Tuesday

BIBL: Biblical Hebrew Exam (see 1/14 for Greek Exam), 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.,

1 13 2016 Wednesday

BIBL: Biblical Greek Exam (see 1/134 for Hebrew Exam), 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.,

1 14 2016 Thursday

Intent to Graduate Forms for Spring 2016 Graduates Due (MA's to GTU Dean's

Office, Doctoral to Student Affairs Office Manager and Receptionist)

1 15 2016 Friday

Martin Luther King Day: GTU Academic and Administrative Offices/Library Closed 1 18 2016 Monday

Spring 2016: New Student Orientation and General Registration Period 1 18 2016 - 1 29 2016 Monday-Friday

Spring, 2016: Stickers Available for Doctoral/CJS-MA Students that Registered

1 19 2016 Tuesday

UCB: Spring, 2016 Instruction Begins 1 19 2016 Tuesday

GTU Common MA Student Orientation (8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), Dinner Board

1 21 2016 Thursday

GTU Doctoral Admissions Committee Meeting, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Dean's Office 1 22 2016 Friday

Fall, 2016: Deadline to Submit Grades for Removal of Incompletes from Fall

Semester

1 22 2016 Friday

February Doctoral Council

1 25 2016 Monday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

Mid-year Orientation for First Year Doctoral Students, 12:30- 2:00 p.m., Dinner

Board Room

1 27 2016 Wednesday

Spring, 2016: Final Day to Register and/or Receive Approval of Leave of

Absence, Program Extension, or Part-Time Status for Spring Semester

WITHOUT Late Registration Fee

1 29 2016 Friday

Intersession, 2016 Ends 1 29 2016 Friday

Intersession, 2016: Last Day to Submit Petition for an Incomplete 1 29 2016 Friday

Feast of the Three Hierarchs (Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John

Chrysostom)

1 30 2016 Saturday

Spring, 2016: Late Registration Period 1 30 2016 2 12 2016 Saturday-Friday

Spring, 2016: Instruction at GTU Begins 2 1 2016 Monday

Deadline for GTU Common MA Applications for Fall, 2016 2 1 2016 Monday

UCB: Cross-Registration Petition Due by Noon 2 5 2016 Friday

Ash Wednesday 2 10 2016 Wednesday

Deadline to Register for the February Modern Foreign Language Examination 2 10 2016 Wednesday

Spring, 2016: Stickers Due on Library Cards 2 11 2016 Thursday

SPRT: Christian Spirituality Area Comprehensive Examination in History of Christian

Spirituality, 9am.-noon and 1-2pm. Computer lab, Library.

2 11 2016 2 12 2016 Thursday-Friday

Spring, 2016: Deadline to Submit Special Reading Course Forms 2 12 2016 Friday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

Payment for Spring, 2016 Registration must be RECEIVED in the GTU

Business Office (for GTU Students in Doctoral, CJS and CIS MA or Certificate,

or Special Student Status) by 5:00 p.m. to AVOID a late payment fee

2 12 2016 Friday

Spring, 2016: Deadline for Late Registration and/or Approval of Requests for

Leave of Absence, Program Extension, or Part-Time Status, WITH Late Fee

2 12 2016 Friday

Spring, 2016: Deadline for Registered Students to Make Changes in

Enrollment WITHOUT a Fee

2 12 2016 Friday

Spring, 2016: Deadline to Successfully Defend Thesis or Dissertation or

complete MABL oral examination in a GTU degree program WITHOUT

Paying Fees for Spring, 2016

2 12 2016 Friday

President's Day: GTU Academic and Administrative Offices/Library Closed 2 15 2016 Monday

Student Travel Award Applications due: GTU Dean's Office 5:00 p.m. 2 16 2016 Tuesday

Surjit Singh Lecture, pre-lecture reception, 6:00 p.m., Bade Museum; lecture, 7:00

p.m., PSR Chapel of the Great Commission

2 16 2016 Tuesday

GTU Board of Trustees Committee Meetings: Finance Committee 2 18 2016 Thursday

Intersession, 2016: Deadline to Make up an Incomplete from Intersession,

2 19 2016 Friday

Intersession, 2016: Deadline to Submit Grades for Intersession Courses 2 19 2016 Friday

Doctoral Council: Deadline to Submit Dissertation Proposals to Academic Secretary

by noon for March Doctoral Council

2 22 2016 Monday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

Course Schedule: Forms from Deans with Final Corrections and Changes to

2016-2016 Course Schedule due in the Consortial Registrar's Office by 5:00

2 26 2016 Friday

CDF: Applications to Core Doctoral Faculty Due 3 1 2016 Tuesday

Maha Shivaratri 3 8 2016 Tuesday

Sacred Texts Lecture: 7:00 p.m., Dinner Board Room; a reception will precede the

lecture at 6:30 p.m.

3 9 2016 Wednesday

Intersession, 2016: Deadline to Submit Grades for Removal of Incompletes

from Intersession Courses

3 11 2016 Friday

Course Schedule: 2016-2016 Course Schedule Available on the Web and in PDF

format

3 16 2016 Wednesday

GTU/UCB SPRING BREAK (Library closed March 24, open 8:30 a.m. to 5

p.m. Monday through Friday, closed March 26 and 27)

3 21 2016 3 25 2016 Monday-Friday

by noon for April Doctoral Council

3 21 2016 Monday

Holi 3 23 2016 - 3 24 2016 Wednesday-Thursday

Purim (begins at sunset 3/23) 3 24 2016 Thursday

UCB: Cesar Chavez Holiday, UCB Campus Closed (this is an UCB academic

& administrative holiday)

3 25 2016 Friday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

Good Friday: GTU Academic and Administrative Offices/Library Closed 3 25 2016 Friday

Easter Sunday: GTU Academic and Administrative Offices/Library Closed 3 27 2016 Sunday

Easter Monday (CDSP, and DSPT closed) 3 28 2016 Monday

4:00 p.m. Deadline to File Completed and Approved Copies of

Theses/Dissertations or Certification of Oral Examination Forms for MABL

Candidates for GTU Approval of Degree on May 7; Deadlne to Submit

Certificate Requests for CJS Certificate Students

4 1 2016 Friday

4 6 2016 Thursday

GTU Board of Trustees Committee Meetings: Finance Committee (tentative) 4 6 2016 Thursday

Council of Deans, 1:00-3:00 p.m., Dean's Office 4 6 2016 Wednesday

Spring, 2016: Deadline for Registered Students to Change Enrollment

WITHOUT Special Permission

4 8 2016 Friday

Fall, 2016: Early Registration 4 11 2016 4 22 2016 Monday-Friday

TCHG: Preparing To Teach: Newhall Fellows Lunch and Workshop, 12:00-2pm,

Dinner Board Room

4 13 2016 Wednesday

Ramanavami 4 15 2016 Friday

Fall, 2016: Early Registration Deadline for Requests for Restricted Courses to

Course Instructors (students must email faculty to indicate interest in Fall,

2016 restricted courses) to receive PIN Code

4 15 2016 Friday

by noon for May Doctoral Council

4 18 2016 Monday

First Day of Pesach (Passover, begins at sunset 4/22) 4 23 2016 Saturday

UCB: Spring, 2016 Classes End 4 29 2016 Friday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

Orthodox Bright Monday (PAOI Closed) 5 2 2016 Monday

Faculty Library Committee Meeting, 12:45- 1:45pm, Dinner Board Room 5 4 2016 Wednesday

Deadline to Register for the May Modern Foreign Language Examination 5 4 2016 Wednesday

Yom Ha-shoah (Holocaust Remembrance), begins at sunset (5/4) 5 5 2016 Thursday

UCB: Spring, 2016 Last Day of Instruction 5 6 2016 Friday

GTU Commencement Reception for Graduates and Coordinators, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.,

CDSP Courtyard

5 11 2016 Wednesday

GTU Commencement, 4:00 p.m., PLTS Chapel of the Cross 5 12 2016 Thursday

UCB: Spring, 2016 Semester Ends 5 13 2016 Friday

Buddha's Birthday 5 14 2016 Saturday

ABSW Commencement 5 14 2016 Saturday

GTU Doctoral Program Area Meetings (optional) 5 18 2016 Wednesday

SKSM Commencement (tentative) 5 19 2016 Thursday

CDSP Commencement, 10:30 a.m. 5 20 2016 Friday

JST Baccalaureate, 3:00 p.m. 5 20 2016 Friday

Spring, 2016: semester ends at GTU 5 20 2016 Friday

Spring, 2016: Deadline to Submit Petition for Incompletes from Spring, 2016

Courses

5 20 2016 Friday

and Member Schools

Event Start

Start Year End

SFTS Commencement 5 21 2016 Saturday

DSPT Commencement 5 21 2016 Saturday

JST Commencement 5 21 2016 Saturday

PLTS Commencement 5 21 2016 Saturday

DSPT Baccalaureate Mass 5 22 2016 Sunday

PSR Commencement 5 22 2016 Sunday

Course Reserve Lists for Summer and Fall 2016 Due: GTU Library 5 27 2016 Friday

Memorial Day Holiday: GTU Academic and Administrative Offices/Library Closed 5 30 2016 Monday

Spring, 2016: Deadline to Make up an Incomplete for Spring, 2016 Courses 6 10 2016 Friday

Spring, 2016: Deadline to Submit Grades 6 10 2016 Friday

Independence Day Holiday: GTU Academic and Administrative Offices/GTU Library Closed 7 4 2016 Monday

Spring, 2016: Deadline to Submit Grades for Removal of Incompletes from

Spring, 2016 Courses

7 5 2016 Tuesday

and Member Schools

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