Staff Resources
Dean’s Master Calendar 2008 - 2009
September | October | November | December
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August
During September
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
September 26
Copy of spring semester proposed Continuing & Professional Education course offerings due in the Continuing & Professional Education Academic Programs Office.
September 26
College Research Grant Applications are due to the Associate Dean for Research.
September 26
Notice due in Provost's Office of all proposed changes in academic undergraduate programs (majors, minors, concentrations and certificates) to be published in the 2008-2009 Guide to Undergraduate Programs. (Proposals must first be approved by school/college curriculum committee and dean.)
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During October
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
During October
Department personnel committees should select nominees for the Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowships, College Teaching Awards, University Distinguished Outreach awards, and the University Distinguished Professorship, and begin the process of preparing nomination materials for submission to the Dean’s Office.
October 3
Recommendations due in deans' offices for reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in second year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2009.
October 18
Fall Open House for Prospective Students.
October 15
Deadline for deparments to notify the Provost's Office of intentions to invite exchange faculty from other UMass campuses for the following academic year.
October 31
All nominations for 2008-2009 Distinguished Teaching Awards due in Provost's Office. Faculty may nominate teaching assistants/associates. Current and former students may nominate faculty and teaching assistants/associates.
October 31
Proposals for Outreach Program Innovation Fund are due in the Office of University Outreach.
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During November
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
November 1
Reasearch Leadership in Action Grant Applications due in the Office of Vice Provost for Research
November 3
Department heads' and chairs' recommendations for tenure and associated promotions for those faculty members whose tenure decision year is 2008-2009 due in deans' offices.
November 7
Applications for sabbatical leaves for 2009-2010 are due in department offices.
November 10
Recommendations due in Provost's Office for reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in second year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2009.
November 14
Copy of Summer Session 2009 proposed course offerings due in the Continuing & Professional Education Academic Programs Office.
November 14
All nominations for 2008-2009
Outstanding Academic Advisor Awards are due in the Provost's Office.
November 18
Faculty member completes Section IX of Annual Faculty Report and Evaluation Form, retains one photocopy and returns original to department head or chair.
November 21
Recommendations due in deans' offices for reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in first year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2009.
November 28
Copy deadline for Guide to Undergraduate Programs.
November 28
Dean’s Office sends Chair and Directors FY ’09 Part-time request form.
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During December
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
December 5
Department head or chair retains one photocopy and sends completed original Annual Faculty Report and Evaluation Form to the dean.
December 12
Sabbatical leave requests for 2009-2010 (1st semester, 2nd semester, or entire year), approved by department heads or chairs, due in dean's offices.
December 12
Sabbatical leave reports for 2007-2008, with department head's or chair's summary, due in deans’offices.
December 12
Anomaly recommendations due in deans' offices with department personnel committee's recommendation.
December 15
Print and electronic reserve listings for Wintersession and for the spring semester must be submitted to the Library by this date. Materials received after this date will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
December 30
Dean retains one photocopy of completed Annual Faculty Report and Evaluation Form and forwards original to the Provost. If the dean makes any comments, the dean shall send a copy of this final page to the faculty member and the appropriate department head or chair when the dean forwards the form to the Provost.
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During January
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
January 2
Deans' recommendations for tenure and associated promotions for those faculty members whose tenure decision year is 2008-2009, second semester, due in the Provost's Office.
January 9
Faculty members who are scheduled for Periodic Multi-Year Review during 2008-2009 must submit review materials to the department head or chair.
January 16
Recommendations for promotions not associated with tenure due in deans' offices.
January 16
FY ’09 Part-time funding request form due in the Dean’s Office.
January 23
Anomaly recommendations due in Provost's Office.
January 23
Recommendations due in Provost's Office for reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in their first year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2008.
January 23
Nominations for Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowships from department heads and chairs due in academic deans' offices.
January 26
The faculty member under consideration for promotion to Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II submits his or her portfolio to department head or chair.
January 30
Sabbatical leave requests for 2009-2010, approved by deans, due in Provost's Office.
January 30
Sabbatical leave reports for 2007-2008, with dean's summary, due in Provost's Office.
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During February
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
February 2
Nominations for Lilly Teaching Fellowships from department heads and chairs due in the Center for Teaching.
February 6
Department course proposals and scheduling materials for Fall 2009 due in the Academic Scheduling Office.
February 6
College Teaching Award nominations from Departments are due in the Dean’s Office (Bob Feldman).
February 6
University Distinguished Outreach Award nominations from Departments are due in the Dean’s Office.
February 6
Nominations for University of Massachusetts Amherst Distinguished Achievement Awards due in Office of Commencements
February 13
Dean sends Chairs and Directors preliminary FY ’09 budget information.
February 15
University Distinguished Professorship nominations from Departments are due in the Dean’s Office.
February 20
Deans' recommendations for promotions not associated with tenure due in the Provost's Office.
February 26
Nominations for the Distinguished Academic Outreach Awards due in the Office of University Outreach.
February 27
Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship nominations from academic deans are due in the Office of Research Affairs.
February 27
Department Personnel Committee recommendation for promotion to Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II due to department head or chair.
February 27
Copy of fall semester proposed Continuing & Professional Education course offerings due in the Continuing Education & Professional Academic Programs Office.
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During March
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
March 1
Notification of reappointment or expiraton of appointment of faculty members in their first year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2009. If an initial one-year appointment terminates during an academic year, notification of reappointment must be given at least 3 months in advance of its termination.
March 2
Recommendations due in deans' offices for reappointment of faculty members in their second or later year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2009.
March 2
College Teaching Award winners due in the Center for Teaching.
March 2
College Research Grant Applications are due to the Associate Dean for Research.
March 2
Applications for Faculty Grants for Teaching due in the Center For Teaching.
March 6
Periodic Multi-Year review cases from departments are due in the Dean’s Office for SBS Executive Committee.
March 6
Tenure recommendations for faculty members whose tenure decision year is 2009-2010 first semester, due in Dean's Office.
March 13
Notification of faculty members granted sabbatical leaves for 2009-2010 (except those being considered for tenure).
March 13
Faculty Research Grant/Healey Endowment Grant applications due in the Office of Research Affairs.
March 23 (For internal Dean’s Office use)
Dean’s office begins College Executive Committee election process by confirming FY’10 status of current members, and requesting Chairs to confirm a list of faculty eligible for election.
March 25
Nominations for the 2009-2010 Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series due in Provost's Office.
March 27
Final date for faculty members to apply for cancellation of previously approved full-time sabbatical leaves commencing in 2009-2010, or for conversion of previously approved full-year sabbatical leaves commencing in 2009-2010 to half-year sabbatical leaves to be taken in either semester of 2009-2010. (Conversions from half-year to full-year sabbaticals may still be approved at the discretion of the dean.)
March 27
Final date for faculty members to apply for cancellation of previously approved leaves without pay for either or both semesters, 2009-2010. (Applications for leaves without pay in 2009-2010 may, however, be considered after this date.)
March 27 (For internal Dean’s Office use)
Nominations for Honorary Degrees to be awarded at Commencement 2010 due in the Chancellor's Office.
March 27
Nominations for TEACHnology Fellowships from department heads and chairs due in the Center for Teaching.
March 27
Nominations for Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom Faculty and TA Fellowships from department heads and chairs due in the Center for Teaching.
March 27
Proposals for the Outreach Program Innovation Fund are due in the Office of University Outreach.
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During April
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
April 3
College level review committee recommendation for promotion to Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II due in the Dean's Office.
April 6
Recommendations due in Provost's Office for reappointment of faculty members in their second or later year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2010.
April 10
Tenure recommendations for faculty members whose tenure decision year is 2009-2010 first semester, due in Provost's Office.
April 15
Distinguished Academic Outreach Awards Reception.
April 16
Annual "Celebration of Teaching" Dinner, 6:00-9:00, Campus Center Auditorium.
April 17
Public Service Endowment Grants are due in the Office of Research Affairs.
April 17
Copy of Wintersession proposed Continuing & Professional Education course offerings due in the Continuing Education & Professional Academic Programs Office.
April 24
Dean's recommendatin for promotion to Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II due in the Provost's Office.
April 28
Dean’s Office will notify departments of their faculty members who are scheduled for Periodic Multi-Year Review during academic year 2009-2010.
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During May
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
May 1
Nominations for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity Awards due in Provost’s Office.
May 1
No offer of appointment for Fall 2009 to faculty members at another college or university should be made after this date without special clearance (AAUP standard).
May 1
Research Leadership in Action Grant applications are due in the Office of Vice Provost for Research.
May 4 (For internal Dean’s Office use)
Dean’s Office begins to plan end-of-year staff luncheon.
May 12
Annual Awards Banquet sponsored by the Vice Provost for Research.
May 15
Faculty members should not resign after this date (AAUP standard).
May 22
Graduate Commencement, 2:00 p.m.
May 23
Undergraduate Commencement, 12:30pm.
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During June
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
June 5–7
Alumni Weekend.
June 15
Print and electronic reserve listings for the fall semester must be submitted to the Library by this date. Materials received after this date will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
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During July
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
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During August
Reminder: Please send event information and news and/or story ideas about faculty, students, alumni, or programs to Sabine Cray for use in the SBS electronic newsletter and website.
August 15
University procedures require that faculty members being considered for tenure be notified of the award of tenure, or of one-year terminal appointments, no later than this date.
August 15
Notification of reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in their second or later year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2010. If an appointment terminates during an academic year, notification of reappointment or expiration of appointment must be given at least 12 months in advance of its termination.
August 25
Dean’s Office begins to plan New Faculty Reception for fall.
