Timeline

Who	What	When
Provost	Conduct faculty orientation session	August/September
Provost	Provide Faculty Manual updates	Late August
Provost	Distribute General Information sheets to faculty	Late August
Deans	Complete/submit annual unit reports	Late August
Provost	Review curriculum approval process with Deans, Faculty Senate President, and Undergraduate Affairs and Graduate Studies Committees	September
Deans	Prepare spring schedule	September
Deans/Provost	Cycle begins for preparation of catalog copy	Mid-September
Provost	Distribute forms for reporting consulting and other outside employment	September
Provost	Solicit and review nominations to graduate faculty.  Make appointment	September-October
Faculty	Deadline for eligible faculty to apply for promotion and/or tenure	August 1
Deans	Contact External Reviewers for Promotion & Tenure and provide Promotion & Tenure materials to external reviewers	August 15
Deans	Recommendation of Promotion & Tenure from External Reviewers Due	September 15
Deans	Fall CBM 008 data due to IR from schools	Mid-October
Deans	Deans recommendations on P&T candidates to Promotion & Tenure committee and Provost.	October 31
Deans	Last date for curriculum committees to consider catalog changes	Late October
Provost	Reminder on Faculty Development Leave distributed to faculty	Early November
IR	SACS Institutional Profile completed	Mid-Late November
Deans	PARs processed for off-campus teaching stipends (full-time faculty)	Late November
Deans	Renewal/non-renewal recommendations on 2nd-year faculty due to Provost (consult on non-renewals)	November 30
Faculty	Deadline faculty development leave proposals	December 1 or 1st regular class day in December
Provost	Renewal/non-renewal recommendations on 2nd-year faculty due to President	December 6
Faculty	Last date for Faculty Senate consideration of catalog changes	Early December
Faculty	Provost meets with Faculty Senate President on curriculum changes approved	December
Provost	Renewal/non-renewal recommendations due to 2nd-year faculty members	December 15
Provost	Last date for Academic Council review of catalog changes	January
Provos	Evaluation of School Deans	January
Deans	Inventory of courses updates due to Provost	Late January
Provost	Inventory of courses updates due to OAR	Late January
Deans	Academic catalog changes due to Provost	Late January
Committee	P&T Committee recommendations to Provost	January 31
Deans	Renewal/non-renewal recommendations on non-tenure track faculty due to Provost	January 31
Deans	Evaluation of full-time faculty	January/February
Deans, P&T Committee	3rd-year reviews of tenure-track faculty	January/March
Provost	Academic catalog changes due to OAR	Early February
Deans	Preparation of summer and fall schedules	February
Provost	Renewal/non-renewal recommendations of non-tenured faculty due to faculty	February 15
Deans	Renewal/non-renewal recommendation on 1st-year faculty due to Provost	February 15
Provost	Renewal/non-renewal recommendation on 1st-year faculty due to President	February 21
Deans	Spring CBM 008 data due to Institutional Research from schools	Late February
Provost	Provost recommendations on P&T to President	February 28
Provost, Aca. Affairs Com.	Academic Program Review (selected programs)	February/April
Provost	Renewal/non-renewal recommendations on 1st-year faculty due to faculty members	March 1
Deans	Faculty evaluations due to Provost	March 31
Provost/Deans	Review biennially salaries for full-time and part-time faculty, as well as graduate assistants	Early Spring
Deans/Provost	Unit plan and budget requests prepared	Early Spring
Deans/Provost	Budget hearings/presentations	Mid-Spring
Provost	President's P&T recommendations due to Board of Regents	April 1
Deans	PARs processed for off-campus teaching stipends (full-time faculty)	Late April
Deans	Post-tenure review	Late April
Provost	Plaque made for Enron Teaching Excellence Award recipient	Late April
Administration/Finance	Next biennial budget and tentative next FY allocations	Late Spring/Summer
Deans	Non-renewal recommendations on 3rd-6th-year faculty due to Provost	May 15
Provost	Non-renewal recommendations on 3rd-6th-year faculty due to President	May 21
Provost	Non-renewal recommendations on 3rd-6th-year faculty due to faculty members	May 31
P&T Committee	Post-Tenure Review due	June 30
Academic  Council	Review/revise faculty development guidelines	June-August  (Summer)
Provost	Review/revise Faculty Manual and other documents	June-August (Summer)
Provost	Academic administrators (as needed)	June-July
Deans	Invitation letters to new Resident Adjuncts Lecturers--as recommended by Deans	August 1
Administration/Finance	Final budget allocation for FY salary letters	August
Deans	Annual assessment reports for school and student achievement	August
IR & AA Committee	Academic Program Review	September