Contact Information
Kennard-Washington Hall
118 College Drive #5002
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
Phone: 601.266.5002
Provost's Calendar
| August 2016 | |
| Wed - 17 | College deans send names of academic Ombudsman candidates to the Office of the Provost |
| Thurs – 18 | New Faculty Orientation, Day 1 |
| Fri - 19 | New Faculty Orientation, Day 2 |
| Mon - 22 | Faculty contracts begin on campus |
| Wed - 24 | Classes Begin – Fall Semester |
| September 2016 | |
| Fri - 2 | College deans provide names of new faculty mentors to the Office of the Provost |
| Mon - 5 | LABOR DAY HOLIDAY (day and night classes do not meet) |
| Tues - 6 | New faculty submit graduate status material for teaching graduate courses to the Graduate School |
| Thurs - 15 | Applications due for the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Stipends to ORA |
| Fri – 16 | Faculty submit tenure and promotion dossiers to department or school |
| Mon – 19 | College deans send Departmental Personnel Committee (DPC) option, names of College Advisory Committee (CAC) and University Advisory Committee (UAC) to the Office of the Provost |
| October 2016 | |
| Fri - 7 | Deadline to submit graduate faculty materials and credentials of new faculty members for Spring semester to be sent to the Graduate Council (graduate teaching). |
| Fri - 7 | Departmental Personnel Committee submit tenure and promotion recommendations to department chair |
| Mon – 10 | Applications due for HEADWAE to the Office of the Provost |
| Mon - 17 | Applications due for the Summer Grants for Improvement of Instruction to the Office of the Provost |
| Mon - 17 | Applications due for IHL Diversity Award to the Office of the Provost |
| Thurs-Fri 20-21 | FALL BREAK FOR STUDENTS ONLY |
| Fri - 21 | Department chairs submit tenure and promotion recommendations to the CAC |
| November 2016 | |
| Mon - 7 | Applications due for the Lucas Endowment for Faculty Excellence to the Office of the Provost |
| Mon - 14 | Applications due for the Excellence in Service and Excellence in Teaching to the Office of the Provost |
| Mon - 21 | Applications due for the Grand Marshal Award to the Office of the Provost |
| Tues - 22 | CAC submit tenure and promotion recommendations to the dean |
| December 2016 | |
| Fri – 16 | Commencement – Reed Green Coliseum |
| Mon – 19 | Final grades due into SOAR by 11:00 a.m. |
| Wed - 21 | LAST DAY TO WORK – HOLIDAY BREAK BEGINS |
| January 2017 | |
| Tues - 3 | HOLIDAY BREAK ENDS – FIRST DAY BACK TO WORK |
| Thurs – 12 | College deans submit tenure and promotion recommendations to the UAC |
| Mon – 16 | MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY |
| Tues – 17 | Classes Begin – Spring Semester |
| Mon – 23 | Applications due for the Faculty Senate Junior Faculty Awards to the Office of the Provost |
| Fri - 27 | Departmental Committee submit recommendations for Pre-tenure Review to department chairs |
| February 2017 | |
| Thurs - 16 | Department chairs submit recommendations for Pre-tenure Review to the CAC |
| Fri – 17 | UAC submit tenure and promotion dossiers and recommendations to the Office of the Provost |
| Mon-Tues 27-28 | Mardi Gras Holiday for STUDENTS ONLY |
| March 2017 | |
| Mon – 13 | CAC submit recommendations for Pre-Tenure Review to the dean |
| Mon-Fri 13-17 | SPRING BREAK FOR STUDENTS ONLY |
| Fri – 17 | Sabbatical reports due to the Provost for sabbaticals taken Fall 2016 |
| Mon – 20 | Applications due for the Nina Bell Suggs Endowed Professorship to the Office of the Provost |
| Mon – 20 | Provost submits tenure and promotion dossiers and recommendations to the President |
| April 2017 | |
| Thurs –6 | College deans submit recommendations for Pre-Tenure Review to the Office of the Provost |
| Fri - 7 | Deadline to submit graduate faculty materials and credentials of new faculty members for Summer semester to the Graduate Council (graduate teaching). |
| Fri – 14 | GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY |
| May 2017 | |
| Fri - 5 | Faculty Awards Ceremony at 1:00 p.m. |
| Fri – 12 | Commencement - Hattiesburg |
| Sat - 13 | Commencement – Gulf Coast |
| Mon - 15 | Final Grades due into SOAR by 11:00 a.m. |
| Thurs - 18 | Last day of the academic year for faculty on nine-month Contracts |
| Thurs – 18 | Finalize 2017-2018 Academic Council Representatives and send membership list to the Office of the Provost |
| Thurs – 18 | Finalize 2017-2018 Faculty Senate Representatives and send membership list to the Office of the Provost |
| Thurs – 18 | Finalize 2017-2018 Graduate Council Representatives and send membership list to the Office of the Provost |
| Mon – 29 | MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY |
| June 2017 | |
| Nothing Due in the Month of June | |
| July 2017 | |
| Tues – 4 | July 4th HOLIDAY |
| Wed - 5 | Sabbatical reports due to the Office of the Provost for sabbaticals taken Spring 2017 |
| Fri - 7 | Deadline to submit graduate faculty materials and credentials of new faculty members for Fall semester to the Graduate Council (graduate teaching). |
| Revised June 15, 2016 | |
