Important Dates

IMPORTANT GRADUATE DATES FOR FALL 2023

DATE	EVENT
Aug 21	Fall 2023 classes begin
Sept 1	Last day to apply for Fall 2023 Graduate graduation
Sept 1	Last day for those planning to graduate December 2023 to file approved dissertation proposal and IRB statement of approval, thesis proposal, or project proposal
Sept 4	Labor Day (No classes, Offices closed)
Oct 5-8	Fall break (No classes, Offices closed)
Oct 29	Last day to withdraw from classes
Nov 3	Final date for EHHS oral defense of graduate level Dissertation/Thesis/Project
Nov 10	Veterans Day (No classes, Offices closed)
Nov 17	Deadline to: Submit dissertation electronically via Ohiolink Submit thesis electronically via Ohiolink Submit signature pages electronically - Please initiate as soon as successfully passing defense https://www.kent.edu/ehhs/ogs/forms
Nov 23 & 24	Thanksgiving Holiday (No classes, Offices closed)
Dec 8	Final deadline for all dissertation and thesis corrections
Dec 10	Fall 2023 Classes End
Dec 11-17	Final Exam week
Dec 15-16	Commencement - Check website for exact day/time for Graduate School of EHHS http://www.kent.edu/commencement *Please be sure to update diploma address in Flashline

Jan 17	Spring 2024 classes begin
Jan 20	Last day to apply for May 2024 Graduate graduation
Jan 20	Last day for those graduating May 2024 to file approved dissertation proposal & IRB approval or thesis proposal/project proposal
March 24	Final date for EHHS oral defense of graduate level -Dissertation -Thesis -Project
Mar 27 – Apr 2	Spring recess (no classes, offices open)
April 3	Last day to withdraw from any/all classes
April 7	Deadline to: Submit dissertation electronically via Ohiolink Submit thesis electronically via Ohiolink Submit signature pages electronically—Please initiate as soon as successfully passing defense https://www.kent.edu/ehhs/ogs/forms
April 21	Final deadline for all dissertation and thesis corrections
May 2	Spring 2024 Classes End
May 4 - 10	Final Exam week
May 12-13	Check commencement site for exact time and day for Graduate School of EHHS http://www.kent.edu/commencement *Please be sure to update diploma address in Flashline
June 16	Spring 2024 diplomas mailed to students at permanent addresses, please be sure to update diploma address in flashline

May 18	Summer 2023 Intersession classes begin
May 19	Last Day to withdraw from Intersession classes
May 29	Memorial Day (no classes, offices closed)
June 8	Summer I and II classes begin
June 11	Last day to withdraw from Summer I classes
June 14	Last day to withdraw from Summer II classes
June 16	Last day to apply for August 2023 Graduate graduation
June 16	Last day for those graduating August 2023 to file approved dissertation proposal & IRB approval or thesis proposal/project proposal
June 19	Juneteenth National Independence Day – Observed (no classes, offices closed)
July 4	Independence Day – Observed (no classes, offices closed)
June 30	Final date for EHHS oral defense of graduate level -Dissertation -Thesis -Project
July 13	Summer III classes begin
July 16	Last day to withdraw from Summer III
July 21	Deadline to: Submit dissertation electronically via Ohiolink Submit thesis electronically via Ohiolink Submit signature pages electronically—Please initiate as soon as successfully passing defense https://www.kent.edu/ehhs/ogs/forms
Aug 4	Final deadline for all dissertation and thesis corrections
Aug 19	Commencement – Check website for exact day/time for Graduate School of EHHS http://www.kent.edu/commencement *Please be sure to update diploma address in Flashline