2026-2027 Planning Calendar

7th - MONDAY

• Labor Day Holiday
• Horn Professor Nominations due to Dean’s Office

14th - MONDAY

• Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award Nominations submitted to Dean’s Office
• Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Research Award Nominations submitted to Dean’s Office
• 2026-27 Consulting and Outside Employment forms due to Dean’s Office

1st - THURSDAY

• Paul Whitfield Horn Professor Nominations due to the Office of the Provost
• 2026-27 Consulting and Outside Employment forms due to the Office of the Provost

2nd - FRIDAY

• Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award Nominations submitted to InfoReady by college
• Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Research Award Nominations submitted to InfoReady by college
• President’s Faculty Book Award submissions due to the Office of the Provost (2023 copyright year)
• John Burns Conference

9th - FRIDAY

• Piper Professor Nominations due to the Teaching Academy
• Changes to prefixes, prerequisites, corequisites, course numbers, credit/contact hours, modality, and deletions for Spring and Summer 2027 courses must be at the Academic Council stage of Curriculog
• Faculty Development Leave Applications due to the Office of the Provost

15th - THURSDAY

• Faculty Nominations (unlimited) due to Dean’s Office:
  • Spencer A. Wells Faculty Award
  • Hemphill-Wells New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Faculty Distinguished Leadership Award
• Nominations for Arts & Sciences Research and Teaching Awards due to the Dean’s Office

2nd - MONDAY

• Faculty nominations (unlimited) due to Office of the Provost:
  • Spencer A. Wells Faculty Award
  • Hemphill-Wells New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Faculty Distinguished Leadership Award
• Distinguished Faculty Awards due to Dean’s Office, including:
  • University Distinguished Professorship
  • Texas University Fund Distinguished Research Professorship
  • Distinguished Educator or Engaged Scholar
  • President’s Distinguished Scholar or Artist

9th - MONDAY

• Chairs Meeting
• Faculty Emeritus nominations due to Dean’s Office

8th - TUESDAY

• Nominations for the following teaching and research awards due to Dean’s Office:
  • President’s Academic Achievement Award
  • President’s Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Alumni Association New Faculty Award
  • President’s Excellence in Commercialization Award

14th - MONDAY

• Chairs Meeting
• Noon, Grades due for Graduating Seniors
• 5:00 pm, Final Grades due via Raiderlink

18th - FRIDAY

• Distinguished Faculty Awards due to Office of the Provost, including:
  • University Distinguished Professorship
  • Texas University Fund Distinguished Research Professorship
  • Distinguished Educator or Engaged Scholar
  • President’s Distinguished Scholar or Artist

11th - MONDAY

• Chairs Meeting
• Faculty on Duty Day

29th - FRIDAY

• Teaching Academy Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award applications due to Teaching Academy
• President’s Excellence in Faculty Peer Mentorship Award due to Teaching Academy

1st - MONDAY

• President’s Excellence in Academic Advising Award (Contact: Kamerin Schacht)
• Nominations for the following teaching and research awards due to Office of the Provost (Contact: Kahlie Callison):
  • President’s Academic Achievement Award
  • President’s Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Alumni Association New Faculty Award
• President’s Excellence in Commercialization Award nominations due to the Dean’s Office

28th - FRIDAY

• Faculty Emeritus Nominations due to the Dean’s Office
• Faculty on Duty Summer I

1st - TUESDAY

• Faculty Emeritus nominations due to the Office of the Provost
• Classes Begin Summer I

5th - MONDAY

• Faculty on Duty
• 5:00 pm, Final Grades Due for Summer I

9th - MONDAY

• 5:00 pm, Final Grades Due for Summer II
• Chairs Meeting