Geography Graduate Assistant Academic Calendar 2017-2018
Contact Information Staff NAME Position RM # PHONE # EMAIL Graduate Staff Advisor 127 245-2618 am13@txstate.edu Angelika Wahl Office Manager 140 245-1334 angelika@txstate.edu Pat Hell-Jones Main Office Admin II 139 245-2170 ph19@txstate.edu Stella LoPachia Undergraduate Staff Supporter 130 245-0372 sl15@txstate.edu Joyce Wilkerson Budget Assistant (Dept. Travel Assistant) 129 245-2092 J.Wilkerson@txstate.edu Dan Hemenway Sr. Computer Analyst 124 245-8848 dh24@txstate.edu Charles Robinson Computer Analyst 125 245-0374 cr34@txstate.edu Important Numbers Department Location Fax # PHONE # Website Geography Dept ELA 139 245-8353 245-2170 http://www.geo.txstate.edu/ Financial Aid JCK 240 245-7920 245-2315 http://www.finaid.txstate.edu/ Registrar JCK 111 245-8126 245-2367 http://www.registrar.txstate.edu/ Student Business Services JCK 188 245-8812 245-2544 http://www.sbs.txstate.edu Deans Office FH 313 245-8291 245-2317 http://www.liberalarts.txstate.edu/ Graduate College JCK 280 245-8365 245-2581 http://www.gradcollege.txstate.edu/ Parking Services Matthews St Garage N/A 245-2887 http://www.parking.txstate.edu/ Human Resources JCK 340 245-1942 245-2557 http://hr.txstate.edu/ Student Health Center 289 Student Center Dr 245-3918 245-2557 http://www.healthcenter.txstate.edu/ ITAC 263 Math Computer Science Building N/A 245-4822 http://www.tr.txstate.edu/itac.html LBJ Information Desk LBJ Center-1st Floor 245-1649 245-8686 http://www.lbjsc.txstate.edu/services Bookstore LBJ Center 245-3804 245-2273 http://www.bookstore.txstate.edu
August 2017 Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State. 1 2 3 4 5 Summer II Classes 6 7 8 9 10 - Final exams - Registration Summer II Classes 13 14 15 - Grades Available (Summer II) for Fall 2017 Ends 11 - Late Registration Begins COMMENCE- MENT 12 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24*** - Late Registration Ends (5pm) 27 28 First of Fall Classes 29 - Fall 2017 Syllabi Due 30 31 - Last day to drop with 100% refund 25** - * Convocation, COLA and Department Meetings 26 *** Graduate Student Insurance Meeting 9-10:15am) @ JCK 460 ** Graduate Student Insurance Meeting (2:30-3:45pm) @ JCK 460 * Convocation: 9:00-10:30 a.m. Strahan Coliseum; Dept meeting at 12:00 p.m.; COLA at 1:30 p.m.
September 2017 Texas possesses three of the top ten most populous cities in the United States. These towns are Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. 3 4 Labor (NO CLASS) *Last to drop w/ 100% Refund/ Ends at 11:59pm ** Automatic W Deadline/ Ends at 11:59pm *** Travel applications due 1 2 FB vs. Houston Baptist 6 P.M ESPN3/Watch ESPN 5 6 7 8 9 FB at Colorado 1 P.M Pac-12 Networks 10 11 12 13* - Official 12th class day 17 18 19 20 Rosh Hashanah Begins 24 25 26 ** Last to Drop a First 8wk Class 14 - Welcome Back Picnic 15 - Department Retreat: Master s Program - Field Trip Request Due 16 FB vs Appalachian State 6 P.M (Family Weekend) ESPN3/Watch ESPN 21 22 23 FB vs UTSA ESPN3/Watch ESPN 27 28 29 - Colloquium Speaker 30 FB at Wyoming
October 2017 Texas is the country's biggest producer of oil, cattle, sheep, minerals, cotton and wool. ** Last to Drop Full Term Class w/ Automatic W (Ends 11:59pm) *** Colloquium Speaker 1 - Spring Textbook orders due 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 -Graduation Application Deadline Columbus 10 11 Withdrawal Deadline (Ends 11:59pm) 12 FB at Louisiana 6:30 P.M ESPNU 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20*** 21 The 48 th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium 22 29 TCSS 23 - Spring Registration Begins 30 ** 24 31 Holloween The 48 th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium (Field Trip) 10/13-10-15 25 26 27 28 SWAAG Meeting Huntsville, TX 10/25 10/28 TCSS 7 FB vs ULM ESPN3/Watch ESPN The 48 th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium 10/14-10-15 Las Colinas, TX 10/20 10/22 FB at Costal Carolina ESPN3/Watch ESPN
November 2017 Austin, Texas is considered the live music capital of the world. GCAGS San Antonio, TX 11/1-11/3 1 2 3 4 FB vs New Mexico State ESPN3/Watch ESPN 5 light Savings Time Ends 6 Final Date for Thesis and Dissertation Defense 7 8 9 10**** 11 12 13 ** 14 15 16 17 18 Applied Conference Port Canaveral, FL 11/13 11/17 a main conference cruise event 19 20 21 22*** 23 AGC a one-day business geography symposium 11/10/2017 NCSS 24 25 Veteran s FB vs Georgia State FB at Arkansas State San Francisco, CA 11/17-11/19 Thanksgiving Break Classes Don t Meet 11/23 11/26 26 27 - Fall Evaluations Open 28* -Withdrawal Deadline (ends 11:59pm) Thanksgiving 29 30 - Thesis/ Dissertation be approved by Grad College - Survey of Earned doctorates due to Grad College * 2nd 8wks ** Thesis/Dissertation Due to Graduate College *** Thanksgiving Pot Luck **** Colloquium Speaker
December 2017 Fun Fact Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States. 1 2 3 4 5 - Comp Exam Paperwork Due to Graduate College 10 11 12 17 18 19 - Grades Available 24 Christmas Eve 31 New Years Eve 25 Christmas 6 7* - Last of Classes (Except for Friday Only Classes) Final Exams 13 14 15 ** Hanukkah AGU Meeting: New Orleans 20 - Spring Registration Ends Hanukkah Ends 8 Fall Evaluations Close - Reading ( Friday Classes Still Meet) - Last of Finals 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 9 Final Exams 16 ** Winter Break Classes Don t Meet 12/21 1/3 * Full Term/Second 8 Week Class. ** Commencement 12/5-12/6
January 2018 1 New Years 2 - Late Registration Begins Groundhogs 3 4 5 6 -Fall 2017 Degrees Post 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 American Meteorology Society Conference 1/7-1/11 Austin, Texas 16 First of Spring Classes - Late Registration Ends 12 13 17 18 19 20 MLK Holiday 21 22 23 24 25 26 - Karen Bakker 27 28 29 30 31 The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
February 2018 1 2 3 Texas has a total of 6,300 square miles of inland lakes and streams, second only to Alaska. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 - Valentine s 15 - Summer Textbook orders due 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - Withdrawal Deadline (ends 11:59pm) * Last to Drop with 100% Refund (ends 11:59pm) ** First 8wk Automatic W Deadline (11:59pm)
March 2018 S Texas has 624 miles of coastline running along the Gulf of Mexico. 1 - Fall Textbook orders due 2 Texas Independence 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 light Savings Time Begins 12 13 14 15 16 17 Spring Break 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Good Friday
April 2018 In 1836 five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas: Washington-onthe-Brazos: Harrisburg: Galveston: Velasco: and Columbia. Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston in 1837. In 1839 the capital was moved to the new town of Austin. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 April Fool s 8 9 10 11 12 13 AAG New Orleans 4/10-4/14 Good Friday 14 15 16 - Spring Evaluations Open 17 18 19 20 21 22 29 23 30 Spring Semester ends 24 25 26 27 - Spring Evaluations Close 28 Alumni Reunion & Student Celebration
May 2018 1 - Reading 2 3 4 5 Final Exams 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Mother s Final Exams 14 15 - Grades Available Commencement 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Texas is second in size compared to Alaska.