Tenure
Chair/Director notifies candidates of upcoming consideration at least five weeks before the candidates’ colleagues determine their recommendation.
New Faculty Orientation
National Weather Center Auditorium
Class of 2029 Kick-Off
The Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, 1185 Asp Avenue, 7:30pm
Promotion
Chair/Director identifies unranked renewable term faculty to be considered for promotion.
OU Board of Regents' Meeting
Faculty Awards and Honors
The Provost's Office issues the call for nominations for University Faculty Awards and Honors.
Tenure and Promotion
Chair/Director ensures supporting materials, including letters of evaluation from external evaluators, are uploaded online and available to eligible voting faculty at least two weeks (14 days) prior to their vote.
Faculty Dependent Care Travel Grant Program
Applications are due to the Provost's Office.
Fall Student Holiday
Tenure and Promotion
Eligible voting faculty discuss candidate's qualifications and vote.
Spring 2026 Textbook Adoptions
Textbook adoptions are to be submitted to the official bookstore, soonerbooks.com.
Tenure
Committee A prepares its independent recommendation (with reasons) separate from the faculty vote count.
Chair/Director prepares an independent recommendation (with reasons) separate from the recommendation of Committee A and the faculty vote count.
Promotion
Each Committee A member and Chair/Director records an independent opinion, by name, without obligation to represent a majority departmental opinion. Committee A and Chair/Director prepare separate recommendations.
Mid-Term Grade Reporting
Reporting deadline of mid-term grades. Faculty in 1000-level courses are required to submit mid-term grades.
GTA Awards
Nominations are due to the Graduate College.
Faculty Awards and Honors
Nominations are due to the Provost's Office from the Dean.
Tenure and Promotion
Chair/Director notifies candidates in writing within a few days of the vote of the faculty and the positive or negative recommendations of Committee A and the Chair/Director.
Chair/Director uploads the final recommendations of faculty and Committee A, and the Chair/Director notifies the Dean.
OU Board of Regents' Meeting
Presidential Teaching Fellows in Honors College
Applications are due to the Provost's Office from the Dean.
Tenure and Promotion
Dean of all colleges (except Arts and Sciences) uploads recommendations and notifies the Provost.
Recommendations from Chair/Director of non-reappointment for a date of initial appointment of August 16, 2024, are due to the Provost's Office.
Letter of non-reappointment sent from the Provost's Office to the faculty member with a date of initial appointment of August 16, 2024.
Commencement
* tentative
Tenure and Promotion
Dean of Arts and Sciences uploads recommendations and notifies the Provost.
Staff Awards and Honors
The Provost's Office issues the call for nominations for academic advising and stewardship staff awards.
Doctoral Dissertation Prize
Nominations are due to the Graduate College.
OU Board of Regents' Meeting
Faculty Awards and Honors
The Provost's Office forwards recommendations to the President.
Promotion
Deans of all colleges upload recommendations on promotion, notify the Provost that they have finalized their process, and notify (in writing) each candidate and each candidate's Chair/Director of the Dean's recommendation for candidates being considered only for promotion.
Tenure
Campus Tenure Committee forwards their recommendation in regard to process and substance to the Provost and notifies (in writing) each candidate and candidate's Dean and Chair/Director of the Committee's recommendation.
Faculty Dependent Care Travel Grant Program
Applications are due to the Provost's Office.
Nancy L. Mergler and Bullard Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Nominations are due to the Graduate College.
Application for Sabbatical Leave
Sabbatical requests for Fall 2026 are due to the Provost's Office.
Staff Awards and Honors
Nominations for academic advising and stewardship staff awards are due to the Provost's Office.
Tenure
The Provost notifies the Campus Tenure Committee of any cases for which the Provost plans to recommend to the President contrary to that of the Committee and discusses those cases with the Committee.
Recommendations from Chair/Director of non-reappointment for a date of initial appointment of August 16, 2025, are due to the Provost's Office.
Letter of non-reappointment sent from the Provost's Office to the faculty member with a date of initial appointment of August 16, 2025.
OU Board of Regents' Meeting
Summer/Fall 2026 Textbook Adoptions
Textbook adoptions are to be submitted to the official bookstore, soonerbooks.com.
Mid-Term Grade Reporting
Reporting deadline of mid-term grades. Faculty in 1000-level courses are required to submit mid-term grades.
Post-Tenure Review
Faculty Activity System (FAS) Post-Tenure Review (PTR) Workflow opens to faculty.
Faculty Dependent Care Travel Grant Program
Applications are due to the Provost's Office.
Faculty Evaluations
Evaluations are due to the Provost's Office using the Faculty Activity System (FAS).
Leadership Development Programs
Applications are due to the Provost's Office.
Promotion
Chair/Director identifies regular (tenured and ranked renewable term) faculty to be considered for promotion.
OU-Tulsa Commencement
Commencement Weekend
Recommendations from Chair/Director of non-reappointment for a date of initial appointment of August 16, 2022, and August 16, 2023, are due to the Provost's Office.
Post-Tenure Review
Dossiers are to be submitted to the Provost's Office using the Faculty Activity System (FAS).
Letter of non-reappointment sent from the Provost's Office to the faculty member with a date of initial appointment of August 16, 2022, and August 16, 2023.
Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Program
Applications are due to the Provost's Office.
OU Board of Regents' Meeting
Progress Towards Tenure
PTT letters are due to the Provost's Office.
Application for Sabbatical Leave
Sabbatical requests for Spring 2027 are due to the Provost's Office.
