CS Department Calendar

Note: This page is intended to be the web-based record of all actions that need to be carried out on a regular, yearly basis in the CS department.

For WPI term/semester dates, and other school-wide events (e.g., Commencement),
see the WPI Academic Calendars.

Fall

A term (Aug-Oct)

• Feedback to dept. on ACC summer analysis of assessment data (September) *
• Record Admissions Open House Dates (September/when announced)
• Discuss faculty hiring needs (September)
• Faculty recruiting Ads to Journals & web (September)
  
  
• Review Undergraduate Catalog (October)

B term (Oct-Dec)

• Advisory Board meeting (October).
• Evaluate Advisory Board recommendations (October) *
• Admissions open houses (October, November)
  
  
• Deadline for changes to Ugrad catalog (November)
• Deadline for changes to Grad catalog (November?)
• Collect project information for B-Term MQP Presentations (November)
  
  
• B term MQP presentation day (December)
• Collect MQP presentations evaluation form data (December) *
• Review course enrollment data (December) *
• gather faculty teaching preferences for next AY (December)
• Submit applications for sabbaticals (December)

Spring

C term (Jan-Feb)

• select TAs from applicants (C term)
• mail TA Offer Letters (C term)
  
  
• Prepare postcards & web for Alumni web-based survey (January) *
• Admissions open house (January).
• Faculty annual reports due (January)
• Submit revisions to Peterson's Guide (January)
• Determine faculty course assignments for next AY (end of January)
• List E term classes for Summer School brochure (end of January)
• Course schedule for next AY to Registrar (end of January)
  
  
• Send postcards for Alumni web-based survey (February) *
• Grad Student Self-Evaluations (February)
• Tenure Comm reviews tenure track faculty (February)
• Determine Sullivan award recipient (February)
• Academic Advising day (mid February)
• Make changes to Blueprint for Success (February?)
  
  
• Faculty presentation of MQP interests (March)
• Grad Student Evaluation Day - Faculty evaluations (March)
• Collect project information for Project Presentation Day (March)
• Analyze Alumni web-based survey (March/April) *

D term (Mar-Apr)

• Elect new members of Tenure/Promotion committees (April)
• Admissions open house (April).
• Project presentation day (April)
• Collect MQP presentations evaluation form data (April) *
• Determine Junior, Senior and TA awards (April)
• Undergrad gripe session (April)
• Graduate exam questions due (April)
• Tenure and Promotion applications due (April)
  
  
• Students must return keys to dept (May)
• Special CS faculty meeting to review ACC data: (end of D term) *

Summer

• Review MQP Advisor evaluation form data (early summer) *
• Review MQP presentations evaluation form data (early summer) *
• Conduct Departmental MQP survey and evaluation (summer, every other year) *
• Review MQP survey data when available (summer) *
• Collect and evaluate random student transcripts (summer) *
• Collect and analyze student registration statistics (summer) *
• Review CDC report (CS student employment) (summer) *
• CS poster mailing (summer)
  
  
• Administer Graduate Exam (May)
  
  
• Ascertain hardware and software needs for next AY's courses (June)
• Analyze NSSE (& EBI) survey data: collected by WPI (June) *
• Tenure and Promotion packages due (June)
• End of Year Budget Close (June 30th)
  
  
• New Faculty Biographies due (early July)
• Department's Annual Retreat (July)
• Determine committee assignments (July)
• Determine office/lab space needs for following year (July)
• Move continuing students from A21 to make room for new TAs (July)
• Perform software/hardware upgrades (July-August)
  
  
• List of AY TAs due to Admin/Asstnt (early August)
• Select Senior Assistants (early August)
• SA list due to Admin/Asstnt (mid August)
• Finalize grad student room assignments (mid-August)
• Finalize faculty room assignments (mid-August)
• Replace outdated machines (mid-August)
• Insure appropriate keys have been ordered for TAs (mid-August)
• Renewal of Collaborative Appointments (August)
• Prepare Faculty Recruiting Advertisement (August)
• Note WPI Faculty Meeting Dates (August)
• Note CS Dept. Faculty Meeting Dates (August)
• Update Grad Information Session Slides (August)
• Annual Report due at Provost's Office (August) *
• Decide & announce CS TA Orientation Dates (August)
• Update all departmental web pages (August)

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As needed

• Collect MQP Advisor evaluation form data (all year) *
• Revise course to outcomes mapping (as needed) *

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* An Accreditation related activity.