The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of the Chaplain would like for students, faculty, and staff to be aware of a broad range of religious observances.
Faculty should consider the manner in which holy days might impact student class attendance or their ability to complete assignments on respective due dates.
Administrative and Academic Units, as well as Student Organizations, should consider holy days when scheduling department-wide or university-wide events and programming.
Students interested in holy day accommodations for class and lab assignments, attendance, or athletic practice/competition should contact faculty or coaches well in advance with such requests. Students can utilize the Religious Holy Day Accommodation Email Template to reach out to faculty, staff, or coaches, etc.
Below is a list of holy days observed by many students, staff, and faculty members in our community. You can find detailed descriptions of the Holy Days in the next page after the calendar. This list, though exhaustive in its inclusion of traditions represented on our campus, is not complete. Consequently, please direct suggestions for accommodations or additions to the list to the Chaplain’s Office.
Dates for 2023-2024
*Note that Jewish and Muslim holy days begin at sundown on the first day indicated.
Holy days on which absence from work or school is common.
| June 28*- July 1 | ‘Eid al-Adha | Muslim |
| July 27*- 28 | ‘Ashura | Muslim |
| September 15* – 17 | Rosh HaShanah | Jewish |
| September 24*- 25 | Yom Kippur | Jewish |
| September 29 | Mid-Autumn Day | East and Southeast Asian |
| September 29* – October 7 | Sukkot | Jewish |
| October 28 – November 27 | Kathin | Theravada Buddhist |
| November 12 – 16 | Diwali begins | Hindu/Jain |
| December 8 | Bodhi Day | Mahayana Buddhist |
| December 7*- 15 | Hanukkah | Jewish |
| December 21 | Winter Solstice | Many traditions across the World |
| December 25 | Christmas | Christian |
| January 7 | Feast of the Nativity | Orthodox Christian |
| February 10 | Lunar New Year | East Asian Traditions |
| Various dates in Spring | Buddhist New Year | Buddhist |
| February 14 | Ash Wednesday | Catholic/Protestant Christian |
| March 11* – Apr 9 | Ramadan | Muslim |
| March 24 – 25 | Holi | Hindu |
| March 24 – 30 | Holy Week | Christian |
| March 29 | Good/Holy Friday | Catholic/Protestant & Orthodox Christian |
| March 31 | Easter | Catholic/Protestant & Orthodox Christian |
| Various dates in April | Water Festival | Southeast Asian Traditions |
| April 10* – 13 | ‘Eid al-Fitr | Muslim |
| April 22* – 30 | Pesach/Passover | Jewish |
| May 5 | Pascha | Orthodox Christian |
| May 6*- 7 | Yom HaShoah | Jewish |
| June 11*- 13 | Shavuot | Jewish |
| June 21 | Summer Solstice | Many traditions across the World |
*Note that Jewish and Muslim holy days begin at sundown on the first day indicated.
Holy days on which absence from work or school is common