Campus Holidays

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Holiday Schedule

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Campus Holiday Schedule

Date Weekday Holiday
July 4, 2025 Friday Independence Day
September 1, 2025 Monday Labor Day
November 27, 2025 Thursday Thanksgiving Day
November 28, 2025 Friday Day After Thanksgiving (Designated Holiday)
December 24, 2025 Wednesday Gift Day
December 25, 2025 Thursday Christmas Day Holiday Observed
December 26, 2025 Friday Day after Christmas (Designated Holiday)
December 29, 2025 Monday President Designated Holiday
December 30, 2025 Tuesday Gift Day
December 31, 2025 Wednesday Gift Day
January 1, 2026 Thursday New Year’s Day Holiday
January 19, 2026 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Designated Holiday)
May 25, 2026 Monday Memorial Day
June 19, 2026 Friday Juneteenth Day

December 24, 30, and 31 of 2025 have been designated as “gift days,” meaning that employees are excused from work with pay without having to charge a benefit. If an employee is required to work on one or more of those days, they must receive an alternate gift day that must be used by June 30, 2026.

A gift day is a paid day (use of benefit time is not required) provided to leave benefit eligible employees. Essential employees who must work on a designated gift day may use their gift day at a later time in the current fiscal year, with supervisor approval. Unused gift days are not paid out at the time of termination and do not roll over into the next fiscal year.

For other questions related to gift days, contact Labor and Employee Relations at 333-3105. Employees have two Floating Holidays (must be taken in full day increments) that can be used any time from July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2026. However, the scheduling of these two Floating Holidays are subject to unit approval. Unused floating holidays are not paid out at the time of termination and do not roll over into the next fiscal year.