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Inclusive Scheduling Guide

In general, we recommend avoiding early morning (prior to 8am) and evening (5pm or later) meetings.

These are dates that members of our community have frequently mentioned are important to them. They may be helpful as you plan upcoming division-wide or department-wide events. The specific dates vary from year to year for the starred holidays and celebrations. 

Visit the Office of Spiritual and Religious Life (OSRL) for a more comprehensive list of multifaith religious observances and to add the multi-faith religious observances calendar to your Outlook Calendar. 

Holidays and Celebrations

Date(s)

New Year’s Day

January 1

Martin Luther King Jr. Day*

Third Monday in January*

Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year)*

Varies (January/February)*

Passover*

Varies (March/April)

Good Friday*

Varies (March/April)

Easter*

Varies (March/April)

Ramadan*

Varies

Nowruz (Persian New Year, Naw Rúz, Bahá’í New Year, Spring equinox)*

March (Varies between March 19 and 22)

Juneteenth

June 19

Fourth of July

July 4

Diwali (Divali, Deepavali)*

Varies (October/November)

Thanksgiving*

Fourth Thursday in November

Hanukkah/Chanukah*

Varies (November/December)