How do we create an inclusive community? We open our hearts and minds to perspectives and ideas different than our own. How do we find these perspectives and ideas? Seek them out. Challenge yourself to get outside your comfort zone, learn, and connect. The work of inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.

Please follow the guidelines to request accommodations for holidays or observances on days class or work is in session. Bookmark this list and use it often.

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Inclusive Calendar

    Dates

Holiday or Observance

Religious Group

Jan. 7, 2023
Orthodox Christmas Christian Orthodox
Jan. 9, 2023
Spring Semester Begins

Jan. 16, 2023
Martin Luther King Day
 
Jan. 22, 2023
Lunar New Year

Feb. 18, 202
Maha Shivaratri
Hindu
Feb. 20, 2023 President's Day 
Feb. 22, 2023
Ash Wednesday
Christian
Feb. 27, 2023 Beginning of Lent Christian Orthodox
March 6-7, 2023
Purim
Jewish
March 5-12, 2023
Spring Break
March 8, 2023 Holi Hindu
March 22, 2023
Beginning of Ramadan
Islamic
March 30, 2023
Ram Navami
Hindu
April 5-13, 2023
*Passover (Pesach)
Jewish
April 7, 2023 Good Friday Christian
April 9, 2023
Easter Christian
April 14, 2023 Orthodox Good Friday Christian Orthodox
April 16, 2023 Orthodox Easter Christian Orthodox
April 17, 2032 Lailat Ul Qadr Islamic
May 5, 2023 Spring Semester Ends
May 25-27, 2023
*Shavuot
Jewish
May 29, 2023 Memorial Day  
June 28-29, 2023
Eid al-Adha
Muslim
July 4, 2023 Independence Day Observance
July 19, 2023
Muharram
Muslim
Aug. 21, 2023
Fall Semester Begins

Sep. 4, 2023
Labor Day

Sept. 6-7, 2023 Janmashtami Hindu
Sept. 15-17, 2023
Rosh Hashanah
Jewish
Sept. 24-25, 2023
Yom Kippur
Jewish
Oct. 24, 2023 Navaratri/Dassehra Hindu
Sept. 26-27, 2023
Mawlid-al-Nabi
Muslim
Sept. 29-Oct. 6, 2023
*Sukkot
Jewish 
Oct. 6-8 2023
*Shmini Atzeret
Jewish
Oct. 7-8, 2023 *Simchat Torah  Jewish
Oct. 9, 2023 Indigenous Peoples' Day  
Oct. 9-10, 2023
Fall Break

Nov. 11, 2023
Veteran's Day

Nov. 12, 2023 Diwali Hindu
Nov. 23, 2023 Thanksgiving Day  
Dec. 7-15, 2023 Hanukkah (Chanukah) Jewish
Dec. 25, 2023 Christmas Day Christian