2.1 CALENDAR POLICIES
2.1.2 ACADEMIC HOLIDAYS
“Academic Holiday” means that classes are not held, nor are assignments due, on the academic holiday. If an instructor has made an assignment due on an academic holiday, it is not due until classes begin after the end of the academic holiday. Official University holidays as established by the President, contained in Human Resources Policies and Procedures #83. Days which shall be treated as academic holidays are: Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day and Election Day in presidential election years. When Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Independence Day or Juneteenth falls on Saturday or Sunday, the preceding Friday or the following Monday shall be an academic holiday. The Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving Day, through the Saturday following Thanksgiving Day is an academic holiday. The Monday and Tuesday that begin the tenth week from the start of the Academic Calendar Fall Semester are designated as Fall Break, which is an academic holiday. The tenth week of the Spring Semester shall be designated as Spring Break, which is an academic holiday.