2.1 CALENDAR POLICIES
2.1.3 ACADEMIC HOLIDAYS
“Academic Holiday” means that neither classes are held, nor are assignments made due, on the academic holiday. If an Instructor has made an assignment due on an academic holiday, then it actually is not due until classes begin after the end of the academic holiday. [SREC: 11/22/2012; US: 2/11/2019]
Official University holidays as established by the President in Human Resources Policies and Procedures #83 that 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. [US: 4/25/88; 2/11/2019; SC: 10/26/2020; US: 3/20/2023]
The Wednesday immediately before Thanksgiving Day is designated as the Thanksgiving Break, which is an academic holiday. The Saturday immediately following Thanksgiving Day is designated as an academic holiday. [US: 12/11/95; 5/7/2007; 2/11/2019; 9/13/2021]
The Monday and Tuesday that begin the tenth week from the start of the University Calendar fall semester are designated the Fall Break, which is an academic holiday. [US: 4/23/2018; 2/11/2019; 2/8/2021]
The tenth week of the Spring Semester shall be utilized each year as the Spring Break, which is an academic holiday. [US: 4/25/88]