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Human Resources

University Holidays 2026

  Holiday Schedule Closure Dates  
  Leave Charged No Leave Charged

  New Year’s Day

  January 2 January 1 

  Martin Luther King Day

   January 19

  Mardi Gras

 February 16 & 18 February 17

  Easter

 April 3 April 6

  Memorial Day

   May 25

 Juneteenth

   June 19

  Independence Day

   July3

  Labor Day

   September 7

  Thanksgiving

  November 27 November 25 & 26

  Winter Break

 December 21,  22, 28, 29 & 30 December 23, 24 &  25

  New Year's Eve

   December 31

 

Civil Service Compensation for Holidays.

Employees shall be eligible for compensation on holidays observed except:

  1. When the employee's regular work schedule averages less than 20 hours a week;
  2. When the employee is working on a temporary or WAE appointment;
  3. When the employee is on leave without pay immediately preceding and following the holiday period;
  4. When the employee is on an intermittent work schedule.

Additional Holiday Schedules: