Employee Holiday Schedule

Holiday Schedule

The holiday break is usually a combination of scheduled holidays, accrued annual leave, and faculty nonwork days. For the winter break in the 2025-2026 academic term, staff employees must use two (2) days/16 hours of annual leave. The leave must be entered into the E-Leave system for December 31, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026.

If you are scheduled to work on any of the listed holidays, please notify the Human Resources Department for appropriate credit for holiday compensatory work time.

Staff Holiday Schedule 2026

HOLIDAY	ACTUAL DATE	DATE OBSERVED
New Year's Day	January 1, 2026	Same
Winter Break	January 2, 2026	Annual Leave
Martin Luther King Day	January 19, 2026	Same
President's Day	February 16, 2026	December 21, 2026
Confederate Memorial Day	May 11, 2026	December 22, 2026
Memorial Day	May 25, 2026	December 23, 2026
Independence Day	July 4, 2026	July 3, 2026
Labor Day	September 7, 2026	Same
Election Day	November 3, 2026	Annual Leave
Veterans Day	November 11, 2026	December 29, 2026
Thanksgiving Day	November 26, 2026	Same
Day after Thanksgiving	November 27, 2026	Same
Christmas Eve	December 24, 2026	Same
Christmas Day	December 25, 2026	Same
Day after Christmas	December 28, 2026	Same
Winter Break	December 30, 2026	Annual Leave
Winter Break	December 31, 2026	Annual Leave

Faculty Non-Work Day Schedule August 2026 - July 2027

A total of 26 Faculty Nonwork days for the academic term 2026-27 have been scheduled. For additional information concerning Faculty Nonwork days, please contact the Human Resources Department at ext. 8009. A total of two (2) personal leave days will be available in the 2026 - 2027 Academic Year.

OCCASION	DATE
Labor Day	September 7, 2026
Election Day	November 3, 2026
Day before Thanksgiving	November 25, 2026
Thanksgiving	November 26, 2026
Day after Thanksgiving	November 27, 2026
Winter Break	December 21, 2026 - January 1, 2027
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	January 18, 2027
Spring Break	March 8 - 12, 2027
Summer Break	June 28 - July 2, 2027

The 2027-2028 Faculty Nonwork Day schedule (August 2027 through July 2028) will be made available prior to the Summer 2027 term.