Holiday Schedule
The University will be closed for the holidays and specified vacations days indicated below for the 2009-2010 year.
Please note that this is the same number of holidays that other employees of the state receive but some are observed at different times. These holidays are for twelve-month faculty and staff and official closing of the University. Nine month faculty and staff generally follow the academic calendar.
Independence Day Thursday July 2, 2009 (see note 1 below)
Labor Day Monday, September 7, 2009
Thanksgiving Week University hours will be 7:30 to 5:30 on Monday and Tuesday with a 30-minute lunch break and 7:30 to 12:30 on Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 (for students and faculty only) Thursday & Friday, November 26 & 27, 2009
Christmas/New Year’s Break Begins at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 23, 2009, and ends at 8:00 a.m. on January 4, 2010. This includes 7 holidays.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Monday, January 18, 2010 (for students and faculty only)
Birthday
Spring Break March 22 through March 26, 2010 (University hours will be 7:00 to 5:30 Monday through Thursday and closed on Friday (tentative).
Memorial Day Monday, May 31, 2010 (see note 1 below)
1. Two hours of mandatory leave will be taken by12-month faculty and staff on the two summer holidays, Independence Day and Memorial Day.
2. If the Governor does not proclaim the day after Thanksgiving a state holiday, then a mandatory day of vacation will be taken.
3. Holidays observed by staff during the Christmas/New Year’s break are: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, George Washington’s Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates’ Day, Veteran’s Day, and Employee’s Birthday.
4. Classes will not meet on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday. The students and faculty will have the day off. A survey of the staff indicated that an overwhelming majority wished to continue observing Dr. King’s Birthday during the Christmas/New Year’s break; therefore, the University will remain open and 12-month faculty and staff will work Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday. Supervisors will make every effort to allow any staff member to take a day of annual leave if they prefer. Traditionally, there are events to honor Dr. King on campus that day.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
