The University will be closed for the holidays and specified vacation days indicated below for the 2025-2026 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 denote the official closing of the University. Nine-month faculty and staff generally follow the academic calendar.
| Independence Day | Closed Thursday, July 3, 2025. |
| Labor Day | Closed Monday, September 1, 2025. |
| Fall Break | SAU hours will be 8:00 to 5:00, Monday through Wednesday, September 29 – October 1, 2025, with a 30-minute lunch break. SAU will be closed October 2-3. |
| Thanksgiving Week | Monday and Tuesday, November 24 and 25, 2025, will be remote work days. |
| Thanksgiving Break | Closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. November 26, 27, and 28. |
| Christmas/New Year’s Break | December 15-18, SAU hours will be 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed Thursday, December 18, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. until Monday, January 5, 2026. This includes 8 hours of mandatory annual leave. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Monday, January 19, 2026. The University is open; (this holiday observed during the Christmas/NewYear’s Break). Classes will not meet. See note 2 below. |
| Spring Break | March 23-26, 2026. Spring Break. SAU hours 8:00 am-5:00 pm. Closed Friday, March 27, 2026. |
| Memorial Day | Closed Monday, May 25, 2026. |
- Holidays observed by staff during the Christmas/New Year’s break are: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, George Washington’s Birthday/Daisy Gaston Bates Day, Veteran’s Day, and Employee’s Birthday. This year includes two SAU Holidays and 8 hours of mandatory annual leave.
- Classes will not meet on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 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. 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
