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OF
RECORD
Effective
July 1, 1996; Revised March 30, 2001
Reminder:
Policy on Secular and Religious Holidays
1. The University
recognizes/observes the following secular holidays: Martin Luther
King Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Thanksgiving and the day after,
Labor Day, and New Year's Day.
2. The University
also recognizes that there are several religious holidays that affect
large numbers of University community members, including Christmas,
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, the first two days of Passover, and Good
Friday. In consideration of their significance for many students,
no examinations may be given and no assigned work may be required
on these days. Students who observe these holidays will be given
an opportunity to make up missed work in both laboratories and lecture
courses. If an examination is given on the first class day after
one of these holidays, it must not cover material introduced in
class on that holiday.
Faculty should
realize that Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before
the published date of the holiday. Late afternoon exams should be
avoided on these days. Also, no examinations may be held on Saturday
or Sunday in the undergraduate schools unless they are also available
on other days. Nor should seminars or other regular classes be scheduled
on Saturdays or Sundays unless they are also available at other
times.
3. The University
recognizes that there are other holidays, both religious and secular,
which are of importance to some individuals and groups on campus.
Such occasions include, but are not limited to, Sukkot, the last
two days of Passover, Shavuot, Shemini Atzerat, and Simchat Torah,
as well as Chinese New Year, the Muslim New Year, and the Islamic
holidays Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha. Students who wish to observe
such holidays must inform their instructors within the first two
weeks of each semester of their intent to observe the holiday even
when the exact date of the holiday will not be known until later
so that alternative arrangements convenient to both students and
faculty can be made at the earliest opportunity. Students who make
such arrangements will not be required to attend classes or take
examinations on the designated days, and faculty must provide reasonable
opportunities for such students to make up missed work and examinations.
For this reason it is desirable that faculty inform students of
all examination dates at the start of each semester. Exceptions
to the requirement of a make-up examination must be approved in
advance by the undergraduate dean of the school in which the course
is offered.
--Robert
Barchi, Provost
Recognized
Holidays for Fiscal Year 2002
The following
holidays will be observed by the University in the upcoming fiscal
year (July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002) on the dates listed below:
Independence
Day |
Wednesday,
July 4, 2001 |
Labor
Day |
Monday,
September 3, 2001 |
Thanksgiving |
Thursday
and Friday, November 22 and 23, 2001 |
Christmas
Day |
Tuesday,
December 25, 2001 |
New
Year's Day |
Tuesday,
January 1, 2002 |
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day |
Monday,
January 21, 2002 |
Memorial
Day |
Monday,
May 27, 2002 |
The Special
Winter Vacation granted to faculty and staff between Christmas
Day and New Year's Day will be December 24, 26, 27, 28, 31, 2001.
If an employee is required to work to continue departmental operations
for part or all of this period, the Special Winter Vacation can
be rescheduled for some other time.
Staff members
who are absent from work either the work day before a holiday, the
work day after a holiday, or both days, will receive holiday pay
if that absence is charged to preapproved paid time off or to sick
days substantiated by a written note from the staff member's health
care provider.
Extension
of 2001 Special Winter Vacation to Include Monday, December 24,
2001
To the University
Community:
After examination
of the potential business needs for staying open the Monday before
Christmas Day, 2001and to give our employees a well deserved additional
day of rest and replenishment, the University will extend the Special
Winter Vacation for 2001 to include Monday, December 24, 2001. If
an employee is required to be on duty to continue departmental operations
for part or all of this day, the time off can be rescheduled for
some other time.
Hospital employees
and employees in collective bargaining units are governed by the
terms of Hospital policy or their respective collective bargaining
agreements.
Vacations and
holidays for Hospital employees or those staff members in collective
bargaining units are governed by the terms of hospital policies
or their respective collective bargaining agreements.
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Fiscal
Year 2002 |
Fiscal
Year 2003 |
Fiscal
Year 2004 |
Independence
Day |
Wed.,
07/04/01 |
Thurs.,07/04/02 |
Fri.,
07/04/03 |
Labor
Day |
Mon.,
09/03/01 |
Mon.,
09/02/02 |
Mon.,
09/01/03 |
Thanksgiving |
Thurs.
& Fri., 11/22 & 11/23/01 |
Thurs.
& Fri., 11/28 & 11/29/02 |
Thurs.
& Fri., 11/27 & 11/28/03 |
Christmas
Day |
Tues.,
12/25/01 |
Wed.,
12/25/02 |
Thurs.,
12/25/03 |
New
Year's Day |
Tues.,
01/01/02 |
Wed.,
01/01/03 |
Thurs.,
01/01/04 |
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day |
Mon.,
01/21/02 |
Mon.,
01/20/03 |
Mon.,
01/19/04 |
Memorial
Day |
Mon.,
05/27/02 |
Mon.,
05/26/03 |
Mon.,
05/31/04 |
--Division
of Human Resources
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