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OF
RECORD
This
year Rosh Hashanah will be observed on Saturday, September
27 and Sunday, September 28. Please
remember that Jewish holidays begin at sunset
on the day preceding the date given; thus the
observance of Rosh Hashanah will begin at sundown,
Friday, September 26. Yom Kippur is on
Monday, October 6. Observance will begin
at sundown on Sunday, October 5.
Reminder: Policy on Secular
and Religious Holidays
Effective
July 1, 1996; Revised March 30, 2001
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
Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 2, September 2, 2003
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