UMS 2025–2026 Holiday Calendar and Religious Observances
University Holiday Calendar
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| Juneteenth | Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
| Independence Day* | Friday, July 4, 2025 |
| Labor Day* | Monday, September 1, 2025 |
| Indigenous Peoples’ Day | Monday, October 13, 2025 |
| Veteran’s Day | Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
| Thanksgiving Day* | Thursday, November 27, 2025 |
| Day after Thanksgiving* | Friday, November 28, 2025 |
| Christmas Day* | Thursday, December 25, 2025 |
| New Year’s Day* | Thursday, January 1, 2026 |
| Martin Luther King Day | Monday, January 19, 2026 |
| Presidents’ Day | Monday, February 16, 2026 |
| Patriot’s Day | Monday, April 20, 2026 |
| Memorial Day* | Monday, May 25, 2026 |
| Juneteenth | Friday, June 19, 2026 |
Religious Observances (For Planning Purposes)
| Holiday | Religion | Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Rosh Hashanah | Judaism | September 22–24, 2025 |
| Yom Kippur | Judaism | October 1–2, 2025 |
| Diwali – Deepavali | Hinduism/Sikhism/Jainism | October 20–24, 2025 |
| Ramadan Begins | Islam | February 17, 2026 (approximate) |
| Eid al Fitr | Islam | March 19-20, 2026 (approximate) |
| Good Friday | Christianity | April 3, 2026 |
| Eid al Adha | Islam | May 27–28, 2026 (approximate) |
*Premium holiday pay; refer to collective bargaining agreements or employee handbooks (found on Human Resources front page under Employee Handbooks).
Employees represented by collective bargaining agents will be governed by the provisions of their collective bargaining agreements.
It is important to remember that our faculty, staff, and students are from varied religious and cultural backgrounds which serve to enrich and strengthen our community. Any event scheduled on a major religious or cultural holiday can send a message of insensitivity or exclusivity to staff and students who cannot participate that day due to their religious beliefs. Therefore, please remind staff to avoid scheduling important meetings, exams, or other essential events on such dates whenever possible and to accommodate the observance of religious traditions for those staff and students who need to be absent for religious holidays throughout the year.