Holidays and Personal Days

The University observes the following holidays:

Legal Holidays

New Year's Day; Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday; Memorial Day; Juneteenth; Independence Day; Labor Day; Election Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day

University Holidays

The Friday following Thanksgiving; two days selected by the University during the Christmas/New Year Season.

Full-time employees in Schools/Departments that follow the University holiday calendar earn up to three personal days per year based on date of hire. Personal days are earned at the rate of one paid leave day for each four-month period worked starting from the date of hire.

At the Medical Center three personal days are earned at the rate of one day for each four-month period worked starting from the date of hire. Additional personal days accumulate on the day when the employee works on a University designated holiday. 

Personal days may be used by an employee to observe religious holidays or for any other purpose. For officers and Non-Union Support Staff, personal days do not accumulate and must be used within twelve months of being earned.

Union employees are governed by the provisions of their respective collective bargaining agreement.