Students will be permitted up to three days absence from class, lab, clinical, or other required course participation per semester to accommodate the celebration of a holiday associated with faith, spiritual belief, or religion. Students will have fourteen (14) days from the first day of instruction of the course to request this accommodation. Faculty will accept without question the sincerity of belief and keep requests for alternative accommodations confidential. Students will receive no academic penalty for requesting these accommodations. If students feel that they have not received accommodation allowed by this policy, they should notify the College of any grievance by completing the College’s complaint form. The complaint form, this policy, and a non-exhaustive list of religious holidays shall be posted on the College’s website. A statement will also be included in all syllabi informing students of this policy and the person they may contact for further information.
List of Religious Holidays/Holy Days
*The expectation is that every state institution shall have a policy in place for the fall academic year
Tu BiShvat
Purim
Yom HaShoah
Lag B’Omer
Pesach (Passover)
Yom HaSho’ah
Yom Ha’Azmaut
Shavuot
Tisha B’Av
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Shemini Atzerat
Simchat Torah
Hanukkah
Feast of Mary Mother of God
Christmas – Eastern Orthodox
Epiphany
Ash Wednesday
Lent
Orthodox Lent
Feast of the Annunciation
Palm Sunday
Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter
Pascha/Easter (Eastern Orthodox)
Feast of the Ascension
Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Corpus Christi Sunday
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola
Feast of the Assumption of Mary
All Saints Day
All Souls Day
Dia de los Muertos
Feast of Christ the King
Advent Season
Feast of St. Francis Xavier
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Christmas
Sabe-Miraj or Lailatul Me’raj
Sabe Barat
Ramadan
Lailatul Qadr
Eid al-Fitr
Day of Arafa/Haj/Waqf of Arafa
Eid-ul Adha
Islamic New Year
Ashura
Mawlid-al-Nabi
Maha Shivaratri
Shri Ramakrishna Jayanti
Holi
Rama Navami
Mahavir-Jayanti
Raksha Bandhan
Krishna Janmashtami
Navaratri
Diwali
Bodhi Day
Lunar New Year
Magha Puja Day
Vesak
Buddha Day/Visakha Puja
Diwali
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib
Hola Mohalla
Vaisakhi
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
Diwali
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib
‘Alá’ (Loftiness)
Naw-Rúz
Ridván
Declaration of the Bab
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh
Martyrdom of the Bab
Birth of the Bab
Birth of Baháúllah
Ascension of ’Abdu’l-Bahá
Gantan-sai
Setsubum-sai
Kwanzaa
Lunar New Year
For More Information Contact:
David Hermann, PhD
Vice President of Student Affairs
740.885.5655
dhermann@wscc.edu