Students are permitted by university policy to be absent from class to observe a religious holiday. This policy reflects the University’s commitment to being responsive to our increasing diversity and to enabling students’ spiritual development. Accordingly, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering have established procedures to be followed by students for notifying their instructors of an absence necessitated by the observance of a religious holiday.
Students who miss class to observe a specified religious holiday are expected to make prior arrangements with their instructor to make up any work missed, as follows.
ONLINE FORM: RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE NOTIFICATION
This procedure cannot be used during the final exam period, given the time limitations inherent in completing end-of-semester assignments or making up a missed final exam. You are expected to take final examinations at the scheduled times and to complete end-of-semester work by the deadlines set by the instructor. In the event that a religious holiday should fall during exam week, contact your academic dean well before the scheduled assignment or exam.
The university recognizes that the various religious traditions observed by our diverse student body include more holidays than can easily be included on a list. Not all holidays require students to miss class or reschedule assignments. Moreover, we recognize that observances vary by tradition and country and, in some faiths, in accordance with the lunar calendar. However, as a guide to faculty and students in the planning of their courses and assignments, members of the campus ministry have identified the dates of major religious holidays that occur when classes are being held during the academic year. This list is neither all-inclusive nor a formal designation of religious holidays recognized by the University; it is merely an aid for planning purposes. Students should take care to verify possible conflicts as early in the semester as possible and arrange appropriate accommodations well in advance.
Baha’i (holidays begin at sundown the previous day) |
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Naw Ruz | Friday, March 19 - Saturday, March 20, 2021 |
Buddhist* |
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Bodhi Day | Wednesday, January 20, 2021 |
Losar (Tibetan New Year) | February 12-14, 2021 |
Vesak | Wednesday, May 16, 2021 |
Christian | |
All Saints Day | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
Epiphany (Orthodox) | Wednesday, January 6, 2021 |
Ash Wednesday | Wednesday, February 17, 2021 |
Clean Monday (Orthodox) | Monday, March 15, 2021 |
Good Friday | Friday, April 2, 2021 |
Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 4, 2021 |
Holy Friday | Friday, April 2, 2021 |
Easter (Orthodox) | Sunday, May 2, 2021 |
Hindu* | |
Ganesh Puja | Friday, September 10, 2021 |
Navratri | October 7 - October 15, 2021 |
Diwali | Thursday, November 4, 2021 |
Maakar Sankrantri | Thursday, January 14, 2021 |
Shivaratri | Thursday, March 11, 2021 |
Holi | Sunday March 28 - Monday, March 29, 2021 |
Ram Navami | Wednesday, April 21, 2021 |
Hanuman Jayanti | Tuesday, April 27, 2021 |
Islamic Holidays* | |
Eid-Al-Adha | July 19-23, 2021 |
al Hijra | August 9-10, 2021 |
Aashoraa | Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
Mawlid al Nabiy | Monday, October 18 - Tuesday, October 19, 2021 |
Ramadan | April 12 - May 12, 2021 |
Eid al-Fitr | Wednesday ,May 12 - Thursday, May 13, 2021 |
Jewish Holidays (holidays begin at sundown of the previous day) | |
Rosh Hashanah | September 6 - 9, 2021 |
Yom Kippur | Wednesday, September 15 - Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
Sukkot | September 20 - 27, 2021 |
Shemini Atzeret | September 27-29, 2021 |
Simchat Torah | Tuesday, September 28- Wednesday, September 29, 2021 |
Chanukah | Sunday, November 28 - Monday, December 6, 2021 |
Purim | Thursday, February 25th - Friday, February 26, 2021 |
Pesach | March 27 - April 4, 2021 |
Shavuot |
May 16 - 18, 2021 |
Tisha B'Av | July 17 - 18, 2021 |
Sikh* | |
Vaisakhi | Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
* All Islamic and certain Hindu and Buddhist holidays are calculated on a lunar calendar and are approximate.
Traditional Jews also observe a work-free Sabbath, beginning every Friday night shortly before sundown, and lasting for 25 hours.
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