Holidays and Holy Days
The schedule of University Holidays and Holy Days for calendar year 2026:
| New Year's Day | Thursday, January 1, 2026 |
| Martin Luther King's Birthday | Monday, January 19, 2026 |
| Holy Thursday | Thursday, April 2, 2026 |
| Good Friday | Friday, April 3, 2026 |
| Easter Monday | Monday, April 6, 2026 |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 25, 2026 |
| Juneteenth Day | Friday, June 19, 2026* |
| Independence Day | Friday, July 3, 2026 |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 7, 2026 |
| Day before Thanksgiving/University Holiday | Wednesday, November 2, 2026 |
| Thanksgiving Day/ University Holiday | Thursday, November 26, 2026 |
| Day after Thanksgiving/University Holiday | Friday, November 27, 2026 |
| In Lieu of President's Day | Wednesday December 23, 2026** |
| Christmas Eve/ University Holiday | Thursday, December 24, 2026 |
| Christmas Day/ University Holiday | Friday, December 25, 2026 |
| Christmas Break - Additional Day Off | Monday, December 28, 2026 |
| Christmas Break - Employee Vacation Day | Tuesday, December 29, 2026*** |
| Christmas Break - Additional Day Off | Wednesday, December 30, 2026 |
| New Year's Eve/University Holiday | Thursday, December 31, 2026 |
| New Year's Day/University Holiday | Friday, January 1, 2027 |
* In 2020, New Jersey designated the third Friday in June as a State and public holiday
in recognition of Juneteenth Day
** This will be provided as a day off with pay in lieu of Presidents Day (2/15/2027)
*** Administrators and Staff will have a vacation day deducted for the Employee Vacation
Day (12/29/26)