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Official Holidays
Observed by Abilene Christian University


All holidays listed will be observed on the date(s) shown.  The official Holiday Policy can be located in your Employee Handbook under Policy No. 312, HOLIDAYS.  The Purpose of the policy is to provide competitive paid-time-off benefits to recognize traditional holidays. This policy applies to full-time and half-time staff employees.  To see how many hours per holiday or other how sick leave and vacation leave accrue, please see the leave accrual chart.

Holiday 2008 2009 2010  2011 2012
New Year's Day Tuesday,
January 1
Thursday,
January 1
Friday ,
January 1

Friday, December 31

Monday, January 2
Martin Luther King's Birthday Monday,
January 21
Monday,
January 19
Monday, January 18
Monday, January 17
Monday, January 16
Spring Break*
(one day)
March 17-21 March 9-13 March 8-12
March 14-18 March 12-16
Good Friday Friday,
March 21
Friday,
April 10
Friday, April 2 Friday, April 22 Friday, April 6
Memorial Day Monday,
May 26
Monday,
May 25
Monday, May 31 Monday, May 30 Monday, May 28
Independence Day Friday,
July 4
Friday,
July 3
Monday, July 5 Monday, July 4 Wednesday, July 4
Labor Day*** Monday,
September 1
Monday,
September 7
Monday, September 6 Monday, September 5Monday, September 3
Thanksgiving Noon
Wednesday, November 26 through Friday, November 28
Noon
Wednesday, November 25 through Friday, November 27
Noon Wednesday, November 24 through Friday, November 26 Noon Wednesday, November 23 through Friday, November 25 Noon Wednesday, November 21 through Friday, November 23
Christmas Wednesday, December 24 through Wednesday,
December 31
Thursday, December 24 through Thursday, December 31 Friday, December 24 through Friday, December 31  Monday, December 26 through Friday, December 30 Monday, December 24 through Monday, December 31


*Staff get one holiday during this week

***Offices will be open on Labor Day because classes are in session.  At the supervisor’s discretion, an employee may use Labor Day as his/her holiday; however, offices must be sufficiently staffed since classes are in session.  If an employee does not use this day as a holiday, it may be taken any time prior to the end of the fiscal year, May 31.