President’s Council has approved for Juneteenth to be a University Holiday and will be observed on Monday, June 20^th this year.

Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday. On June 17, 2021, it officially became a federal holiday. 

Below is a complete list of the University Holiday’s in 2022

Martin Luther King- Monday, January 17^th

Good Friday- Friday, April 15^th

Memorial Day- Monday, May 30^th

Juneteenth- Monday, June 20^th

Independence Day- Monday, July 4^th

Labor Dayor Thanksgiving- Monday, September 5^th / Wednesday, November 23^rd

Thanksgiving- Thursday, November 24^th & Friday, November 25^th

Winter Break- Monday, December 26^th, Tuesday, December 27^th, Wednesday, December 28^th, Thursday, December 29^th; Friday, December 30^th, Monday, January 2^nd