Accommodated Religious Holidays and Festivals
BGSU students can request accommodations for exams or other academic requirements and excusal from classes for holidays and festivals. Some holidays may also be included in the list of University observed holidays, during which the campus is closed and classes are not held. University observed holidays can also be found in the academic calendar of the current semester.
Students should contact their instructor to request accommodations and/or absence/s.
Judaism | |
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Tu BiShvat in February | |
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 | |
Christianity | |
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 | |
Good Friday (Orthodox) | |
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 | |
Islam | |
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 | |
Hindu | |
Maha Shivaratri | |
Shri Ramakrishna Jayanti | |
Holi | |
Rama Navami | |
Mahavir-Jayanti | |
Raksha Bandhan | |
Krishna Janmashtami | |
Navaratri | |
Diwali | |
Buddhism | |
Bodhi Day | |
Lunar New Year | |
Magha Puja Day | |
Vesak | |
Buddha Day/Visakha Puja | |
Diwali | |
Sikh | |
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib | |
Mahavir-Jayanti | |
Vaisakhi | |
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib | |
Diwali | |
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib | |
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib | |
Baháʼí | |
‘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 | |
Shinto | |
Gantan-sai | |
Setsubum-sai | |
Pagan/Wiccan/Druid | |
Imbolc | |
Ostara | |
Beltane | |
Litha/Summer Solstice | |
Lammas/Lughnasadh/Imbolc | |
Mabon | |
Samhain | |
Yule/Winter Solstice | |
Other | |
Kwanzaa | |
Lunar New Year |
Please note that this list is not exhaustive of all holidays. The policy pertains to course absences and examinations and other academic requirements and applies to all enrolled students of Bowling Green State University and all University faculty and staff. Read the approved policy on student religious accommodations.
Updated: 07/30/2024 11:07AM