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
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.

View the faculty and staff holiday schedule

Updated: 07/30/2024 11:07AM