Religious and Spiritual Observances

President Rothman approved revisions to UW System Administrative Policy 165, The Academic Calendar, in November 2022, including the addition of Section 6.C, Religious Holidays. This section notes that UW administration will provide information on major religious observances so that universities can be aware of religious observances at least five years in the future. The UW administration refers UW universities to the Interfaith Calendar: A Guide to Understanding World Religions at interfaith-calendar.org.

Examples that were included in the policy approval notice included:

• Chabad.org: Jewish Holidays
• North Carolina for Community and Justice (NCCJ): Interfaith Calendar
• University of Louisville: University Policy on Work-Restricted Religious Holy Days

Additional multifaith resources include:

• UW-Parkside Multifaith Religious and Spiritual Tradition Calendar
• Multifaith Calendar Religious Accommodations (Grand Valley State University)
• The Guibord Center
• The Pluralism Project (Harvard University)