Listed below are the official university holidays for fiscal year 2024–2025.
Fourth of July
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Labor Day
Monday, Sept. 2, 2024
Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, and Friday, Nov. 29, 2024
Winter Break/New Year’s Day
Close of business, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024 through Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025
Memorial Day
Monday, May 26, 2025
Additional Information
Please note that employees of the Office of Campus Safety Services and Facilities Management will be scheduled off in accordance with the needs of those departments and the applicable collective bargaining agreements. Also, the School of Medicine and the School of Podiatric Medicine may issue separate policies regarding closing days. Personnel at those locations will receive scheduling information from their supervisors. Finally, this memo does not apply to employees of Temple Health. Temple Health employees should receive separate information from the health system regarding their scheduled holidays.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The national observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday will be on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Since the university does not generally observe federal holidays, including Columbus Day, Presidents Day, Veterans Day and Election Day, the national holiday observance of King’s birthday will be a regular working day at the university.
Under the terms of their collective bargaining agreement, the District 1199c clerical bargaining unit members, including secretarial-clerical staff, are entitled to a paid holiday for the national observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 20, 2025. Those who are required to work on Jan. 20, 2025, must be paid in accordance with their collective bargaining agreement. Other employees may request to take Jan. 20, 2025, as a vacation or personal day with the permission of their supervisor.
Members of the SEIU/BUE Local 612 bargaining unit will be governed by the terms of their collective bargaining agreement. They will be entitled to a paid holiday on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, observing King’s actual birthday.
If you have any questions regarding the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, please contact the Human Resources, Labor Relations area at extension 7-2290.
Religious Holidays
Set forth below is additional information that outlines the university’s policies on religious holidays which will occur throughout the year.
Although the official university calendar does not recognize religious holidays, it is essential to respect the religious beliefs of faculty, students and staff. We want to remind everyone that, on some days, some members of the Temple community exercise their constitutional rights and do not meet regular assignments for religious reasons.
If an instructor wishes to reschedule a class session because of a religious holiday, the rescheduling should be consistent with policies of the school or college and following consultation with the students. An instructor who cannot attend a scheduled class session should find a suitable replacement for that session, consistent with school or college policies.
Faculty members who conduct classes on religious holidays are asked to be considerate of students who may request an absence or an adjustment to the scheduling of major presentations or examinations in observance of the holiday.
Staff members may request use of personal or vacation days for religious holidays, with the approval of their supervisors.