University of Maine System Holiday Schedule
Fiscal year 2025
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| Juneteenth | Wednesday, June 19, 2024 |
| Independence Day* | Thursday, July 4, 2024 |
| Labor Day* | Monday, September 2, 2024 |
| Indigenous Peoples’ Day | Monday, October 14, 2024 |
| Veteran’s Day | Monday, November 11, 2024 |
| Thanksgiving Day* | Thursday, November 28, 2024 |
| Day after Thanksgiving* | Friday, November 29, 2024 |
| Christmas Day* | Wednesday, December 25, 2024 |
| New Year’s Day* | Wednesday, January 1, 2025 |
| Martin Luther King Day | Monday, January 20, 2025 |
| Presidents’ Day | Monday, February 17, 2025 |
| Patriot’s Day | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| Memorial Day* | Monday, May 26, 2025 |
| Juneteenth | Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
For Planning Purposes, Please Note the Following Important Religious Holidays
| Holiday | Religion | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Eid al Adha | Islam | June 14 – July 16, 2024 |
| Rosh Hashanah | Judaism | October 2 – October 4, 2024 |
| Yom Kippur | Judaism | October 11 – October 12, 2024 |
| Diwali – Deepavali | Hinduism/Sikhism/Jainism | November 1 – November 5, 2024 |
| Ramadan begins | Islam | February 28, 2025 |
| Eid al Fitr | Islam | March 29 – March 30, 2025 |
| Good Friday | Christianity | April 18, 2025 |
| Eid al Adha | Islam | June 6 – June 7, 2025 |
*Premium holiday pay; refer to collective bargaining agreements or employee handbooks (found on Human Resources front page under Employee Handbooks).
**Employees represented by collective bargaining agents will be governed by the provisions of their collective bargaining agreements.
It is important to remember that our faculty, staff, and students are from varied religious and cultural backgrounds which serve to enrich and strengthen our community. Any event scheduled on a major religious or cultural holiday can send a message of insensitivity or exclusivity to staff and students who cannot participate that day due to their religious beliefs. Therefore, please remind staff to avoid scheduling important meetings, exams, or other essential events on such dates whenever possible and to accommodate the observance of religious traditions for those staff and students who need to be absent for religious holidays throughout the year.