{"id":748,"date":"2012-05-15T12:49:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T12:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/?page_id=748"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:36:41","slug":"holiday-schedules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/benefits\/holiday-schedules\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Schedules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the schedule for the holidays observed by Marshall University. <strong>Please note<\/strong>, some holidays are be observed on differing dates due to winter break.\u00a0 When Christmas Day and New Year&#8217;s Day fall on a Tuesday through Friday, these are preceded by a half-day each of holidays.\u00a0 Marshall University observes these two half-days as one whole day off.\u00a0\u00a0 Naming of holidays is in accordance with West Virginia State Code Section 2-2-1.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvlegislature.gov\/WVCODE\/ChapterEntire.cfm?chap=02&amp;art=2&amp;section=1\">http:\/\/www.wvlegislature.gov\/WVCODE\/ChapterEntire.cfm?chap=02&amp;art=2&amp;section=1<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Schedule for\u00a0 2026-2027<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Independence Day<\/strong> &#8211; Friday, July 3, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Labor Day<\/strong> &#8211; Monday, September 7, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thanksgiving<\/strong> &#8211; Thursday, November 26, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lincoln\u2019s Day Observed<\/strong> &#8211; Friday, November 27, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flag Day Observe<\/strong>d &#8211; Wednesday, December 23, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christmas Eve &amp; New Year\u2019s Eve \u201chalf days\u201d observed (See note below)<\/strong> &#8211; Thursday, December 24, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christmas Day<\/strong> &#8211; Friday, December 25, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Susan B. Anthony Day Observed<\/strong> &#8211; Monday, December 28, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>President\u2019s Day Observed<\/strong> &#8211; Tuesday,\u00a0 December 29, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>WV Day Observe<\/strong>d &#8211; Wednesday, December 30, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Veteran\u2019s Day<\/strong> &#8211; Thursday, December 31, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Year\u2019s Day<\/strong> &#8211; Friday,\u00a0 January 1, 2027<\/li>\n<li><strong>Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday<\/strong> &#8211; Monday, January 18, 2027<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memorial Day<\/strong> &#8211; Monday, May 31, 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/files\/Holiday-Schedule-2026-2027-R1.pdf\">Printable Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: When Christmas Day and New Year&#8217;s Day fall on a Tuesday through Friday, these are preceded by a half-day each of holidays.\u00a0 Marshall University observes these two half-days as one whole day off.\u00a0\u00a0 Naming of holidays is in accordance with West Virginia State Code Section 2-2-1.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvlegislature.gov\/WVCODE\/ChapterEntire.cfm?chap=02&amp;art=2&amp;section=1\">http:\/\/www.wvlegislature.gov\/WVCODE\/ChapterEntire.cfm?chap=02&amp;art=2&amp;section=1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the schedule for the holidays observed by Marshall University. Please note, some holidays are be observed on differing dates due to winter break.\u00a0 When Christmas Day and New Year&#8217;s Day fall on a Tuesday through Friday, these are preceded by a half-day each of holidays.\u00a0 Marshall University observes these two half-days as one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-748","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20267,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/748\/revisions\/20267"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}