Employee Holiday Schedules
2011-2012 Fiscal Year
View 2010-2011 holiday schedule
| Independence Day | Monday, July 4, 2011 |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 5, 2011 |
| Thanksgiving | Thursday, November 24, 2011 |
| Day After Thanksgiving | Friday, November 25, 2011 |
| Winter Break | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| Winter Break | Monday, December 26, 2011 |
| Winter Break | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 |
| Winter Break | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| Winter Break | Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
| Winter Break | Friday, December 30, 2011 |
| New Year's Day | Monday, January 2, 2012 |
| Spring Holiday | Friday, April 6, 2012 |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 28, 2012 |
Vassar converted four traditional holidays, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Martin Luther King Day and Veteran's Day, in order to create a long winter break as an energy conservation measure a number of years ago. The winter break holidays are celebrated on a date determined by the college, and for 2011/12 will fall on December 27, 28, 29, and 30.
Faculty members may opt to teach on holidays that occur when school is officially in session. Hourly employees who may be required to work on holidays are compensated according to contract requirements or policies and procedures adopted by the College.
This is an anticipated schedule of holiday observances only and may be changed at the discretion of the College. Holidays are assigned as days off unless authorized by a supervisor.