Office of Equity & Diversity
Linden Hall
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, New Jersey 08028
Phone: 856.256.5540
Email:
velez-yelin@rowan.edu
Rowan News
Rowan University featured in the Princeton Review's "The Best 301 Business Schools: 2010 Edition" |
More
2008
|
Holiday
|
Religion
|
Dates
|
Day(s) of the week
|
|
Gantan-sai (New Year)
|
Shinto
|
Jan. 1
|
Tuesday
|
|
Al-Hijra (Muharram) (New Year)
|
Islamic
|
Jan. 8–9 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Wednesday
|
|
Ashura (10th day of Muharram)
|
Islamic
|
Jan. 17–18 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Asian Lunar New Year (Year of the Rat)
|
Chinese
|
Feb. 7
|
Thursday
|
|
Palm Sunday
|
Western Christian
|
Mar. 16
|
Sunday
|
|
Mawlid-al-Nabi (Muhammed's birthday)
|
Islamic
|
Mar. 20 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday
|
|
Vernal Equinox (EST)
|
|
Mar. 20
|
Thursday
|
|
Naw-Ruz / Iranian New Year
|
Bahá'i
|
Mar. 20–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Purim
|
Jewish
|
Mar. 20–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Good Friday
|
Western Christian
|
Mar. 21
|
Friday
|
|
Easter
|
Western Christian
|
Mar. 23
|
Sunday
|
|
Passover(Pesach), 1st two days
|
Jewish
|
Apr. 19–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Saturday–Monday
|
|
Palm Sunday
|
Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 20
|
Sunday
|
|
Ridvan Festival, 1st of 12 days
|
Bahá'i
|
Apr. 20–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Holy Friday
|
Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 25
|
Friday
|
|
Passover(Pesach), concluding days
|
Jewish
|
Apr. 25–27 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Sunday
|
|
Pascha
|
Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 27
|
Sunday
|
|
9th Day of Ridvan
|
Bahá'i
|
Apr. 28–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Tuesday
|
|
12th Day of Ridvan
|
Bahá'i
|
May 1–2 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Declaration of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
May 22–23 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Ascension of Baha'u'llah
|
Bahá'i
|
May 28–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Thursday
|
|
Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)
|
Jewish
|
June 8–10 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Tuesday
|
|
Summer Solstice (EST)
|
|
June 21
|
Saturday
|
|
Martyrdom of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
July 8–9 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Wednesday
|
|
Beginning of Ramadan
|
Islamic
|
Aug. 31–Sept. 1 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Autumn Equinox (EST)
|
|
Sept. 22
|
Monday
|
|
Eid al-Fitr (Eid-ul-Fitr), (first day of Shawwal)
|
Islamic
|
Sept. 29–30 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Tues.
|
|
Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
|
Jewish
|
Sept. 29–Oct. 1 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Wednesday
|
|
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
|
Jewish
|
Oct. 8–9 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Thursday
|
|
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
|
Jewish
|
Oct. 13–15 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Wednesday
|
|
Birth of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
Oct. 19–20 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
|
Jewish
|
Oct. 20–22 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Wednesday
|
|
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
|
Bahá'i
|
Nov. 11–12 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Wednesday
|
|
Eid al-Adha
|
Islamic
|
Dec. 7–8 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)
|
Buddhist
|
Dec. 8
|
Monday
|
|
Winter Solstice (EST)
|
|
Dec. 21
|
Sunday
|
|
Hanukkah (Chanukah)
|
Jewish
|
Dec. 21–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Christmas
|
Western Christian
|
Dec. 25
|
Thursday
|
|
Kwanzaa
|
Interfaith / African-American
|
Dec. 26–Jan. 1
|
Friday–Thursday
|
|
Al-Hijra (Muharram) (New Year)
|
Islamic
|
Dec. 28–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
2009
|
Holiday
|
Religion
|
Dates
|
Day(s) of the week
|
|
Gantan-sai (New Year)
|
Shinto
|
Jan. 1
|
Thursday
|
|
Ashura (10th day of Muharram)
|
Islamic
|
Jan. 6–7 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Wednesday
|
|
Asian Lunar New Year (Year of the Ox)
|
Chinese
|
Jan. 26
|
Monday
|
|
Imbolc
|
Wiccan
|
Feb. 2
|
Monday
|
|
Ash Wednesday
|
Western Christian
|
Feb. 25
|
Wednesday
|
|
Mawlid-al-Nabi (Muhammed's birthday)
|
Islamic
|
Mar. 8–9 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Purim
|
Jewish
|
Mar. 9–10 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Tuesday
|
|
Vernal Equinox (EST)
|
|
Mar. 20
|
Friday
|
|
Naw-Ruz / Iranian New Year
|
Bahá'i
|
Mar. 20–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Saturday
|
|
Spring Equinox/Ostara
|
Wiccan
|
Mar. 21
|
Sunday
|
|
Palm Sunday
|
Western Christian
|
Apr. 5
|
Sunday
|
|
Passover (Pesach), 1st two days
|
Jewish
|
Apr. 8–10*
|
Wednesday–Friday
|
|
Good Friday
|
Western Christian
|
Apr. 10
|
Friday
|
|
Easter
|
Western Christian
|
Apr. 12
|
Sunday
|
|
Palm Sunday
|
Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 12
|
Sunday
|
|
Passover (Pesach), concluding days
|
Jewish
|
Apr. 14–16 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Thursday
|
|
Holy Friday
|
Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 17
|
Friday
|
|
Pascha
|
Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 19
|
Sunday
|
|
Ridvan Festival, 1st of 12 days
|
Bahá'i
|
Apr. 20–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Tuesday
|
|
9th Day of Ridvan
|
Bahá'i
|
Apr. 28–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Wednesday
|
|
Beltaine
|
Wiccan
|
May 1
|
Friday
|
|
12th Day of Ridvan
|
Bahá'i
|
May 1–2 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Saturday
|
|
Declaration of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
May 22–23 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Saturday
|
|
Ascension of Baha'u'llah
|
Bahá'i
|
May 28–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)
|
Jewish
|
May 28–30 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Saturday
|
|
Summer Solstice/Litha
|
Wiccan
|
June 21
|
Sunday
|
|
Martyrdom of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
July 8–9 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Thursday
|
|
Lughnasadh
|
Wiccan
|
Aug. 1
|
Saturday
|
|
Beginning of Ramadan
|
Islamic
|
Aug. 20–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
|
Jewish
|
Sept. 18–20 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Sunday
|
|
Eid al-Fitr (Eid-ul-Fitr), (first day of Shawwal)
|
Islamic
|
Sept. 19–20 (starts at sundown)
|
Saturday–Sunday
|
|
Autumn Equinox/Mabon
|
Wiccan
|
Sept. 21
|
Monday
|
|
Autumn Equinox
|
|
Sept. 22
|
Tuesday
|
|
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
|
Jewish
|
Sept. 27–28 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
|
Jewish
|
Oct. 2–4 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Sunday
|
|
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
|
Jewish
|
Oct. 9–11 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Sunday
|
|
Birth of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
Oct. 19–20 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Tuesday
|
|
Samhain
|
Wiccan
|
Oct. 31
|
Saturday
|
|
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
|
Bahá'i
|
Nov. 11–12 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Thursday
|
|
Eid al-Adha
|
Islamic
|
Nov. 26–27 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)
|
Buddhist
|
Dec. 8
|
Tuesday
|
|
Hanukkah (Chanukah)
|
Jewish
|
Dec. 11–19 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Saturday
|
|
Al-Hijra (Muharram) (New Year)
|
Islamic
|
Dec. 17–18 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Winter Solstice/Yule
|
Wiccan
|
Dec. 21
|
Monday
|
|
Christmas
|
Western Christian
|
Dec. 25
|
Friday
|
|
Ashura (10th day of Muharram)
|
Islamic
|
Dec. 26–27 (starts at sundown)
|
Saturday–Sunday
|
|
Kwanzaa
|
Interfaith / African-American
|
Dec. 26–Jan. 1
|
Saturday–Friday
|
2010
|
Holiday
|
Religion
|
Dates
|
Day(s) of the week
|
|
Gantan-sai (New Years)
|
Shinto
|
Jan. 1
|
Friday
|
|
Imbolc
|
Wiccan
|
Feb. 2
|
Tuesday
|
|
Asian Lunar New Year (Year of the Tiger)
|
Chinese
|
Feb. 10
|
Wednesday
|
|
Ash Wednesday
|
Western Christian
|
Feb. 17
|
Wednesday
|
|
Mawlid-al-Nabi (Muhammed's birthday)
|
Islamic
|
Feb. 25–26 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Purim
|
Jewish
|
Feb. 27–28 (starts at sundown)
|
Saturday–Sunday
|
|
Vernal Equinox
|
|
Mar. 20
|
Saturday
|
|
Spring Equinox/Ostara
|
Wiccan
|
Mar. 21
|
Sunday
|
|
Naw-Ruz / Iranian New Year
|
Bahá'i
|
Mar. 20–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Saturday–Sunday
|
|
Palm Sunday
|
Western Christian & Eastern Orthodox
|
Mar. 28
|
Sunday
|
|
Passover (Pesach), 1st two days
|
Jewish
|
Mar. 29–31 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Wednesday
|
|
Good Friday / Holy Friday
|
Western Christian & Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 2
|
Friday
|
|
Passover (Pesach), concluding days
|
Jewish
|
Apr. 4–6 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Tuesday
|
|
Easter / Pascha
|
Western Christian & Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 4
|
Sunday
|
|
Ridvan Festival, 1st of 12 days
|
Baha'i
|
Apr. 20–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Wednesday
|
|
9th Day of Ridvan
|
Bahá'i
|
Apr. 28–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Thursday
|
|
Beltaine
|
Wiccan
|
May 1
|
Saturday
|
|
12th Day of Ridvan
|
Bahá'i
|
May 1–2 (starts at sundown)
|
Saturday–Sunday
|
|
Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)
|
Jewish
|
May 18–20 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Thursday
|
|
Declaration of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
May 22–23 (starts at sundown)
|
Saturday–Sunday
|
|
Ascension of Baha'u'llah
|
Bahá'i
|
May 28–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Saturday
|
|
Summer Solstice/Litha
|
Wiccan
|
June 21
|
Monday
|
|
Martyrdom of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
July 8–9 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Lughnasadh
|
Wiccan
|
Aug. 1
|
Sunday
|
|
Beginning of Ramadan
|
Islamic
|
Aug. 10–11 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Eid al-Fitr (Eid-ul-Fitr), (first day of Shawwal)
|
Islamic
|
Sept. 8–9 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Thursday
|
|
Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
|
Jewish
|
Sept. 8–10 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Friday
|
|
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
|
Jewish
|
Sept. 17–18 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Saturday
|
|
Autumn Equinox/Mabon
|
Wiccan
|
Sept. 21
|
Tuesday
|
|
Autumn Equinox
|
|
Sept. 22
|
Wednesday
|
|
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
|
Jewish
|
Sept. 22–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Wednesday
|
|
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
|
Jewish
|
Sept. 30 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday
|
|
Birth of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
Oct. 19–20 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Wednesday
|
|
Samhain
|
Wiccan
|
Oct. 31
|
Sunday
|
|
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
|
Bahá'i
|
Nov. 11–12 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Eid al-Adha
|
Islamic
|
Nov. 15–16 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Tuesday
|
|
Hanukkah (Chanukah)
|
Jewish
|
Dec. 1–9 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Thursday
|
|
Al-Hijra (Muharram) (New Year)
|
Islamic
|
Dec. 6–7 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Tuesday
|
|
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)
|
Buddhist
|
Dec. 8
|
Wednesday
|
|
Ashura (10th day of Muharram)
|
Islamic
|
Dec. 15–16 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Thursday
|
|
Winter Solstice/Yule
|
Wiccan
|
Dec. 21
|
Tuesday
|
|
Christmas
|
Western Christian
|
Dec. 25
|
Saturday
|
|
Kwanzaa
|
Interfaith / African-American
|
Dec. 26–Jan. 1
|
Sunday–Saturday
|
2011
|
Holiday
|
Religion
|
Dates
|
Day(s) of the week
|
|
Gantan-sai (New Years)
|
Shinto
|
Jan. 1
|
Saturday
|
|
Imbolc
|
Wiccan
|
Feb. 2
|
Wednesday
|
|
Asian Lunar New Year (Year of the Hare/Rabbit)
|
Chinese
|
Feb. 3
|
Thursday
|
|
Mawlid-al-Nabi (Muhammed's birthday)
|
Islamic
|
Feb. 14–15 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Tuesday
|
|
Ash Wednesday
|
Western Christian
|
Mar. 9
|
Wednesday
|
|
Purim
|
Jewish
|
Mar. 19–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Saturday–Monday
|
|
Vernal Equinox (EST)
|
|
Mar. 20
|
Sunday
|
|
Naw-Ruz / Iranian New Year
|
Bahá'i
|
Mar. 20–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Spring Equinox/Ostara
|
Wiccan
|
Mar. 21
|
Monday
|
|
Palm Sunday
|
Western Christian & Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 17
|
Sunday
|
|
Passover (Pesach), 1st two days
|
Jewish
|
Apr. 18–20 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Wednesday
|
|
Ridvan Festival, 1st of 12 days
|
Baha'i
|
Apr. 20–21 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Thursday
|
|
Good Friday / Holy Friday
|
Western Christian & Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 22
|
Friday
|
|
Easter / Pascha
|
Western Christian & Eastern Orthodox
|
Apr. 24
|
Sunday
|
|
Passover (Pesach), concluding days
|
Jewish
|
Apr. 24–26 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Tuesday
|
|
9th Day of Ridvan
|
Bahá'i
|
Apr. 28–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday–Friday
|
|
Beltaine
|
Wiccan
|
May 1
|
Sunday
|
|
12th Day of Ridvan
|
Bahá'i
|
May 1–2 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Declaration of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
May 22–23 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Ascension of Baha'u'llah
|
Bahá'i
|
May 28–29 (starts at sundown)
|
Saturday–Sunday
|
|
Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)
|
Jewish
|
June 7–9 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Thursday
|
|
Summer Solstice/Litha
|
Wicca
|
June 21
|
Tuesday
|
|
Martyrdom of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
July 8–9 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Saturday
|
|
Beginning of Ramadan
|
Islamic
|
July 31–Aug.1 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Lughnasadh
|
Wiccan
|
Aug. 1
|
Monday
|
|
Eid al-Fitr (Eid-ul-Fitr), (first day of Shawwal)
|
Islamic
|
Aug. 29–30 (starts at sundown)
|
Monday–Tuesday
|
|
Autumn Equinox/Mabon
|
Wiccan
|
Sept. 21
|
Wednesday
|
|
Autumn Equinox
|
|
Sept. 23
|
Friday
|
|
Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
|
Jewish
|
Sept. 28–30 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Friday
|
|
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
|
Jewish
|
Oct. 7–8 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Saturday
|
|
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
|
Jewish
|
Oct. 12–19 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Wednesday
|
|
Birth of the Báb
|
Bahá'i
|
Oct. 19–20 (starts at sundown)
|
Wednesday–Thursday
|
|
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
|
Jewish
|
Oct. 20 (starts at sundown)
|
Thursday
|
|
Samhain
|
Wiccan
|
Oct. 31
|
Monday
|
|
Eid al-Adha
|
Islamic
|
Nov. 5–6 (starts at sundown)
|
Saturday–Sunday
|
|
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
|
Bahá'i
|
Nov. 11–12 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Saturday
|
|
Al-Hijra (Muharram) (New Year)
|
Islamic
|
Nov. 25–26 (starts at sundown)
|
Friday–Saturday
|
|
Ashura (10th day of Muharram)
|
Islamic
|
Dec. 4–5 (starts at sundown)
|
Sunday–Monday
|
|
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)
|
Buddhist
|
Dec. 8
|
Thursday
|
|
Hanukkah (Chanukah)
|
Jewish
|
Dec. 20–28 (starts at sundown)
|
Tuesday–Wednesday
|
|
Winter Solstice/Yule
|
Wiccan
|
Dec. 21
|
Wednesday
|
|
Winter Solstice
|
|
Dec. 22
|
Thursday
|
|
Christmas
|
Western Christian
|
Dec. 25
|
Sunday
|
|
Kwanzaa
|
Interfaith / African-American
|
Dec. 26–Jan. 1
|
Monday–Sunday
|
