Accommodated Religious Holidays and Festivals


BGSU students can request accommodations for exams or other academic requirements and excusal from classes for holidays and festivals. Some holidays may also be included in the list of University observed holidays, during which the campus is closed and classes are not held. University observed holidays can also be found in the academic calendar of the current semester. 

Students should contact their instructor to request accommodations and/or absence/s. 

Judaism
Tu BiShvat in February 
Purim 
Yom HaShoah 
Lag B’Omer 
Pesach (Passover) 
Yom HaSho’ah 
Yom Ha’Azmaut 
Shavuot 
Tisha B’Av 
Rosh Hashanah 
Yom Kippur 
Sukkot 
Shemini Atzerat 
Simchat Torah 
Hanukkah 
Christianity
Feast of Mary Mother of God 
Christmas – Eastern Orthodox 
Epiphany 
Ash Wednesday 
Lent 
Orthodox Lent 
Feast of the Annunciation 
Palm Sunday 
Holy Thursday 
Good Friday 
Easter 
Good Friday (Orthodox) 
Pascha/Easter (Eastern Orthodox) 
Feast of the Ascension 
Pentecost 
Trinity Sunday 
Corpus Christi Sunday 
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 
Nativity of St. John the Baptist 
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul 
Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola 
Feast of the Assumption of Mary 
All Saints Day 
All Souls Day 
Dia de los Muertos 
Feast of Christ the King 
Advent Season 
Feast of St. Francis Xavier 
Feast of the Immaculate Conception 
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 
Christmas 
Islam 
Sabe-Miraj or Lailatul Me’raj 
Sabe Barat 
Ramadan 
Lailatul Qadr 
Eid al-Fitr 
Day of Arafa/Haj/Waqf of Arafa 
Eid-ul Adha 
Islamic New Year 
Ashura 
Mawlid-al-Nabi 
Hindu
Maha Shivaratri 
Shri Ramakrishna Jayanti 
Holi 
Rama Navami 
Mahavir-Jayanti 
Raksha Bandhan 
Krishna Janmashtami 
Navaratri 
Diwali 
Buddhism
Bodhi Day 
Lunar New Year 
Magha Puja Day 
Vesak 
Buddha Day/Visakha Puja 
Diwali 
Sikh
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib 
Mahavir-Jayanti 
Vaisakhi 
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib 
Diwali 
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib 
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib 
Baháʼí
‘Alá’ (Loftiness) 
Naw-Rúz 
Ridván 
Declaration of the Bab 
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh 
Martyrdom of the Bab 
Birth of the Bab 
Birth of Baháúllah 
Ascension of ’Abdu’l-Bahá 
Shinto
Gantan-sai 
Setsubum-sai 
Pagan/Wiccan/Druid
Imbolc 
Ostara 
Beltane 
Litha/Summer Solstice 
Lammas/Lughnasadh/Imbolc 
Mabon 
Samhain 
Yule/Winter Solstice 
Other
Kwanzaa 
Lunar New Year 

Please note that this list is not exhaustive of all holidays. The policy pertains to course absences and examinations and other academic requirements and applies to all enrolled students of Bowling Green State University and all University faculty and staff. Read the approved policy on student religious accommodations.

View the faculty and staff holiday schedule

Updated: 01/05/2026 03:01PM