Religious Holidays Calendar

In December of 2020 the University Faculty Senate passed the following motion:

Drake University values diversity, equity, and inclusion. As part of our commitment to these values, we must support and embrace our students’ various religious traditions and faiths. To ensure equity, Drake University will make a good-faith effort to provide reasonable religious accommodations to students whose religious beliefs and practices conflict with an academic requirement unless such an accommodation would create an undue hardship on the university community.

Please consult the following list of religious holidays where observance may compete with the demands of the academic calendar. This list is not a designation of all religious holidays recognized by the University; it is simply an aid for planning purposes. Any instructor with concerns regarding a given holiday, or the academic implications of a particular student’s religious observance, may seek guidance from the chair of their department, dean of their school, or the Provost.

Students can inform instructors of classes they will miss due to religious holidays via this form.

Students may request course registration assistance due to religious holiday observances via this form.

Source: Interfaith Calendar

Please Note:

* Indicates Holy days that commence at dusk on the evening before the dates given.

** Local or regional customs may use a variation of this date.