Fall 2025 - Census deadline
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 8, 2025.
SLCC/UofU MegaFair
Come join us at our SLCC/U of U MegaFair 2025. Learn more about campus resources, student clubs, and engage with community partners all while eating free popcorn, cotton candy, and engaging in a fun craft fair and scavenger hunt. Parking is free in section H3 of the Juniper building parking lot.
Event Categories: Student org. Transportation / Parking: Free parking in section H3 of the Juniper parking lot at the Herriman Campus. Contact Name: Jose Morales Diaz. Contact Phone: 801-646-7453. Contact Email: jmorales@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Juniper Bldg
14551 S Sentinel Ridge Blvd,
Herriman, UT 84065.
Fall 2025 First Half - Last day to withdraw from classes
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, September 12, 2025.
Spring 2026 - Class schedule available
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 22, 2025.
Spring 2026 - Registration dates available
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 22, 2025.
Autumnal Equinox/Mabon
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
Also referred to as Harvest Home, the Feast of the Ingathering, and Meán Fómhair. Mabon is the second celebration of the harvest, a ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth, and a recognition of the need to share them to secure the blessings of the Goddess and the God during the coming winter months. One of the eight major annual sabbats or festivals. At Mabon, day and night are in equal balance. It is a time to offer gratitude for the blessings of the harvest and also to begin to prepare for turning inward. Making dishes with apples, squash and pumpkins as part of ritual celebration is customary.
Recognized by: Pagan, Wiccan, Druid
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 22, 2025.
Navratri
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
A Hindu festival celebrating Devi, the divine Female principle in many forms as Goddess of Learning, Victory and wealth. Celebrrated for nine days with family visits special feasts dance song and sometimes some fasting. Display of dolls is common in South India.
Recognized by: Hindu
Requested Accommodations: Provide food accommodations as requested
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 22, 2025 – Thursday, October 2, 2025.
Rosh Hashanah
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
Jewish New Year, which celebrates the world's creation. It is the beginning of a ten-day period of introspection and reflection. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are also referred to as the High Holidays.
Recognized by: Jewish
Requested Accommodations: Work Restriction
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 22, 2025 – Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
Fall 2025 First Half - Last day to reverse CR/NC option
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, September 26, 2025.
Yom Kippur
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
Day of Atonement, focused on repentance and reconciliation with God. Yom Kippur is often considered the holiest day of the year for Jews, and the day is dedicated to atonement and abstinence.
During Yom Kippur, many Jews fast from before sundown until after sunset, and light a memorial candle at sundown on the night of Yom Kippur. Jews may attend religious services the evening before (Kol Nidre) and the following day. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are also referred to as the High Holidays.
Recognized by: Jewish
Requested Accommodations: Work Restriction; fast day
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 – Thursday, October 2, 2025.
Fall 2025 First Half - Classes end
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 3, 2025.
Fall 2025: Fall Break (Oct 4 - Oct 12)
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Saturday, October 4, 2025 – Sunday, October 12, 2025.
Sukkot
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
This fall festival includes a memorial service for the dead and features prayers for rain in Israel.
Jews light a memorial candle at sundown on Shemini Atzeret (the 8th night of Sukkot).
Recognized by: Jewish
Requested Accommodations: Work Restriction (first 2 days); meals take place in a sukkah (booth)
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, October 6, 2025 – Monday, October 13, 2025.
Fall 2025 Second Half - Classes begin
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, October 13, 2025.
Indigenous Peoples' Day
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
A national holiday that celebrates the culture and history of Indigeous Peoples of the Americas.
Recognized by: Indigenous Spirituality
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, October 13, 2025.
Shemini Atzeret
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
This fall festival includes a memorial service for the dead and features prayers for rain in Israel.
Jews light a memorial candle at sundown on Shemini Atzeret (the 8th night of Sukkot).
Recognized by: Jewish
Requested Accommodations: Work Restriction, meals take place in a sukkah (booth)
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, October 13, 2025 – Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
Simchat Torah
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
“Rejoicing in Torah:” celebrates the restart to the annual cycle of the weekly reading of the Torah. Practitioners dance in synagogues as all the Torah scrolls are carried around in seven circuits. The Torah (Hebrew for “the teachings”) is the name given to the Five Books of Moses which come at the very beginning of the Bible. These books form the basis of all Jewish law and practice.
Recognized by: Jewish
Requested Accommodations: Work Restriction; meals take place in a sukkah (booth)
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 – Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
Fall 2025 Second Half - Last day to add, drop (delete), elect CR/NC, or audit classes
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 17, 2025.
Fall 2025 Second Half - Last day to wait list
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 17, 2025.
Diwali
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
Diwali—the Hindu “festival of lights”—is an extremely popular holiday for multiple religions throughout Southern Asia. Diwali extends over five days, and celebrates the victory of good over evil. ” Fireworks, oil lamps, and sweets are common, making this a favorite holiday for children. The lamps are lit to welcome Lakshmi the Goddess of good fortune into people’s homes.
Recognized by: Hindu/Buddhist/Sikh/Jain
Requested Accommodations: Work Restriction
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, October 20, 2025.
Installation of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
This holiday celebrates Guru Gobind Singhi Ji (the 10th Guru) passing the Guruship to the Holy Scriptures.
Recognized by: Sikh
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, October 20, 2025.
Bandi Chhor Divas
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
"Commemorates the return of
Guru Hargobind Ji (the 6th Guru) to the holy city of Amritsar after negotiating the release of himself and 52 princes held for political reasons. This festival falls on the same day as Diwali. "
Recognized by: Sikh
Requested Accommodations: Work Restriction
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
Twin Holy Birthdays
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
A celebration of two central figures in the Baha'i faith. The first day celebrates the birth of the Bab, and the second the birth of Baha'u'llah. The Bab, according to the Baha'i faith, was born to prepare the way for the Baha'u'llah, who founded the Baha'i faith
Recognized by: Baha'i
Requested Accommodations: Work Restriction
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 – Thursday, October 23, 2025.
Fall 2025 Full Term - Last day to withdraw from classes
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 24, 2025.
Samhain
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
One of the four “greater Sabbats” and considered by some to be the Wiccan New Year. A time to celebrate the lives of those who have passed on, welcome those born during the past year into the community, and reflecting on past relationships, events and other significant changes in life
Recognized by: Pagan, Wiccan, Druid
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 31, 2025 – Saturday, November 1, 2025.
All Saints Day
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
Honoring all Saints, canonized Saints and even those only known to God.
Recognized by: Christian/Catholic/Protestant
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Saturday, November 1, 2025.
All Souls Day
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
Celebrating all the faithful departed, all who have died.
Recognized by: Christian/Catholic/Protestant
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Sunday, November 2, 2025.
Birth Date of Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
The founder of the Sikh faith, an accomplished poet and the first of the Ten Gurusin 1469 CE.
Recognized by: Sikh
Requested Accommodations: Work Restriction
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
Spring 2026 - Registration dates begin
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, November 6, 2025.
Fall 2025 Second Half - Last day to withdraw from classes
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 7, 2025.
Spring 2026 - Open enrollment
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, November 24, 2025.
Day of the Covenant
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
A festival to celebrate the appointment of Abdul'-Baha as the Centre of Baha'u'llah's Covenant.
Recognized by: Baha'i
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, November 24, 2025 – Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
The ninth of the Ten Gurus. He’s remembered for his defense of the Sikh faith, but also for being willing to give up his life for religious liberty of all faiths (1621–1675).
Recognized by: Sikh
Requested Accommodations: Work Restriction
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, November 24, 2025.
Holiday: Thanksgiving Break (Nov 27 - Nov 30)
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, November 27, 2025 – Sunday, November 30, 2025.
Fall 2025 Full Term - Last day to reverse CR/NC option
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 28, 2025.
Fall 2025 Second Half - Last day to reverse CR/NC option
Academic Deadlines
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 28, 2025.
Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
This Holy Day marks the passing of Abdu'l-Baha, the appointed successor of the Baha'I faith in Haifa.
Recognized by: Baha'i
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 28, 2025 – Saturday, November 29, 2025.
Advent
Interfaith & Cultural Holidays
Advent, (from Latin adventus, “coming”), in the Christian church calendar, the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas and also of preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. In Western churches, Advent begins on the Sunday nearest to November 30 (St. Andrew’s Day) and is the beginning of the liturgical year. In many Eastern churches, the Nativity Fast is a similar period of penance and preparation that occurs during the 40 days before Christmas.
Recognized by: Christian/Catholic/Protestant
Learn more here.
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Sunday, November 30, 2025 – Wednesday, December 24, 2025.