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Official WOU Holidays

Academic Year 2022-2023

The campus will be closed on these days except for specific essential positions.

Holiday Schedule
Labor Day	Monday, September 5, 2022
Thanksgiving Day	Thursday, November 24, 2022
Day after Thanksgiving	Friday, November 25, 2022
Christmas Eve Day	(Observed) Friday, December 23, 2022
Christmas Day	(Observed) Monday, December 26, 2022
New Year’s Day	(Observed) Monday, January 2, 2023
Martin Luther King Day	Monday, January 16, 2023
Memorial Day	Monday, May 29, 2023
Juneteenth Day	Monday, June 19, 2023
Independence Day	Tuesday, July 4, 2023

NOTE: Information Regarding Leave	*Please contact Human Resources (503.838.8490) with employment related questions regarding holiday time-off.
Special Day SEIU Employees	Per Article 38: Holidays, Section 2 – CBA between OPU and SEIU
Special Day – Unclassified Employees	Employees have the option of using this paid leave day on any mutually agreeable day between, and including the day before Thanksgiving and January 31. Where no day during this time can be mutually agreed upon, another day of the employee’s choice shall be granted; provided that the approved day does not impact business operations in the unit. This day must be used no later than June 30 of that fiscal year or it is forfeited and is not compensable.
Temporary Interruptions of Employment During Winter Break – SEIU Represented Employees	Per Article 51, paperwork is sent out by Human Resources at the end of November through beginning of December
Lack of Work during Winter Break – Unclassified Employees	Arrangements made with supervisor prior to the end of Fall term

CONTACT

Human Resources

P: 503-838-8490 | F: 503-838-8522 | E-mail: hr@wou.edu

Western Oregon University’s Land Acknowledgement
Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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