Dear Students:
This notice serves as a reminder of Elon’s Religious Holiday Observance Policy. Students requesting to be absent from class due to a religious holiday, must complete the Religious Holiday Observance Form and directly advise faculty of any anticipated absences by the end of the first week of the semester (Wednesday, February 9th this semester).
The policy and the associated holidays can be found at
http://www.elon.edu/e-web/students/religious_life/ReligiousHolidays.xhtml . If you have any questions about the policy you may contact Phil Smith, Associate University Chaplain & Director of Religious Life in the Truitt Center for Religious & Spiritual Life at psmith19@elon.edu or 336-278-7729.
Holidays Recognized for Spring 2011:
February 3 Chinese New Year Buddhist
March 19 Magha Puja Day Buddhist
April 19-20 Pesach/Passover begins (sundown 18th) Jewish
April 22 Good Friday Christian
May 17 Buddha Day – Visakha Puja Buddhist
*Jewish and Islamic Holidays begin at sundown and generally end at sundown, as noted above. Islamic holidays are calculated on a lunar calendar and are approximate.