2024 Date | Day | Holiday |
July 4 | Thursday | Independence Day |
July 5 ** | Friday | Chancellor's Administrative Day |
September 2 | Monday | Labor Day |
November 28 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day |
November 29 | Friday | Day after Thanksgiving in lieu of Mother Cabrini Day |
December 23 | Monday | Winter Break |
December 24 | Tuesday | Christmas Eve in lieu of Veterans Day |
December 25 | Wednesday | Christmas Day |
December 26 | Thursday | Winter Break |
December 27 | Friday | Winter Break |
2025 Date | Day | Holiday |
January 1 | Wednesday | New Year's Day |
January 20 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
February 17 | Monday | Presidents Day |
May 26 | Monday | Memorial Day |
Personal Observance Day | To be used by June 30, 2025 | In lieu of Juneteenth Day |
** These are revised dates for the CU Anschutz Medical Campus as per Chancellor Elliman’s communications.
When entering time, employees should not select the earn code HOL for July 5. Instead, most employees will record this date as Administrative Leave.
Essential personnel and those employees with clinical responsibilities requiring them to be on campus on a designated holiday will receive equivalent administrative leave to take at an alternate time, in coordination with their supervisor, prior to the end of the fiscal year.
Employees may choose to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday on the national designation date (June 19th) or choose a date of personal significance to them, in coordination with their supervisor, and taken by the end of the fiscal year in which the floating holiday falls.
Anschutz Medical Campus: Holidays observed by units specifically serving the Anschutz Medical Campus and its schools and colleges. If employees have critical clinical, research, teaching, or other responsibilities that require they work a given holiday, they will be given an alternative day off.
Consolidated Units: Consolidated units serving both campuses remain open on campus-specific holidays. Each employee will request either the Denver Campus or Anschutz Medical Campus holiday schedule for the fiscal year. Typically, if the employee has a primary campus, they select that campus holiday schedule. Employees should indicate their holiday schedule in the Employee Portal under: My Info and Pay > My Leave > Preferences > Holiday Schedule.
For more information and guidance on administering holiday leave, reference Administrative Policy Statement 4018: Holidays.
2025 Date | Day | Holiday |
July 4 | Friday | Independence Day |
September 1 | Monday | Labor Day |
November 27 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day |
November 28 | Friday | Day after Thanksgiving in lieu of Mother Cabrini Day |
December 22 | Monday | Winter Break |
December 23 | Tuesday | Winter Break |
December 24 | Wednesday | Christmas Eve in lieu of Veterans Day |
December 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day |
December 26 | Friday | Winter Break |
2026 Date | Day | Holiday |
January 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day |
January 19 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
February 16 | Monday | Presidents Day |
May 25 | Monday | Memorial Day |
Personal Observance Day | To be used by June 30, 2026 | In lieu of Juneteenth Day |
Essential personnel and those employees with clinical responsibilities requiring them to be on campus on a designated holiday will receive equivalent administrative leave to take at an alternate time, in coordination with their supervisor, prior to the end of the fiscal year.
If you have any questions, please reach first out to your school/college/administrative unit HR Business Partner; some campus units use tools other than My Leave to record time and leave, so they are your first source for questions on leave entry.
The School of Medicine HR Team can answer further questions not captured here at:
SOM.HR@ucdenver.edu
The Employee Relations Team can answer further questions not captured here at:
ERP.Communications@cuanschutz.edu
The HR Operations Team can answer further questions not captured here at:
Human.Resources@cuanschutz.edu