Annual cultural observances at Denison University.

By Academic Year:

December 2025

8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Bodhi Day
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Immaculate Conception
Dec 14 -Dec 22
Dec 14, 6:00 pm to Dec 22, 6:00 pm
Chanukah
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Winter Solstice/Yule
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Christmas Eve
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Christmas
Dec 26 -Jan 1
Dec 26, 8:00 am to Jan 1, 5:00 pm
Kwanzaa

January 2026

8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Mahayana New Year
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Solemnity of Mary
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Epiphany
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Orthodox New Year

February 2026

Feb 1 -Mar 1
Feb 1, 8:00 am to Mar 1, 5:00 pm

Beginning today, Denison celebrates Black History Month through arts and events that take place across campus.
Feb 1 -Feb 2
Feb 1, 8:00 am to Feb 2, 5:00 pm
Tu Bishvat
Feb 15 -Feb 16
Feb 15, 8:00 am to Feb 16, 5:00 pm
Maha Shivaratri
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ash Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Clean Monday

March 2026

Mar 2 -Mar 3
Mar 2, 8:00 am to Mar 3, 5:00 pm
Purim
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Magha Puja Day
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Holi
Mar 19 -Mar 20
Mar 19, 6:00 pm to Mar 20, 6:00 pm
Eid al-Fitr
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Naw Ruz
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ostara/Alban Eilir/Spring Equinox
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Rama Navami
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Palm Sunday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Trans Day of Visibility

April 2026

Apr 1 -Apr 9
Apr 1, 8:00 am to Apr 9, 5:00 pm
Pesach/Passover
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hanuman Jayanti
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Holy/Maundy Thursday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Good Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Holy Saturday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Easter Sunday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Orthodox Good Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Orthodox Easter
Apr 13 -Apr 14
Apr 13, 8:00 am to Apr 14, 5:00 pm
Yom HaSho’ah
Apr 21 -Apr 22
Apr 21, 8:00 am to Apr 22, 5:00 pm
Yom Ha’Atzmaut

May 2026

8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Beltane
May 21 -May 23
May 21, 8:00 am to May 23, 5:00 pm
Shavuot
May 28 -May 29
May 28, 8:00 am to May 29, 5:00 pm
Ascension of the Bahá’u’lláh

June 2026

8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Denison celebrates the LGBTQIA community in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Juneteenth
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