Holidays
A&M System employees generally receive from 12 to 15
holidays each year. The state legislature determines the number
of holidays, and the A&M System Board of Regents approves
the specific days based on the recommendations of each A&M System member chief executive officer. To view your System member's holiday schedule for the 2008–09 fiscal year,
click on the appropriate link below.
System Offices
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
Prairie
View A&M University
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Emancipation Day |
June 19P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 6P1D |
Tarleton State University
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 1 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 12-13 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
Texas A&M International University
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 1 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25 |
Texas A&M University
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
Texas A&M University at Galveston
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
Texas A&M University at Qatar*
| Holiday |
Dates |
| Eid Al-Fitr |
Oct. 1-2P1D |
| Eid Al-Adha |
Dec. 9-11P1D |
| Qatar National Holiday |
Dec. 18P1D |
| Semester Break |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 18 P1D |
| Spring Break |
Mar. 26 P1D |
| * The standard workweek is Sunday-Thursday. |
Texas A&M University-Commerce
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas |
Dec. 22-26 |
| New Year's Day |
Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 16-20 |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
| A&M-Commerce will work 10-hour days on
May 26-30 in order to be
closed on this additional holiday: |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 1 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25**P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
* A&M-Corpus Christi operates a 10-hour day on Tuesdays and a six-hour day on Fridays.
** Four, six-hour Fridays provide an additional holiday. |
Texas A&M University -Kingsville
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 1 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
Texas A&M University-Texarkana
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas |
Dec. 24-31 |
| New Year's Day |
Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 16 -20 |
| A&M-Texarkana will work four, 10-hour days during the following weeks in order to be
closed on these public holidays: |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 1 P1D |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
West Texas A&M University
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 18-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
Texas A&M Health Science Center
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 1 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
Mar. 20 P1D |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3 P1D |
Texas A&M Agriculture*
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
Texas Engineering Extension Service
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
Texas Forest Service*
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
Texas Transportation Institute
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-20 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 1 P1D |
| Veterans Day |
Nov. 11 |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 27-28 |
| Christmas |
Dec. 24-26 |
| New Year's |
Jan. 1P1D |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 19 P1D |
| Presidents' Day |
Feb 16 |
| Texas Independence Day |
Mar. 2 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25P1D |
| Emancipation Day |
June 19P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3P1D |
| Personal Holiday |
(Used by Aug. 31, 2009)P1D |
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