Winter Vacation Update

Special Winter Vacation Extended Three Days
To show gratitude for the extraordinary work of Penn faculty and staff this year, the University has extended winter break. Faculty and staff will have three additional Special Winter Vacation days this fiscal year: December 24, 2020, and January 4 and 5, 2021.

The entire Special Winter Vacation granted to faculty and staff will be December 24, 28, 29, 30, and 31, 2020, as well as January 4 and 5, 2021.

Here’s a reminder of Penn’s upcoming holiday observances.

Holidays

Thanksgiving–Thursday and Friday, November 26 & 27, 2020

Christmas Day–Saturday, December 25, 2020

New Year’s Day–Friday, January 1, 2021

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day–Monday, January 18, 2021

Memorial Day–Monday, May 31, 2021

For a complete list of this fiscal year’s holidays and details on policies regarding work over Special Winter Vacation, visit the Almanac.