Signifiant Days of Observance

January

  • New Year (January 1)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Third Monday)
  • National Day of Racial Healing (Tuesday following Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
  • Lunar New Year

February

  • National Black History Month
  • Valentine’s Day (February 14)
  • President’s Day (Third Monday)
  • National TRIO Day (Fourth Saturday)

March

  • Women’s History Month
  • National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
  • International Women’s Day (March 8)
  • Ramadan (Dates Vary)
  • St. Patrick’s Day (March 17)
  • WSU Birthday (March 18)
  • International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31)

April

  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month
  • Arab-American Heritage Month
  • National Student Employment Week (Second Week)
  • Earth Day (April 22)
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (WSU Celebrates in April)

May

  • Jewish American Heritage Month
  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Mother’s Day (Second Sunday)
  • Memorial Day (Last Monday)

June

  • LGBTQ+ Pride Month
  • Immigrant Heritage Month
  • Father’s Day (Third Sunday)
  • Juneteenth (June 19)

July

  • Independence Day (July 4)
  • National Parents’ Day (July 28)

August

  • Women’s Equality Day (August 26)

September

  • National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15)
  • Suicide Awareness Month
  • Labor Day (First Monday)
  • 9/11 National Day of Service & Remembrance (September 11)

October

  • National Disability Awareness Month
  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Second Monday)
  • World Mental Health Day (October 10)
  • National Coming Out Day (October 11)
  • International Pronouns Day (Third Wednesday)
  • Intersex Awareness Day (October 26)
  • Halloween (October 31)

November

  • Native American Heritage Month
  • Dia de los Muertos (November 1 and 2)
  • Election Day (Tuesday following First Monday)
  • National First-Generation College Celebration (November 8)
  • Veterans Day (November 11)
  • Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20)
  • International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25)
  • Trangender Awareness Week (Third Week)
  • Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (Week before Thanksgiving)
  • Thanksgiving (Fourth Thursday)
  • Native American Heritage Day (Friday after Thanksgiving)

December

  • International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3)
  • Human Rights Day (December 10)
  • Yule (December 21)
  • Christmas (December 25)
  • Kwanzaa (December 26 to January 1)
  • Hanukkah (Dates Vary)