Memorial Day is observed today, and there are no classes. It is the symbolic beginning to the summer season. Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday […]
Today Juneteenth National Independence Day is celebrated, and there are no classes. Juneteenth (short for "June Nineteenth") marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops鈥� arrival came a full two and a half years after […]
The nation鈥檚 first Father鈥檚 Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. However, it was not until 1972鈥�58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother鈥檚 Day official鈥攖hat the day honoring fathers became a nationwide holiday in the United States. For more information on this holiday, go to Father's Day. Don't forget […]
The summer solstice happens at 4:24 a.m. and marks the beginning of summer. Today is the longest day of the year.
There are no classes at both campuses today in celebration of American laborers and how they have made the U.S. a better place to live. Labor Day is also the […]
The fall equinox happens at 8:04 p.m. and marks the beginning of autumn.
Today we celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492. There are no classes today.
Don't forget to move your clock back one hour. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep!
Veterans Day originated as 鈥淎rmistice Day鈥� on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, […]