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 2007–08 fiscal year,
click on the appropriate link below.
System Offices
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 13-14 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
Prairie
View A&M University
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 3 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Emancipation Day |
June 19 |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
Tarleton State University
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 3 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 20-21 |
| Independence Day |
July 4 |
| Tarleton State University will work 10-hour days on
May 27-30 in order to be
closed on this additional holiday: |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
Texas A&M International University
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 3 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 20-21 |
| Independence Day |
July 4 |
Texas A&M University
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 13-14 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
Texas A&M University at Galveston
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 13-14 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
Texas A&M University at Qatar*
| Holiday |
Dates |
| Qatar Independence Day |
Sept. 3P1D |
| Eid al-Fitr |
Oct. 14-16P1D |
| Qatar National Holiday |
Dec. 18P1D |
| Semester Break |
Dec. 19-30 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 20 P1D |
| * The standard workweek is Sunday-Thursday. |
Texas A&M University-Commerce
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas |
Dec. 24-27 |
| New Year's Day |
Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 17-21 |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
| TAMU-Commerce will work 10-hour days on
May 27-30 in order to be
closed on this additional holiday: |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 3 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 20*-21 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
* TAMU-Corpus Christi operates a 10-hour day on Tuesdays and a six-hour day on Fridays. On Thursday, March 20, the university will take four hours of holiday time. |
Texas A&M University -Kingsville
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 3 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 21 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
Texas A&M University-Texarkana
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas |
Dec. 24-28 |
| New Year's Day |
Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 17 -21 |
| TAMU-Texarkana will work 10-hour days on
Sept. 4-7, May 27-30, and June 30-July 3 in order to be
closed on these additional holidays: |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 3 P1D |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
West Texas A&M University
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 19-21 |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
Texas A&M Health Science Center
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 3 P1D |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 3-4 P1D |
Texas A&M Agriculture*
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 13-14 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
| * This holiday schedule is for employees headquartered in College Station. District Extension offices, Expanded Nutrition offices, Extension Military Program Administration and special Military Program offices, Research and Extension Centers, Research Stations and Wildlife Services follow different schedules. Contact your office for details. |
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 13-14 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
Texas Engineering Extension Service
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 13-14 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
Texas Forest Service*
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 13-14 (College Station offices only)
March 20-21 (Field offices only) |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
| * This schedule is for College Station and Field offices only. Indian Mound Nursery follows a different holiday schedule. Contact your office for details. |
Texas Transportation Institute
| Holiday | Dates |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas-New Year's Day |
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 13-14 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
| Holiday | Dates |
| Labor Day |
Sept. 3 P1D |
| Veterans Day |
Nov. 12 |
| Thanksgiving |
Nov. 22-23 |
| Christmas |
Dec. 24-25 |
| New Year's |
Dec. 31-Jan. 1P1D |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 21 P1D |
| Spring Break |
March 13-14 |
| San Jacinto Day |
April 21 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26P1D |
| Independence Day |
July 4P1D |
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