Official New Jersey State Holidays for 2008
Holidays which appear with an asterisk (*) are days on which classes are recessed and offices are closed. All administrative, academic and operations departments will be open for service during the remaining holidays.
2008
Holiday - Date Observed
- New Year's Day 01/01/2008 Tuesday *
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day 01/21/2008 Monday
- Lincoln's Birthday 02/12/2008 Tuesday
- Washington's Birthday Observed 02/18/2008 Monday
- Good Friday 03/21/2008 Friday
- Memorial Day 05/26/2008 Monday *
- Independence Day 07/04/2008 Friday *
- Labor Day 09/01/2008 Monday *
- Columbus Day Observed 10/13/2008 Monday
- Election Day 11/04/2008 Tuesday
- Veteran's Day Observed 11/11/2008 Tuesday
- Thanksgiving Day 11/27/2008 Thursday *
- Christmas Day 12/25/2008 Thursday *
Eligible employees who work all seven energy holidays will earn 10.5 days of Energy Savings Program leave time (1.5 energy leave days earned for each energy holiday worked). Four of the energy leave days shall be applied to summer closures; one shall be applied to the day after Thanksgiving, and five to the winter closures, as indicated below:
Summer 2008
Friday, July 11
Friday, July 18
Friday, July 25
Friday, August 1
Thanksgiving 2008
Friday, November 28
Winter 2008
Friday, December 26
Monday, December 29
Tuesday, December 30
Wednesday, December 31
Friday, January 2, 2009
