Please use the two links below for access to calendars that will be helpful in
planning events that take into consideration the observance of religious holidays –
including those that have a significant impact on academic planning and other activities –
by adherents of those traditions in our richly diverse campus community.

Religious Holidays affecting Academic Planning
Academic Year 2012-2013

Comprehensive Religious Holiday Calendar

Comprehensive Religious Holiday Calendar 2013-2014

5 yr. Calendar of Jewish & Muslim Movable Holidays

Williams College Policy on Observance of Religious Holidays

Because no Williams student should ever have to choose between important religious observances and academic or athletic commitments, college policy provides for students who wish to participate in religious observances that conflict with other obligations to make arrangements with their instructors and coaches to do so.

The policy, approved in 1984 by the faculty and trustees in compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, states that “Any student who is unable, because of his or her religious beliefs, to attend classes or to participate in any examination, study, or work requirement on a particular day shall be excused from any such requirement, and shall be provided an opportunity to make up such requirement which s/he may have missed because of such absence now – provided, however, that such makeup examination or work shall not create an unreasonable burden upon the College. No adverse or prejudicial effects shall result to any student” who makes use of this provision of college policy.