Heritage Celebrations

The Office for Campus Inclusion recognizes and supports the unique heritages and cultures that contribute to our vibrant university community. The heritage months and events recognized include:

  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Month 
  • Black History Month [Link to February schedule that is already on the page]
  • BIPOC Mental Health Month
  • Birthday of Haile Selassie (Rastafarian Holiday) 
  • Cinco de Mayo
  • Disability Pride Month
  • Diwali 
  • Eid al-Adha 
  • Global Accessibility Awareness Day
  • Global Day of Parents  
  • Hanukkah 
  • Harvey Milk Day 
  • Human Rights Day 
  • Holi (Hindu) 
  • Hola Mohalla (Sikh) 
  • Indigenous Peoples Day
  • International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia  
  • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 
  • International Day for Persons with Disabilities
  • International Holocaust Remembrance Day 
  • International Lesbian Day of Visibility 
  • International Migrants Day 
  • International Stuttering Awareness Day 
  • International Transgender Day of Visibility
  • International Women’s Day 
  • Islamic New Year 
  • Latinx Heritage Month 
  • LGBTQ+ History Month  
  • Lunar New Year 
  • Mental Health Awareness Week
  • National Day of Women and Girls in Science 
  • National Coming out Day 
  • National Women Physicians Day
  • Native American Heritage Month  
  • Pride Month
  • Pronouns Day 
  • Race Unity Day (Baha’i Faith)
  • Ramadan
  • Religious Freedom Day  
  • Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) 
  • Self-Harm Awareness Day 
  • Suicide Prevention Week
  • To Write Love on Her Arms Day (Mental Health) 
  • Transit Equity Day 
  • Women’s History Month
  • World Autism Acceptance Day 
  • Eid al-Fitr 
  • World Day for International Justice
  • World Day of Migrants & Refugees 
  • Yom Kippur (Jewish Day of Atonement)
  • World Day of Social Justice 
  • World Down Syndrome Day
  • World Hijab Day
  • World Inclusion Day 
  • World Religion Day
  • World Suicide Prevention Day 

 

Community Holidays & Events 

  • Acadian Day
  • Acadiana Pride
  • Christmas Holiday
  • Easter Day 
  • Festival International de Louisiane 
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  • Good Friday 
  • Juneteenth Holiday 
  • Independence Day 
  • Labor Day Holiday 
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day 
  • Mardi Gras Holiday
  • Memorial Day Holiday  
  • New Year’s Day 
  • Thanksgiving Holiday 
  • Veterans Day