How long is wvu winter break

Religious holidays from different faith traditions occasionally fall on regular class days or scheduled exam days throughout the year. Faculty are encouraged to respect the religious observances of our students of all faiths and denominations. When a scheduled class or lab session falls on an observed religious holiday, this may mean excusing students from attending class and accepting make-up work.

Students are responsible for requesting accommodation for their absence in advance and for making up any missed work. The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion , Office of Global Affairs , and the Provost's Office are available as resources to support Instructors review of religious holiday accommodation requests.

The following website may be helpful in identifying the high holy days of various religions:. Other events that may justify an excused absence include illness of the student, illness of an immediate family member, death of an immediate family member, or extreme weather. Absences stemming from work duties other than military obligation e.

If an instructor chooses to allow excused absences for these other events, the stated attendance policy for the course should specify the number of days that may be missed and instructions for contacting the instructor for the excused absence. The Winter Break bus runs a bit different than the other buses. Since students finish up on finals on different days we run one bus home on Friday, December 17 th.

Note students are instructed to leave the dorm within 24 hours of their last exam. However, they can exceed that time if they are using this bus, so long as they respect the no noise rule during finals week. Also, note that dorms close at noon on Saturday, December 18 th , so all student must be out of the dorms by that time. If buses are shown as sold out, email busregistrations wvusnjalumni. Any question please email busregistrations wvusnjalumni.

Please be on-time, because there are other buses leaving WVU and we only have a certain window we can be stopped to pick up students.