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Spring 2024
January 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 15 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day* | United States | |
| 17 | 15-week semester begins (Spring Semester begins) | MCCC | |
| 17 | 7-week session I begins | MCCC | |
| 18-25 | Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | Christian | |
| 21 | World Religion Day | Bahá'í | |
| 24-25 | Tu b'shevat | Jewish | |
| 26 | Mahayana New Year | Buddhist |
*The College is closed. No classes.
February 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 2 | Groundhog's Day | United States | |
| 10 | Lunar New Year | Eastern | |
| 12 | Lincoln's birthday | United States | |
| 13 | Mardi Gras | United States | |
| 14 | Valentine's Day | United States | |
| 14 | Frederick Douglass' birthday | United States | |
| 19 | President's Day | United States | |
| 24-26 | Macha Bucha Day | Buddhist |
March 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 5 | 7-week session ends | MCCC | |
| 8 | International Women's Day | International | |
| 10 | Day Light Savings Time | United States | |
| 10 | Ramadan begins | Islamic | |
| 11-17 | Spring Break* | MCCC | |
| 18 | 7-week session II begins | MCCC | |
| 19 | Vernal Equinox (Spring Equinox) | Pagan | |
| 25 | Holi | Hindu |
*The College is closed for Spring Break March 11-17. No classes.
April 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 1 | April Fool's Day | United States | |
| 9 | Ramadan ends | Islamic | |
| 9-10 | Eid al-Fitr | Islamic | |
| 13 | Vaisakhi | Sikh | |
| 15 | Tax Day | United States | |
| 22 | Earth Day | United States | |
| 22-30 | Passover | Jewish | |
| 23 | Visakha Bucha Day | Buddhist | |
| 23 | Vesak Day | Buddhist | |
| 24-26 | Theravadin New Year | Buddhist | |
| 30 | 15-week semester ends | MCCC |
May 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 1 | May Day | International | |
| 1 | Beltane | Pagan | |
| 1 | Reading Day | MCCC | |
| 2 | National Day of Prayer | Interfaith | |
| 2-8 | Final exams | MCCC | |
| 5-6 | Yom HaShoah | Jewish | |
| 5 | 7-week session II ends | MCCC | |
| 12 | Mother's Day | United States | |
| 16 | Commencement | MCCC |
Summer Sessions I - III 2024
May 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 13 | 14-week session begins | MCCC | |
| 13 | 6-week session I begins | MCCC | |
| 27 | Memorial Day* | United States | |
| 29 | Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh | Bahá'í |
*The College is closed. No classes.
June 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 3 | 10-week session begins | MCCC | |
| 10 | Dragon Boat Festival | China | |
| 11-13 | Shavuot | Jewish | |
| 16 | Father's Day | United States | |
| 16-17 | Eid al-Adha (approx. dates) | Islamic | |
| 19 | Juneteenth* | United States | |
| 24 | Litha (Summer Solstice) | Pagan | |
| 25 | 6-week session I ends | MCCC |
*The College is closed. No classes.
July 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 3-5 | Independence Day* |
United States |
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| 7-8 | Al-Hijra | Islamic | |
| 8 | 6-week session II | MCCC | |
| 20 | Asahna Bucha Day | Buddhist |
*The College is closed from July 3-5. No classes.
August 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 15 | Assumption Day | Christian | |
| 15 | 10-week session ends | MCCC | |
| 18 | 6-week session II ends | MCCC | |
| 19 | Raksha Bandhan | Hinduism | |
| 23 | 14-week session ends | MCCC | |
| 24 | 14-week session final exams | MCCC |
Fall 2024 & Winter Session
August 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 24 | Opening Day | MCCC | |
| 26 | Krishna Janmashtami | Hindu | |
| 28 | 15-week semester begins | MCCC | |
| 28 | 7-week session I begins | MCCC |
September 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 1 | Religious year begins | Orthodox Christian | |
| 2 | Labor Day* | MCCC / USA | |
| 7 | Ganesh Chaturthi | Hindu | |
| 8 | Nativity of Virgin Mary | Christian | |
| 15-17 | Mid-Autumn Festival | Lunar | |
| 21 | Mabon / Autumn Equinox | Pagan | |
| 29 | Sukkot begins | Jewish |
*The College is closed. No classes.
October 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 2-4 | Rosh Hashanah | Jewish | |
| 3-12 | Navrati | Hindi | |
| 11 | Yom Kippur | Jewish | |
| 12 | Dussehra | Hindu | |
| 16 | Sukkot begins | Jewish | |
| 16 | 7-week session I ends | MCCC | |
| 23 | 7-week session II begins | MCCC | |
| 23-25 | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah | Jewish | |
| 26 | Birth of Báb | Bahá'í | |
| 31 | Halloween | United States |
November 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 1-2 | Día de los Muertos | Mexico | |
| 1 | All Saints' Day | Christian | |
| 1 | Samhain | Pagan | |
| 2 | All Souls' Day | Christian | |
| 3 | Birth of Baha'u'llah | Bahá'í | |
| 11 | Veteran's Day | United States | |
| 15 | Christmas Fast begins | Orthodox Christian | |
| 27 Nov - Dec 1 | Thanksgiving break* | MCCC | |
| 28 | Ascension of Abdu'l-Bahá | Bahá'í |
*The College is closed. No classes.
December 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 1-24 | Advent | Christian | |
| 7 | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | United States | |
| 8 | Bodhi Day | Buddhist | |
| 8 | Immaculate Conception of Mary | Catholic | |
| 9 | 15-week semester ends | MCCC | |
| 10 | Reading Day | MCCC | |
| 11 - 17 | Final Exams | MCCC | |
| 12 | Our Lady of Guadalupe (Feast Day) | Christian | International |
| 15 | 7-week session II ends | MCCC | |
| 16-25 | Las Posadas | Christian | Mexico |
Winter Session 2024 - 2025
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 21 Dec | Yule | Pagan | |
| 21 | Winter Session begins | MCCC | |
| 20 Dec - Jan 2 | Winter Break* | MCCC | |
| 25 | Christmas | Christian | |
| 25 Dec - Jan 2 | Hanukah/Chanukah | Jewish | |
| 26 - Jan 1 | Kwanzaa | United States | |
| 31 | New Year's Eve | Western | |
| Jan 1, 2025 | New Year's Day* | Western | |
| Jan 6 | Epiphany | Christian | |
| Jan 6 | Three Kings Day (Dia de los Reyes) | Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox Christian | |
| Jan 13 | Winter session ends | MCCC | |
| Jan 13 | Maghi | Sikh | |
| 14 | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox Christian |
*The College is closed but classes are in session.