Wiccan Holidays Added to Vanderbilt Calendar
Wiccan Holidays Added to Vanderbilt Calendar
By Jay Akasie
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/200156/20110818/vanderbilt-wiccan-university.htm
August 18, 2011
Vanderbilt University now recognizes Wiccan holy days as part of its list of school-sanctioned observances.
The Tennessean newspaper reports that the Office of Religious Life at the prestigious university in Nashville sent professors a calendar of upcoming religious holy days and observances. No less than four observances on next year's religious calendar fall into the Wicca/Pagan category.
Vanderbilt's policy says students must be excused from classes on days when their religious traditions put restrictions on labor or forbid it outright, such as Eid for Muslims and Yom Kippur for Jews, according to the Tennessean. The policy says professors, department chairpersons and deans can decide if absences will be excused for religious days that aren't work-restricted, including the Wiccan and pagan days.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Jay Akasie
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/200156/20110818/vanderbilt-wiccan-university.htm
August 18, 2011
The Tennessean newspaper reports that the Office of Religious Life at the prestigious university in Nashville sent professors a calendar of upcoming religious holy days and observances. No less than four observances on next year's religious calendar fall into the Wicca/Pagan category.
Vanderbilt's policy says students must be excused from classes on days when their religious traditions put restrictions on labor or forbid it outright, such as Eid for Muslims and Yom Kippur for Jews, according to the Tennessean. The policy says professors, department chairpersons and deans can decide if absences will be excused for religious days that aren't work-restricted, including the Wiccan and pagan days.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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