Printed copies of the calendar will be available at your UM location the last week of August. Look for the green bucket!

Or, get the digital version now:

  Download the Diversity Equity Inclusivity+ Academic Calendar 2025/26

Through the calendar we aim to raise awareness about meaningful days for community members from different backgrounds. The calendar showcases important days for the international UM community, local and Dutch holidays, international remembrance and awareness days, religious holidays, and school holidays for the Netherlands, Nordrhein-Westfalen and Belgium.

Over the past five years quite some changes were made to the calendar. Every year the DEI+ calendar included more important dates thanks to input from the UM community.

The DEI+ Office tries to find a balance in representing the major holidays and commemorations important to the UM community. Ultimately, all days are chosen in a collaborative community effort. The DEI+ Office reserves the right to decide whether a day appears on the calendar. 

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• is of sufficient quality for publication
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