UIC Holidays

This page provides access to two ICS files that can be used to import UIC 2008-2009 Holidays into your Exchange Calendar.

Group A Holidays: Applies to all staff members except those listed under Group B.

• Group A Holiday ICS File

Group B Holidays: For employees working in the hospital, clinics, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services, all departments under the Department of Facilities Management and Capital Programs, Environmental Health and Safety, Telecommunication Services, Facility and Space Planning, UIC Police Department, Campus Auxiliary Services, and Biologic Resources Laboratory:

• Group B Holiday ICS File

Installation Instructions

• Right-Click the above link for your applicable group and "Save Link As.." to save the file to your desktop. Ensure the file is saved with the extension of .ICS
• In Microsoft Outlook, select the Calendar window.
• Ensure you have your Exchange Calendar selected under My Calendars.
• Select File >> Import and Export...
• Select Import an iCalendar (.ics) or vCalendar file (.vcs) and click Next >.
• Browse to and select the file you downloaded from the first step above. Click OK.
• If asked, select to Import the calendar into your currently selected Exchange Calendar.
• The calendar will now be imported into your Exchange Calendar. You can verify this has occurred by verifying a holiday's date - November and December are good months to verify.

Note: These files may also work in other calendar programs that support the ICS file format. An example of this would be Apple's iCal program.

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