Purchasing Academic Regalia

Graduating students may begin to purchase their academic regalia at the bookstore beginning on the weekend of March 20-21, 2009.

ON FRIDAY, MARCH 20, THE BOOKSTORE WILL BE OPEN 10:00AM-4:00PM.
ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21, THE BOOKSTORE HOURS WILL BE 10:00AM-3:00PM.
ON THOSE DAYS, AND ON DAYS UP UNTIL MAY 15 DURING REGULAR BOOKSTORE HOURS, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THEIR ACADEMIC REGALIA.

ON MARCH 20 AND 21, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HERFF JONES COMPANY WILL BE ON THE PREMISES TO TAKE ORDERS FROM STUDENTS WHO WISH TO PURCHASE ANNOUNCEMENTS, CLASS RINGS AND DIPLOMA FRAMES.

ALSO IN THE BOOKSTORE ON THESE DAYS GRADUATES AND UNDERGRADUATES WILL BE ABLE TO PICK UP THEIR TICKETS FOR COMMENCEMENT SEATING. TICKETS FOR SEATING WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF BERTRAND HALL BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 23 THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 15, DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.

Academic regalia will cost about sixty dollars for undergraduate students earning a bachelor’s degree and eighty dollars for graduate students earning a master’s degree. Prices have not yet been set, but you may use these dollar amounts as a guide.

Be sure that your regalia package includes the black gown, which you should try on at the bookstore to make sure that it is a good fit, a mortarboard, which you will wear on your head, and the hood, a black garment with a colorful trim. Read the special section on hoods. You will want to have a hood with the appropriate color for the trim.