Wearing Other People's Graduation Regalia

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by als463

Wow. I just learned something new. I did not realize that some undergrads actually gave the students hoods. I was under the impression that people only got hoods for Master's degrees.

I looked into graduation regalia after/during my graduation because it was interesting, basically nothing is universal, though it is more common for graduates to get hoods than for undergrads for example. Wiki is actually a decent place to start if you're interested.

[als463]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I looked into graduation regalia after/during my graduation because it was interesting, basically nothing is universal, though it is more common for graduates to get hoods than for undergrads for example. Wiki is actually a decent place to start if you're interested.

I'll be honest. I didn't even know about the hood thing until I went to buy my cap and gown. I didn't know what the other piece of fabric was for, so I asked the lady at the bookstore. She explained it to me. I later talked to my other co-workers who have their MSWs and they all said they were hooded, as well.

If you don't mind me asking (this goes for anyone who knows about Ph.D.s or any other graduate programs) if you already hold a Master's degree and have honor cords from both undergrad and graduate school, when you finish your second Master's degree, Ph.D., or law degree, do you wear any of the stuff from your prior graduations such as hoods and cords? I was thinking about this the other day.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by als463

If you don't mind me asking (this goes for anyone who knows about Ph.D.s or any other graduate programs) if you already hold a Master's degree and have honor cords from both undergrad and graduate school, when you finish your second Master's degree, Ph.D., or law degree, do you wear any of the stuff from your prior graduations such as hoods and cords? I was thinking about this the other day.

If the hoods and cords just represent the previous degrees, NO.

If the hoods and cords represent some affiliation or honor that you have held throughout your graduate degrees, and it is the procedure to wear them for every graduate commencement, PERHAPS.

[psusue]

My high school only allowed NHS stoles as regalia if you were graduating. Nothing else was permitted. And the way they did it would have solved the "I stole my sister's cords" problem because our homeroom teachers had a list with who was in NHS and they gave out the stoles and we had to return them afterward. We also did this with our gowns, which I appreciated because who needs those things afterward? We actually couldn't get our diplomas until we handed back our gowns, so that was an effective method.

Penn State still does not allow any type of graduation regalia, however people still wear it. I just went to graduation last week and I remember seeing a few DST stoles and remembered them because I thought that they looked sharp. But I also get the idea that graduation is a time for uniformity, since you are all getting essentially the same honor. They only have people with honors/high honors/highest honors stand up at the ceremony, and that's it. And the speakers could be famous people (ex: there was an author as the Liberal Arts college speaker, but at the Health and Human Development college graduation it was our woman's basketball coach, so someone in-house.) But with upwards of 10 graduations in one weekend with about a thousand students in each, every one of them can't go all out. They did away with the "main" graduation years ago, although I don't know why.

PS- Decorating your cap is ridiculous, and beach balls are altogether unnecessary.